New year's blog from Jon

Here is Jon's latest blog:

Happy New Year to you! Where does the time go? I can’t believe It was

one year ago that Jordan and I left home and went to stay with Donnie

to begin planning for our reunion! I hope this year was as great for

you as It was for me and the rest of the New Kids. It has been so much

fun traveling all over North America. This Is the best country ever. I

am glad I got to see It all over again.

I survived the trauma of turning forty……. of course I’ll still lie

about my age. I’ve been doing It for so long I can’t stop now. I had

the best birthday ever. Sitting around the Four Seasons In Punta Mita,

Mexico with a small group of friends. This hotel Is one of the best if

you want to get away from It all and relax. It did take me a good three

days to let go and be able to enjoy myself. I’m never one to sit around

and do nothing but I was so ready to do just that. Went snorkeling off

the coast on a tiny island wildlife refuge. The water was a bit murky

the day we all went. It makes It kind of creepy when you can’t see far

into the distance. At one point I saw some large black shadows circling

beneath us. Convinced it was a school of sharks. I told the people in

our group that there are some cool fish in the direction of the

shadows. Hey, I didn’t know these people and I’d rather watch them

become dinner and not my friends. Swimming back to the boat we found

out it was a school of stingrays and not some hungry sharks. These

things were amazing, they were as big as I. We also had the opportunity

of coming across a huge sea lion asleep on the beach.

Amazing sights… amazing times… amazing food… amazing service…

amazing friends!

So here I am, back out in Los Angeles. Although it’s not snowing like

back home, it’s freezing cold! I guess the warm weather in Mexico

spoiled me. We are getting ready to film our third video next week,

than off to Europe for another go round. It has been so great to have

this time off. I got to go back to work for a few days and experience

what I’ve been missing. As much as I love doing the New Kids thing I am

itching to get back to my company. If only I could work during the day

and commute to our concerts every night I would have the best of both

worlds. That is impossible as we all know, so for now my main focus

will remain with you!

Looking forward to seeing you all again this spring and summer.

Jon