Tuesday, January 31, 2012

From our family to yours!

If you didn't get a holiday card it's because I'm the biggest slacker ever! I managed to send out about half of them shortly after (yes, after) Christmas, but then I ran out of stamps and was too busy (ahem...lazy) to get more and now it just seems too late to even bother. So, if you missed out on our family photos...here ya go!








Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Catching up

Okay, I had big plans to do all of these posts with photos, to catch up. Reality has sunk in, though, and it's so not going to happen. Instead, I'll just write a little to fill in the last month or so. 

Thanksgiving...
We had a wonderful day here at home. Just the five of us. In our pajamas. Eating turkey and watching football. It was heavenly.

December....
Instead of the twelve days of Christmas, we had the twelve days of illness. We had sickness in our house for twelve days and it was awful. It hit everyone at different times and poor Karson had it twice, starting nine days apart. With just 12 days of illness we got ridiculously behind on everything else...my work, Christmas shopping, laundry, you name it! We did manage to pull it all off, though, and the remainder of of our winter break was awesome. We sort of just shut ourselves off from the rest of the world and enjoyed each other. We also got a lot of projects around the house finished, including our master bathroom! Karson also had his first piano recital and did SUCH a good job. We were so proud of him!

Anniversary...
December 19th marked our 13th wedding anniversary. We were fortunate enough to get (literally) a four hour break from illness...just enough time for us to go car shopping and purchase a new vehicle! My car, which we were so fortunate to have had for the last year (after my van died) finally broke down one too many times. After almost being stranded on the way to the piano recital I realized it was time to buck up and get a new car! So, I got a 2010 Dodge Journey. It's a small SUV with third row seating. So far, I freaking love it!

Now...
All three boys are participating in Destination Imagination on three different teams. I am managing 2 of those teams. So, that has us occupied at least 3 times a week. All three boys are also playing basketball through the YMCA. They've each had one practice and loved it. So, that also keeps us busy in the evenings. Games start this weekend and I had to spend a significant amount of time figuring out our schedule for basketball games. It's going to be crazy!