Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Recap of 2013

Wow!  2013 has come and gone and once again, I've gone 4 months without posting on my sweet little family.  Needless to say, we have had a busy last few months of the year.  August is always busy with the start of school and Caleb's birthday.  Speaking of which my little guy isn't so little anymore! :(  He turned six years old this year, seriously where does the time go?!?!?!? 
 
In honor of his sixth birthday, we celebrated his actual birthday at Babe's Chicken house and then took him and his bestie, Danny, to Great Wolf Lodge for an overnight stay and some waterpark fun.  They had a blast!




Shortly after the birthday celebration, we celebrated Lily and my niece, Haley's first Halloween.  We went trick or treating together with a Leonardo the ninja turtle, a candy corn princess and Tinkerbell!



Then November rolled around and we moved into our new home!  What a process this was, but we finally made it and we love everything about our cozy new place.  We had our first Thanksgiving here with my family and even enjoyed an extra special treat when my Gramps decided to make the trip to Texas as well.

 
Did I mention we also survived our first big ice storm?  We were iced in for 4 days which to all of my Illinois friends and family doesn't seem like a big deal, but for us Texans it's the end of the world. :)

 
For Christmas this year, we headed further south to New Orleans.  We had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays with Nana and Papa, Mother, Gran and Pa, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  We stuffed our faces with beignets, raw oysters, chargrilled oysters, po'boys, and so many other things.  We only get to see some of them every couple of years so the time spent together is always a happy and fun one.



 
 
We had a few mishaps this year, as does everyone.  Sweet Lily was hospitalized for whooping cough,  and my Weebs and Chris's Grams went to Heaven.  Overall, 2013 was full of many blessings.  We welcomed our beautiful baby girl into the world, Caleb started Kindergarten and LOVES school, we found our church home and became members, we filled a new home with lots of love, and so much more. 
 
 
I'm excited about starting a new year today and I cannot wait to see what blessing God has in store for us in 2014.  My wish for this year is that all of our friends and family are just as blessed as we are and that everyone stops to take time and appreciate the things that truly matter in life.  It's easy to get wrapped up in the negativity, the things going wrong or the things we don't have.  My goal this year is to love a little more, stress a little less, and appreciate the things that I have because it is so much more than many others in this world. 
 
Happy New Year family and friends!  Let's make it a good one!

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