at the end of 2011...beginning of 2012 this is what was going on: see here
2012 in review
January:
went to my parent's for Christmas and my dad started with radiation and chemo treatments.
elijah headed back to school and began enjoying it.
saw Mary Poppins on stage!
February:
dan and i spent valentines eve crazy carpeting around town.
March:
our little girl has a 'dog party' for her 3rd birthday. thankfully the weather was nice and we were able to be outside.
our boy makes a best friend at school
my dad is done chemo and radiation
April:
my parents come up for Easter.
dan's aunt and uncle come to h'ville for a visit. so good to see them.
May:
jack comes for a visit. lots of fun as the kids get to know their cousin.
family road trip down to North Carolina for dan's cousin's wedding.
my dad is cleared of cancer
June:
back home from NC
school ends, with a little boy having fond memories of school.
dan turns 32.
July:
kids have 5 nights at papa & grammas while elijah's loft bed is created
i turn 37.
our boy has his first friends birthday party...space theme.
August:
our boy turns 5
ride the Ontario Northland, down to Toronto, for the long weekend...kids first train trip.
another 4 nights (for the kids) at papa and gramma's after a day at the African Lion Safari.
September:
our boy heads back to school excited for the new year. while his little sister longs for the day she gets to go.
we run the Terry Fox Run, with a cancer free papa.
dan and i to Cirque du Soleil
October:
our first experience with lice.
Thanksgiving
halloween - kota a lion, elijah a power ranger
November:
go to elijah's class observation...so thoroughly encouraged.
remembrance day. we attended the service at the legion and parade.
american thanksgiving
December:
the world didn't end.. silly Mayans
my first dec. in a few years that i don't have a play i'm practicing for.
we have my parents up for Christmas.
over to dan's parents on Christmas day to visit with his aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandma.
friends over to sled on new years eve.
skype with dan's sister and kids, gpa and gma..
and then skype with papa and gramma at 10pm.
Happy New Year.
*2013*
i plan to focus more on my family. less on the computer.
* my kids are only young once.
'kota starts school in sept.
they won't be little for much longer,
and i plan to enjoy this stage as much as i can.
* my husband is my best friend.
we are together for life.
i plan to enjoy life with him.
when the kids are grown and moved out, i'll still have dan.
i want to still have things to talk about, things to laugh at... i want him to still be my best friend.
* i also plan to train to do Tough Mudder in September.
AMAZING that you're going to do Tough Mudder! I wanted to do it for September as well, but thought that just getting back from Uganda plus settling in, plus N & J in school, that's just a lot. So I'm training to do it for 2014!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a team? This is awesome!
awesome. c'mon, that's not a lot you're a mother of 3 boys you can add tough mudder sept to the list :)
ReplyDeletei understand. i'm scared and excited to do it. yeah we have a few people planning to be a team - hope everyone stays committed.. the reg'n for september hasn't happened just yet, so hopefully no one backs out when reg'n opens. dan and i are doing it together - should be pretty awesome.