2013 Recap

So it has been awhile since I have blogged, let alone logged into my website. As the kids are getting older, and our family is going on more adventures together I find myself wanting to document and share these fun memories. It also helps that one of my best friends Natalie at The Cat Lady Sings (you need to go read her blog...you'll love it!) has inspired me to start blogging again. Will anyone actually read my blog? Who knows? But it will be a nice place to jot down all those memories and have them to look back upon in the coming years.

So lets see...what happened in the year 2013? At the end of 2012 we found out that my hubby would be leaving for Texas in March for AF Training. He would be gone for 5 months. Yikes, at first I wanted to scream because I thought we were done with being seperated from each other. After a minor breakdown I went into military wife mode and started making a list of everything that needed to be done. Contact our landlords and give them notice, find a new school for A, take my 1200 sq ft house and condense it into about 400 sq ft of storage combined with a 10 x 13 room in which we were moving in to. You see, whenever my husband deploys (or in this case training) the kids and I move in with my in-laws so that I have help with the kiddos so I don't lose my sanity lol. It is a great arrangement other than the lack of space, but we are willing to give that up so I have the support from our families.

So after I arranged everything it was time to move. We moved the last Monday of February and got all settled in to our "new" home. Ch left the first week of March and would be gone for the next 5 months :/
A started her new school and C and I joined the local MOMS Club. I tried to keep the kids as busy as possible while Ch was away. We celebrated Easter, his birthday, Mothers Day, the birth of our niece, Father's Day, 4th of July, my birthday, & A's birthday without him. So when he came home the first week of August we re-celebrated everything with him to make up for our lost time together.

In August Ch got a new job as a Veterans Enrollment Counselor at a local college and it has been such a blessing. For the first time in 10 years he has nights and weekends off!! It is so nice for him to have a "normal" job for once. He still has AF Training one weekend a month but being gone for 2 days is not bad and sometimes we go with him to visit our friends near base.

In September A started first grade at her new private school and it makes me so glad how resilient and a social butterfly she is. She made friends right away and loves going there. C and I started a weekly mommy and me class and we still attend many play dates through MOMS Club. Ch is currently attending graduate school to achieve his Masters Degree and I couldn't be more proud.

All in all I would say that 2013 was a very blessed year for us and I am excited to see what 2014 brings, especially because my sister & brother-in-law are expecting a baby in May!! Looking forward to 2014!

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Almost Home!!

I am so excited to share that my hubby is almost home from Air Force Training! It has been a long 5 months and I know myself, along with our little boos are super excited for him to come home!! Stay tuned for updates from all the fun things our little family is going to do when he comes home!!!