A Year in Review: 2012

2013, here you are...2012 has been good to us...James's practice continues to grow and we became homeowners.  Kylie went into the gifted program this year and just turned 9 years old on Dec. 4th. We celebrated with a dance party at The Pub with 9 school friends, her sister, grandmother, and dad. We all had a good time other than I was terribly sick with yet diagnosed pneumonia. The holidays were wonderful, but bittersweet since my step-dad had recently been diagnosed with cancer. He waited until after the holidays to let me know that he has decided to stop treatment.

2012 also brought us a baby boom. A trio of unexpected babies and one expected. Kylie became a big sister again. My cousin Brett and his wife had baby number two, and my cousin Jason welcomed his first child with Ally who has become a dear friend. Brett's baby sister celebrated 5 years of marriage and learned she would be welcoming a baby this month. We are beyond blessed with bouncing baby cousins.

We celebrated New Year's with two parties at friend's houses. It was a fun and intimate New Year's with lots of music and laughter.

I am hopeful that 2013 will be as happy as 2012. I am going to try and be more sociable this year. I would like to work on getting this weight off this year, and I think I want to learn to sew and maybe take up quilting.

Love and blessings to all.