But I miss so much being able to ramble on to no one in particular. I've never really been a big journal-er so this was kind of my record of 'life' and all its happenings. SO... here we go... we're jumpin' back on this bandwagon!!! Below you will find the super speedy condensed version of what we've been up too since my last post...
SEPTEMBER 2011
We moved out of our cousins home (thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you Alli & Warren for allowing us to turn your home into the neighborhood circus with a total of 12 people under one roof!!! with 7 of those people age 7 or under!!!). I will be forever grateful that we had that 'halfway home' to transition us into our new life. I loved being able to visit and share mom-moments with Alli and the kids loved playing with their cousins and I don't know what I would have done without Warren being able to watch all the kids when I had to take Zack over to the ER after his mega bike crash. BUT... it was time to move on. We found a great little apartment at a price we could afford, so you can't beat that.
OCTOBER 2011
DISNEYLAND!!! YEAH!!! We so totally went and it was AWESOME!!!! Me, my mama, my baby brother, and my babies #1 and #2 traveled west to the land of Mickey & Minnie and had an amazing time!!! SUCH a good time that we'll be going again in the fall of 2013, this time bringing Grandpa Brent and baby Cameron... who.... will not really be a baby at that point.
Also this month.... HALLOWEEN! I love me some good ol' Halloween! I'm not much into the scary stuff... but I LOVE dressing us all up and putting together costumes. I did not live up to my usual standards... but it was sufficient considering the time I was able to put into it.
NOVEMBER 2011
The boys were in Idaho for Thanksgiving this year... so that was pretty weird... but I spent the weekend holiday with friends and it was okay. I also had my first experience with Black Friday shopping!!! And I remember there being this super funny conversation between me and Karri around 5:00 am.... but I can't for the life of me remember what it was... guess that's what happens when you shop ALL NIGHT LONG. Our brains were history. But I got some SWEET deals for Christmas presents!!!
DECEMBER 2011
Oooooh!!!! I LOVE Christmas! Totally my favorite holiday! I love all the festivities, music, decorations, family time, traditions.... all awesome!!! Brent, Justin, & my mom came to spend Christmas with us in our new little home this year. It was so wonderful all being together!!! I loved that they could all come!!! The kids made out like bandits and I got a new (well... new to me!) Treadmill which I LOVE! Many awesome gifts were exchanged, many laughs had, and many memories made!!!
JANUARY 2012
A new year! Kadan was finally settling in well and doing better in school. Cameron was growing like a weed at this point. Zack was loving preschool and all his new friends and his 'Teacher Ash-o-wee' who is 'pwitty wike a pwincess!' : ) We enjoyed the snow we got & found a great spot for sledding!
FEBRUARY 2012
I got some ROCKIN' valentines from my sweet boys and my lovely friend Karri surprised me by showing up to hang out with me Valentine's day evening. : ) We had a grand old time sitting around doing nothing (our favorite pasttime... ahhhh good times...) I officially turned 27 (we went to the Fun Zone for some roller skating) and got flowers twice and though it was a weird birthday... all in all it was alright. LoL
MARCH 2012
Baby turns TWO!!!! I couldn't hardly believe my wittle teeny weeny preemie boy was now TWO!!! He's grown TONS the last 9 months-ish. You can't even tell he was a preemie at all! Such a big boy!!! He is pretty obsessed with all Sesame Street characters so he got a cute baby Elmo that he still sleeps with and some other clothes and toys from mom & Grandma.
APRIL 2012
Kadan turns SEVEN!!! What the?!?!?! I know. I know! And 7 is totally the magic age. Right about this time he got extremely helpful and responsible and loving towards his little brothers. He was lovingly referred to as my Golden Child for several months (as I'm writing this in August that may or may not be quite so accurate currently... our crazy summer schedule kind of threw us all off a bit...). I was SO SO grateful for all his help. Don't know what I'd do without that kid!!! He kept me sane as Cameron took up his new occupation as a Terrible-Two-Year-Old.
Also on the agenda this month was a lovely Easter with my parents & brother & kids and Lagoon!!! (Thanks Mommy & Daddy Warbucks for the season passes!!!) : )
MAY 2012
Mother's Day!!! I got some lovely gifts (including pipe cleaner flowers from Kadan) and reminded exactly why all the hard stuff is worth it. These kids really do rock! Love their guts!!! : ) We also went to this little circus that came to Logan. Totally low budget but we loved it! AND... AND... we rode an elephant! Then we got to hang out with it in its pen after the circus! SO super cool! A clown gave Kadan & Cam mustaches and we all enjoyed a little cotton candy! : )
In May we also found the riverwalk trail and began the first of MANY bike rides/walks/roller-blading-trips... with our new sweeeeet double stroller!!! (thanks mommy!)
JUNE 2012
More Lagoon! Gettin' lots of use out of those season passes & lovin' it! This was also the start of our crazy summer kid schedule. They spent two weeks in Idaho which literally about killed me. I stayed busy by organizing 90% of my apartment. Every drawer/closet I could get to in the evenings and weekends til they came home. I was mildly grateful for the time to get stuff done but VERY grateful when my babies were home again.
We've had many fun mini-events this summer as well, most notably our Superhero movie night!
JULY 2012
Zackery turns FIVE!!! I can't even believe he's growing up so fast! Technically he is ready for kindergarten now, but with such a late summer birthday, we're going to wait til next year. And the end of the day he told us, "This is the best day EVER!" .... as birthdays should be. : )
AUGUST 2012
Enter.... NOW!!! I did it! I summarized our whole year!!! Woah... maybe now I'll keep up with it since it's all current and such. Awww... so proud of myself. *pat on the back* ; )
