2013 had its ups and downs just like any year. Some days/months were better than others. We made it through though!
Here are some highlights of things that happened this past year.
January:
* Chris got an award during Awards Day at school. He received the Character Award for Honesty. :)
* We reconciled with Eric's family.
* Nothing else major happened in January. Just the usual day to day activities.
February:
* We went to the book fair at Chris' school. That's always a potentially dangerous thing. ;) I can put away a lot of money at book fairs!
* We had our first (and maybe only? I don't remember) snow of the year. It was exciting, even though it didn't last very long and we didn't get very much.
* My husband Eric turned 30 years old.
March:
* We took the boys to a couple of Easter Egg hunts in our area. We even took their cousins along for one of them. They had a blast together.
* We had an Easter celebration at Eric's parents house. It was the first time everyone had been together in a long time. This is a picture of all of the cousins together.
April:
* We took a trip to the lake. We hadn't been before so it was pretty neat.
* Chris started playing baseball for the local recreation center.
May:
* Field Day at Chris' school. Those are always a lot of fun. They come up with some pretty fun "events" for the kids to participate in. His school also had an end-of-year party this month.
* Logan was diagnosed with ADHD.
* Went to a couple of baseball games. The circus animals visited during one of the games!
June:
* School was out for summer! Chris brought home an awesome final report card and was officially a second grader.
* Chris took his first ever ride inside of an airplane! I was scared out of my mind the entire time he was in the plane but he had a blast. The Young Eagles program at our airport allows children ages 7-17 to get a free 30 minute airplane ride once a month. They even give you a little passport to log how many miles you have flown.
* I turned 28 years old and celebrated my 8th wedding anniversary with Eric.
* Eric was finally able to get on first shift at his job. The entire 9 years we have been together he has always had to work second shift at whatever job he had. With him being on first shift, it gives us so much more time together as a family.
* We tried out a water park that our friend had told us about. It's a little bit of a drive to get there but is totally worth it! We had a lot of fun.
July:
* We continued to keep busy with trips to the park, playground, library, science center, and things like that.
* For the 4th of July we went to the fireworks show at the baseball stadium.
August:
* Went to a race at the local speedway and Chris got to go down onto the track and meet a few of the drivers. He thought that was so cool.
* Logan started Kindergarten!
September:
* Went to the pool a few more times before it closed up for the season.
* We went to Eric's company picnic. We had a blast. They had tons of activities for the kids to do. We even won some prizes.
October:
* Chris turned 8 years old!
November:
* After Halloween, a pumpkin patch down the road from us let the remainder of their pumpkins go for free. We picked some out, brought them back to the house, and made a little set-up in the back-yard and took some fall pictures of the boys. Our neighbors thought it was such a cute idea they asked if they could use it when we were done. They even offered to get a family shot for us. All of you moms out there know we don't usually get to be in the pictures very often because we are the ones behind the camera. ;)
December:
* Logan turned 6 years old!
* We went to our city's Christmas parade.
* We celebrated and spent time with both sides of our family on Christmas.
And tonight, on the last night of the year, we will ring in the new year cuddled up under blankets and watching the ball drop. I wouldn't have it any other way.
All in all, 2013 was a pretty decent year. I'm looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us.
