What the New Year has to Bring

All I can say is the new year has come and gone and I am sitting here trying to figure out where it went. We had a very calm break with lots of catching up on crafts, enjoyable reading, and family fun. Now I am sad to say that is officially over for the time being. I am in full swing at school and so are the kids. It is crazy to say the least, I was completely not prepared to return to school last week, and every evening of my first week back was full of activities. We literally had something every night this week and did not get home until 9-9:30 each evening. As a mom I try to be sure we are home doing nothing atleast 2days a week, this did not happen this week.

The weekend however was filled with family fun activities and it paid for the week of not seeing each other. We went ice skating, movies, and a get together with moms friends from school. When we went ice skating we got the pleasure to take Riley (4years old and part of the family, I have had her in the daycare since she was just shy of 3 months old and she has continued to be a part of our lives). It was fun to watch how Liz and improved and Mikaela as well and then to watch Riley who has never been on skates. Dad took Mikaela to see the new Veggie Tale movie and next week I am taking Liz to see a movie. Kendra (our new house roomate also joined in on the family fun)

As for this week we are slowing down again and hopefully getting into a routine.

Side note on kids....Mikaela is as stubborn as always and keeps me on my toes, when it comes to Liz she is still the best 12 year old a mother/father could ask for, except for I can say Ken and I are officially in what is called the eye-rolling stage and we are now part of the "dumb parents" club. They both test boundaries daily:)

Ken has applied for two jobs in the past couple of weeks and we are waiting to hear from them (I will keep you posted).

Today we are in -8 degree weather and snow...it is a day to sit on the couch and watch movies.

Love and miss to all!