A Year in Recap

So, I read my brother's blog the other day, and he gave a recap of all the things that went on for him and his family this year. So yet again, I will not be original, and I will steal this from my brother.(Honestly plagiarism is the highest form of flattery.)

In January we pulled Ashton out of regular middle school and decided to homeschool him. Within the next few months, as friends and family saw him, everyone remarked on how much he had improved. His speech was better, he seemed more outgoing and had loads of self-confidence. Score one for the Ash! In February, Kenan turned 11 and decided school wasn't important anymore. He is currently (I am proud to say) back on track, finally. March and April went on like life always does. In May, the love of my life turned 30, we had a big party and everybody celebrated what an awesome guy he is. (I can't believe we've spent more than half of our lives together, already, I'm very lucky) In June, I got to spend a fabulous 5 days in Costa Rica with my two very best girlfriends, with no cares or worries. (see I told you he was an awesome guy) After we came back from Costa Rica, I got to spend an additional 3-4 days meeting my ultra cool niece and nephews, and visiting with the aforementioned big brother and his lovely, glowing, pregnant wife. July came and I got to go to the beach alot, and surf a little, and I remembered why I liked being a stay at home mom. Yes, they still fight alot, but for some reason I took it in stride. In August, my pretty girl turned 9, and we made the big decision to take her out of regular school and homeschool her as well as Ashton. In September, not only did I turn 30, but my oldest son, turned 13, OMG! In October we had a lot of fun planning for Halloween (the one holiday everyone is excited about in my house) and the kids totally rocked their costumes. Spawn, a Shaolin Monk, and a Beautiful, yet deadly Ninja. In November, we had a great Thanksgiving, lots of people and lots of fun. I can't believe it but here we are at the end already, Xmas came yesterday. It was great. I had earlier lamented the fact that my kids were too old for toys and such, but my husband proved me wrong yet again. They received mega amounts of fun, cool toys. Genevieve is at this moment pelting me with her Nerf Blaster gun, (who gave her this thing), and giggling maniacally. The boys are playing with their dad. I am currently counting all my blessings. Lots of things happened in between, we went camping, the boys had their "first official up all night geeked-out on games" evening. I started gardening, which I'm really excited about.Parties and massive amounts of mischief. The year however, is not over yet. Chad is playing his first official gig, next week on the 30th. Which I am extremely excited and proud about, he is a great musician. Then we have New Year's to contend with.

It's good, real good.