Hello 2013. I love you.

One of these days I'm gonna blog about what happened in the months 2012.  The lack of documenting will explain my year exactly.  My hands were too full to type.  Great things happened in 2012.  I have many pictures to show for the memories we made, but I regret not having the little moments written down.  Something has to give and unfortunately the blogging ball was dropped.  2013 looks promising.

This year I will not be making specific goals.  I chose to have a "get organized" theme for 2013.  I want to focus my days and months on organizing my time, space and ideas..  I have a lot of adventures planned and projects to look forward to.  I am beyond excited that my kids are home to experience them together and I am grateful they will have the time to plan and organize their own projects and adventures.  We are going to have a memorable year.

We spent New Years Day in the car, driving south.  It felt SO GOOD to watch the temperature rise as we traveled.  We arrived home, unpacked the van immediately (part of my "get organized" theme... every single item in our car was put where it needed to go-- we didn't unload, we unpacked..  It was also a huge help that I took down Christmas decor before we left!)  We locked up our snow gear and hope we won't see it for a long time.  Boots and gloves and coats suck.  Unless you're skiing or sledding.  

Our fridge was empty, so we had ramen noodles and sparkling cider for dinner.  The boys never had it so good.  Annie was on TV while we cleaned up the kitchen and I was pleasantly surprised to hear my husband sing along to every song.  I had no idea he was such an Annie fanatic.  We cuddled up by the fire and put together new puzzles and lego sets while Miss Hannigan got drunk.  And then we read scriptures together and knelt for family prayer and thanked God for all that He's given us, particularly the family that lives far away.  I am so happy to be home.  So happy to be here, where I am, with those i love most.  I need nothing more.  

and PS.  my bed is the most comfortable bed in the world.  five stars at the Hilton should be ashamed of itself.  I slept like a baby last night, I was snoring again... now we're off to the pet store to buy mice for our snakes!