2012

Happy New Year's!

I am expecting great things from this year.
We are finally moving home for good this month.
The kids are going to settle into their new schools,
Jerry will have his new career,
and I will revel in being close to family again.

2012 was a good year, too.
So, I am going to share my favorite
pictures from each month.


January

 Katrina turned into quite a young woman this year.
I am very proud of her.



February

 We played family laser tag.
Everyone wants to go again soon.


March

 Josh turned 10 this year.
I love the little man he is becoming.


April

 Easter always brings excitement.
No one does excitement quite like Josh.


May

 My boys are all boy all the time.
No creature or critter is safe.


June

  My beautiful niece had a banner year.
She graduated from high school, got married, and is pregnant.
I can't wait to meet my new niece.
(Or nephew, but I am voting for a girl)


July

 Nothing beats a summer vacation on the lake.


August

Good, clean summer fun before the school year starts.


September

 A family trip to White Sands brings out my husband's romantic side.


October

A family trip to Albuquerque brings out my husband's naughty side.


November

 James is my quiet one.
He also has a sense of humor to rival his dad.


December

 A good, quiet, family Christmas.


2013, Bring It On!


 I am linking up with Ashley at
Ramblings and Photos
for the Top 12 of 12.

Christmas is Done

The tree is down.

The decorations are all put away.

Hair color has been changed.

Toys are being enjoyed and fought over.

And the chocolate is almost gone.

I hope you all had as wonderful a Christmas as our family did.


And just so you know, I have packed three whole boxes.
More to be done today.

SHS 12/23

Christmas is almost here.

All shopping is done,
all decorating is finished,
most of the presents are wrapped.

Now to relax and enjoy the magic.
Tonight we will be caroling with friends,
and tomorrow he kids open a gift while
we watch The Nativity Story.
I love Christmas traditions.


For now, my Scavenger Hunt for this week....


Joy

Not only is my sister's name Joy,
but there is so much joy on their faces.
I love that my kids love their aunt so much.


Tangled

While I was out for a walk this week,
I found a tree with a lot of tangled branches.


Silver

This pretty silver star is my Christmas decoration for the front door.
I like it so much, I think I will keep it up all year.


Guilty Pleasure

I recently discovered this flavor.
Oh My Goodness! It is divine.
If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend doing so asap.
And hide it from the kids and husband.
They try to steal it.


Angel

This is one of my oldest Christmas ornaments.
I absolutely adore it.
It is always the first ornament I put on my tree each year.



I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
And don't eat too much.
On second thought, go ahead.
It's Christmas, after all.
You can work it off later.

Random

My time here is slowly slipping away.
I am trying to avoid doing anything.
Like planning, and packing, and cooking, and...


So, I will post about my random week.

 I had a coffee date with an amazing friend this week.
She has these adorable world cities mugs.
I, of course, chose Paris.
I think I have to go to World Market now
and get some.

 The kids and I decorated Christmas cookies.
James was making faces the whole time.
This one cracked me up cause he looks like he is about to eat my face.

 A cute book display the boys loved while shopping for
Daddy's Christmas gift.

 This book.
Amazing.
Totally needed right now.

 It rained in El Paso this week.
We even had a rainbow.
It's the little things.

Jerry and I went on a movie date Monday.
The theater had an arcade.
With this old school game.
It made both of us smile.

How is your week going?
Hopefully more productive than mine.

Silent

Charlotte Bacon

Daniel Barden

Rachel DaVino

Olivia Engel

Josephine Gay

Ana M. Marquez-Greene

Dylan Hockley

Dawn Hochsprung

Madeleine F. Hsu

Catherine V. Hubbard

Chase Kowalski

Jesse Lewis

James Mattioli

Grace McDonnell

Anne Marie Murphy

Emilie Parker

Jack Pinto

Noah Pozner

Caroline Previdi

Jessica Rekos

Avielle Richman

Lauren Russeau

Mary Sherlach

Victoria Soto

Benjamin Wheeler

Allison N. Wyatt

SHS 12/17

I am a little late with the scavenger hunt this week.

I am going to blame it on the upcoming move
and all the packing.
So what if I haven't done any packing yet.
Don't judge.


Sparkly

 There is no shortage of sparkly things this time of year.
I love it!


Door

 James at his schoolroom door.


Decorate

 I made chocolate peppermint cookies this weekend for
a cookie exchange.
They were delicious.


Stripes

 Are there any stripes with more meaning?


A Few of My Favorite Things

 Kisses, cheesecake, roses, coffee, and wine.
Not all together, though.


I get to pick the Scavenger Hunt pictures next week.
I hope you all like them.

Joy
Tangled
Silver
Guilty Pleasure
Angel