Happy New Year!

We celebrated the New Year at home as a family this year (same as last year actually)!

We made a special dinner of steak and lobster and by the time the kids went to bed I was ready for bed myself!

With the busyness of the Holidays it was nice to be home and to get to bed early (I know I can be lame :). One of these years I'll make it up to ring in the New Year! I do believe I was up around midnight.....in a little girls bedroom, so we rang in the year together! ;)

2012 was good to our family! We welcomed Miss Nora to our family and she has brought so many smiles and giggles....she's such a sweetheart! With a new baby comes "trying to stay healthy". I think I've been on more antibiotics this year than ever before--but we've remained relatively healthy!

Our 2012 highlights:
Feb: Bishop's 2nd birthday followed VERY closely by Nora's birth
March: Luke wins President's Club and we got a free trip to FL
We got the great news we will be welcoming in another cousin/nephew to our family
June/July: we took our annual trip to CO as a family and went hiking and swimming
August: Luke and I joined 6 friends on a BWCA trip--we missed the kids, but had a great time!
Sept: The Annual Bishop Vacation on the North Shore--a little chaotic this year, but nice to get away and spend time together hiking, swimming and relaxing!??! Ha!
Oct: I took a new job at BD which is going very well!

Along with those highlights we celebrated Bishop being 100% potty trained (we started in Feb and he pooped his pants for about 8 months....and then on Halloween he started going on the toilet)! I guess he's not 100% trained because he still wears a diaper to bed, but I don't even care! :)

We also celebrated Nora walking at 10 months. She's had lots of celebrations this year! :)

I hope I didn't miss anything!

Happy 2013 to you and yours! I understand there are a lot of people who have experienced heartbreak, pain and sadness and I pray that 2013 will be a year of love, comfort and peace for all!