Happy New Year everyone!! We have made it to see another year. We survived December 21st!! A lot of people would consider the number 13 unlucky but for me it is generally a lucky number and I hope the year 2013 brings a lot of good luck!
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| New Year's 2012 @ Dollywood |
The beginning of a new year and end to another is always bitter sweet for me. I am sad that yet another year has come and gone and amazed at how fast time flies by. At the same time happy with the feeling of a fresh start hoping that the new year will be better than the last.
2012 was a very good year for me and my family. We redecorated our house, purchased rental property, joined a new church, I started a new job as well as my husband, Parker started middle school, Alli started cheering on a cheer team, Mason (the dog) has calmed down.......well I will stop there because I was getting a little carried away. Mason is still crazy as ever but the rest is true. All in all 2012 has been a year of exciting first and brought a long needed deep cleansing breath. It always feels like we are running in place and going nowhere. Or climbing a very steep mountain and just when you think you are in your grove you lose your footing and slide back down. Believe me I am not getting too greedy in my happiness of 2012 as I know all too well life is a roller coaster. I am very thankful for the blessings bestowed on us in 2012.
That being said 2013 has big shoes to fill. Hopefully we have started a good foundation and can just build on it. Positive thinking right! I am trying to take life one day at a time. All we are guaranteed is now. I want to slow down this year and take time to notice the small things. These "small" things aren't small at all. They are memories that are just that, memories. My kids get bigger every time I look at them. I get older every time I look at me:(. My body feels it too. Therefore, I need to slow down and take more time for my health as well. I am not getting any younger. I am one that does not like to make new year's resolutions. I do not make them because I don't want to let myself down if or when I don't follow through with them. However, this year I am making these resolutions. I need to be accountable therefore I am putting it out there, in writing! And hopefully I can look back on 2013 with an even bigger smile than 2012!
Throughout this post I am enclosing pictures of special memories in 2012. And here are some more:
My little Cheer Cat.
My BFF Ellen came in from Virginia Beach for a visit. We always have so much fun together, maybe too much:).
Mason going for his check up. Seat belts are the law!
Alli at her back to school night for the start of her 2nd grade year.
Parker, on the tracks fixing to start middle school:(.
Alli at her first cheer performance.
Mine and Jimmy's fifteenth wedding anniversary. We were going on a date.
Girls day out.
Jimmy turned 40. Or according to the cake 624!
Fall break in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Can you tell we like it there?
The kids outside the Pancake Pantry in Gatlinburg. Our favorite place for breakfast!
Parker at our family reunion.
A collage of me in 2012. We will see how much I age in the coming year:(.
These are just a few pictures of course. There is nothing like a picture to freeze a moment in time.
Happy New Year everyone. I hope it is everything you wish for and more!!
June
And I quote.......
"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you are wonderful, and don't forget to make some art - write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."
~Neil Gaiman
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