Roxy Girl

In January of 2003, B and I were at Lloyd Center and browsing around while we waited for our movie to start.  We meandered into Scamp's pet shop and fell in love with a tiny puppy labeled as a "sharpei mix."  She was so sweet and cute! Well, we couldn't resist her and thought she'd make the perfect sister for Pancho, so we didn't end up seeing our movie and came home with our new puppy, Roxy.

Cutest puppy ever.  

I can't find her tiny puppy pictures when we first brought her home, but I found a few where she was just a few months old.  She ended up growing way bigger than we thought (We think she's a lab mix, not sharpei) and out grew our minimum weight requirement at the apartment we lived in.  B's parents were kind enough to take her in and she became super attached to them and their dog then, Harley.  I was so glad we still got to see our girl and she had a great loving home.

Her first camping trip to Wickiup

So happy to see her after our honeymoon.

Right after Christmas this past year, we found out Roxy had lymphoma.  It quickly grew and took her over and she was put down last Monday.  She was such a good girl...well-behaved and playful til the end.  We will miss her so much.  Love you Roxy!

Olivia's first swimming lesson

Tonight Olivia started her first swimming lessons.  I was nervous about it after a summer where she was always reluctant to get in the water.  But...she loved it!  She had a perma-grin the entire time.  She loved kicking, jumping into mama's arms into the pool, and singing the songs.  She has been talking about it all night. "kick, kick!" "Swim in pool, more!"

Kicking 

Loving it

First lost tooth for Peyt

Last night we went to my sister Susie's house for dinner and Peyton's tooth was hanging by a thread.  Finally, as he was having trouble eating dinner, he decided to just pull it out!  He was so excited!

I couldn't believe he yanked it out himself. His permanent tooth is already poking through.

Earlier in the day he had written this note for the tooth fairy to please bring him $100.  Luckily he wasn't disappointed this morning when he didn't get that amount from her, ha.

Putting his note and tooth in the tooth fairy pillow I sewed for him.

He has another tooth loose on the bottom, which I'm sure will be out soon!

A New Year is here...

We didn't do anything for New Years Eve...Olivia and I were down for the count with colds.  I went to bed at 8:30pm and slept for a much-needed 11 hours.  New Years day we cleaned the house a bit and I made my first ever prime rib.  It turned out great! Here's to a better year for 2013!

My annual reflection..  Let's see how 2012 was..... 

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before? I can't think of anything!

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?


Last year's:
~Gain muscle mass back! FAIL.
~Plant an herb/vegetable garden. FAIL
~Get our yard in better shape. FAIL
~Develop a budget and stick to it. FAIL
~Take a weekend to get away with B. FAIL

Wow, that's discouraging.  2012 was a tough year for me transitioning from swing shift to day shift....from having lots of free time to having almost no free time. I'm still struggling with finding time to accomplish anything, but I know working this shift is a must for my family and I right now.

As for new resolutions? I'm keeping it simple. 

~Reduce the stress in my life...try to not do and be everything.  I can only do my best and I need to be okay with that. 

~Get in great running shape...I have to do this because we are running Hood to Coast in August!

That's it. 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? I had a brain fart when I typed this yesterday. A few people did give birth! Jill had baby boy Tripp, Amy H had baby boy Watson, and Amy W had baby boy Whit! More boys this year.

4. Did anyone close to you die? No thank goodness.

5. What countries did you visit? None.

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012? Making the most of my time.  Not worrying so much about a clean house, but spending more quality time with B and the kids. 

7. What dates from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Nothing stands out in my mind.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Sadly, nothing.

9. What was your biggest failure? Not doing as many fun activities with the kids.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No, thankfully aside from getting out of shape, I've been fairly healthy.

11. What was the best thing you bought? Our Volvo..I love that car.

12. Where did most of your money go? House mortgage, daycare/school tuition.

13. What did you get really excited about? Wickiup

14. What song will always remind you of 2012? 'Our God' by Chris Tomlin 

15. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder? Sadder.

– thinner or fatter? Same, but out of shape

– richer or poorer? Richer, but with more expenses.

16. What do you wish you’d done more of? Running, weight lifting, date nights with B, gardening, being more organized.


17. What do you wish you’d done less of? Worry/stressing and try to be more than I'm capable of.


18. How did you spend Christmas? With both of our families.

19. What was your favorite TV program? Duck Dynasty

20. What were your favorite books of the year? Hunger Games trilogy and An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff/Alex Tresniowski

21. What was your favorite music from this year?
The mix CDs Becky's husband Joe burned for me.

22. What were your favorite films of the year? Breaking Dawn 2

23. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? B threw me a b-day bash at my Dad's house with family, it was perfect. I turned 32.


24. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Having my mom here.

25. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012? Lots of leggings, lol.

26. What kept you sane? My kids, even though they were the source of my insanity at times.  I love those two. And B, he is my home base.

27. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012: Time is precious.

I had Peyton fill this out (With my help with spelling) to reflect on his 2012...it will be fun to look back and see how 2013 differed for him.  He is all about Ninjago and anything Ninja as you can see.

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