The Best Year Yet

At the beginning of each new year I look back and say the time flew.

 This year is no different.

I can say without a doubt that 2013 has been the best year of my life!

Here are the highlights through pictures :)

January

*Pregnant with sweet Hadley

*Enjoying our last warm winter in North Carolina

*Auntie Em came to visit!

 February

*The sweetest baby girl was born on 2-1-13.

Our precious Hadley Marie

March

*Adjusting to life with three

*Last month in North Carolina

 April

*Saying goodbye to the Army (Wooohooo!!), and seeing our friends and family

*Staying with Dad and Mom for a while

*Grandma Patty's 75th Birthday

*Sunday School Party

 May

*Snow.  Enough said.

 June

*A glorious 2 day/2 night child-free camping trip with Noah and Alex for our 5 year wedding anniversary!

 July

*Hadley is growing up!

*Moving into a home with a hilly yard: perfect for slip and slides!

*Chance got his first teaching job!!!

 August

*Chance started teaching (this is the picture I text him on his first day. Great movie!)

*I started back to finish my English Education degree

*The kiddos started school

 Septemeber

*Landon had his first real birthday party.  3 years old!

*Hoos family reunion at the Shull's (my grandparents)

 October

*First real pictures as a family of 5

*Isaac turned 5, and had a pumpkin patch birthday party.  Time is flying!

*UCM Homecoming parade with all the cousins

 November

*Enjoying the beautiful fall weather

*Being thankful.  Thanksgiving with the cousins!

*Puppy and Monkey's birthdays

 December

*Preparing for Christmas

*A growing girl!

*A trip to the zoo with our friend

*Celebrating the birth of Jesus!

This blog has been a great way for me to connect with my family and friends back home when we are away.  Since starting back to school in August, I have felt the need to get rid of the clutter in many areas of my life.  The online world has been one area I have let slack (gladly), and I plan to say goodbye to this blog in 2014.  Thanks for sticking around whoever you are :)  It's been fun.

We have been so incredibly blessed this year.  

I can't wait to see what God has in store for our family in the coming year!