It is 2013!!!  My last post on this blog was the middle of August in 2011!  It has been a very long time.  Life has gotten very busy, but I have missed using the blog as a family scrapbook of sorts.  I am excited to start back up this year.  My plan is to update on Mondays and whenever something else note worthy happens.  I post pretty regularly on Facebook, but several relatives and family friends are not on that media site, so I want to give everyone a chance to see what we are up to!  I hope you will enjoy keeping up with us this year!

 

We had the kids pics done this past fall after they turned 5! Yes, you read that correctly - 5!!!  They also started going to half day kindergarten in Sept.  We have them all in the same class and I get 3 1/2 hours of kid free time every weekday.  They love school!  It has been an adjustment, but I think the kids and I are into a great routine. 

 

 Love my Trio!

Lucas is now 16 years old!  He is. a junior at Ledyard High School in the Agri-Science program.  He is doing OK in school and looking forward to learning how to drive here very soon.  He is in year 2 of his braces and the end is almost in sight.  He is also very active in the drama club and just finished playing a role in the fall play - The Diary of Anne Frank.   He did an amazing job! He is also getting ready to start rehearsals for the spring musical.  He is turning into a great young man that Dave and I are proud of!   

 

 

Dave and I are doing well as well.  Dave is working for QuEST Global as a test engineer at the Pratt and Whitney plant in Middletown CT. He is really enjoying it and doing well.  He has earned a couple pay raises over the last 2 years.  It is a 45 minute commute, but I think he uses the time to get ready for the chaos that awaits him at home!  LOL

 

What about me, you ask? I am keeping very busy maintaining the house, taking care of the kids, and going to the gym a couple times a week.  Definitely a little stressed and overwhelmed some days and my insomnia is at an all time high, but otherwise doing well even though I turned 40 this past year! 

 

That is just a quick update on us for my first post of 2013!