A Year Later.....

I know it has been a really LOOOOOOOOOOONG time sinced I blogged and I am now planning on getting back into it. The past year has been somewhat eventful for us.

Not much happened in January, February, March, or April!

In May, Josh and I took our belated honeymoon to Alabama to visit a friend, then to Florida, and then a crusie to the Bahammas. It started out a little rocky but it was seven eventful days! I think the best part was when the cancelled our snorkeling due to a thunderstorm. When we got on the boat and they said we were going out to the middle of the ocean. I looked at Josh and said there is no way I am getting off this boat in the middle of the ocean! Okay so that was not the best part. I will remeber how beautiful the ocean is. Our hotel was ocean front property a couple of nights and was wonderful to look at!

In June, we had to say goodbye to Sammy and Aaron. They have lived in Minnesota for a year and we got to spend a ton of quality time together. Before they headed out we took them backpack camping, poontoon boat riding and rented a cabin in Hayward for the weekend. I now have a new love for Kayaking. I also gained an awesome friendship with Sammy. Even though she is my sister in law we never got a chance to really get to know each other due to the distance. Now we are great friends and she is missed dearly!

In July, we made a really hard decision and switched daycares for our children. We prayed hard to make this decision as we knew what the outcome would be for our previous daycare provider. So in July we moved the kids from the east side of New Richmond to the west side. It turned out to be a great decision. The kids absolutely loves Jessie and so do we :) The have improved leaps and bonds since they have gone there. Ava knows her alaphabet and can count to 10. She knows her colors and a lot of songs. Eli knows a lot of the same info he just doesn't have the time to share it with us! He is a busy boy :)

September was a big month in our household. In most household's this would not mean anything but when you live with Josh it does! He made the decision to sell his baby (his black lifted truck) and he sold it to someone who he knew would take great care of it! It was a hard day for him to see it being taken out the driveway but in return he got to buy an Chevy Avalanche. Which finally we have a truck that whole fam can ride in! Oh yes we also sold the Cavalier since Josh works five minutes from home and really did not see the need for it anymore. It went to a wonderful lady from our church!!!

The rest of the year flew by! We celebrated Eli's second birthday on November 21st with the Bell Family and celebrated Ava's 3rd birthday on December 4th with the Kannel Family. Christmas came and went. The kids went to Grandma and Grandpa Bell's for a week and it was some piece and quiet around the house! It was great. Don't get me wrong I love my kids but a little quiet is wonderful, especially have a child who has munch energy has Eli!

Josh and I also found out in December that we have been blessed with our third bundle of Joy due to arrive on August 27th....More on that to come!

Well that is a glimpse in our live to get you caught up on the past year!