hello 2012

wow. 2012. it seems like only days ago it was 2011. hee hee hee! i so funny.

my plan to blog daily did not happen.

i'm not sure if i accomplished ANY of my resolutions for 2011.

but yet, looking back, it was a pretty decent year. i do wish i had of blogged more be/c then i might remember what, exactly, happened in the year 2011.

thinking about it, trying to remember...here are some of the things that happened in 2011.

a flu bug hit our house on Christmas Eve and has run through the kids and adults.
(there are no photos of this. you're welcome for that.)

i went from blonde to brown. a drastic change, hair wise. (and oh so important!)


we FINALLY started to renovate our house - after thinking about it, talking about it, dreaming about it for eight long years.


the middle girl started kindergarten. and loves it.


the older girl is in grade four. and loves it.


the boy, turned three and is still just along for the ride.


my cousin, Jo-Ell, came for a visit in September. it was NOT long enough, but SOOOOOO much fun and i enjoyed every minute with her. i was heart broken when she left.


we went to Sandpointe, Idaho for 2 weeks.


we went to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico for 1 week.


it was a VERY busy spring, work wise. (pictures to follow...i seriously HAVE to photograph all my clients houses!)

combine that and then some with the day to day - hubby, three kids and stuff - and life just zips by and you are into another year!

so much to be thankful for over 2011 - mainly the fact that this little family of mine woke up day after day. we were all healthy in the whole scheme of things. we were together. that is a lot to be happy about.

so going into 2012 i want more of the same. to be with my family. to be healthy. to have more time with friends. to enjoy this life of mine. to have fun and laugh a lot more and see the joy in things.

to be content. THAT is my resolution for 2011. to be content with what i have. to be content with who i'm with. to be content with where i am. CONTENT.

(i also want to run a half-marathon like i said i would last year. and grow my hair long. and quite a few other superficial goals...) but if those things don't happen...i'm determined to be content!