Best of 2013

This year has been tough of multiple levels, especially with Billy being gone so much. He works hard, to provide for us. On a normal day, he works 16 hours. And then he takes calls once a week. It's hard for the kids to see their daddy only 30 min to 1 hour a day. But we've also had some great times this year. Here are just a few that I captured:

Daddy's days off

DISNEY WORLD, BABY!

Kendall's 2nd birthday party
 

Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Lily's visit

Logan and Taylor's 4th birthday

 

4th of July with great friends, Bon-Papa, and Bonne-Maman

Awesome playdates

 

Pool days at home

Touch-a-truck

Splash pads dates with friends

Trips to the zoo

 

Moments like these...

... and these!

First day of school for my big boys... bitter-sweet

 

Apple picking

Spontaneous trip to Put-In-Bay during Billy's week off

Tender moments with my baby girl

 

Dates with this hottie... here at an OSU football game

The Color Me Rad 5K with these awesome ladies

Field trips with great friends

Trick-or-Treating

Cousins quality time

 

Visit to Maryland for Thanksgiving and Luc's 2nd birthday


 

And also:
- potty training my baby girl only shortly after her 2nd birthday
- the kids' excitement on Christmas morning

Bring it on 2014. You've got some tough competition!

12 days of Christmas crafts

This year we made 12 crafts for the 12 days of Christmas. It was a lot of fun, and Logan and Taylor were a lot more into it than I expected. Kendall loved every second of it, but I knew she would! 1. Fingerprint lights 2. Snowmen ornaments 3. Christmas stickers 4. Christmas tree button decorations 5. Handprints Christmas trees 6. Fingerprints candy canes 7. Glowing snowmen milk jugs 8. Handprints Santas 9. Handprints snowmen ornaments 10. Marshmallow snowmen 11. Frosting Christmas trees 12. Footprints snowmen Not too bad for a not-so-crafty mom, huh? Thank you, Pinterest!  

 

Trip to Maryland

 

We were very fortunate to be able to make the trip to Maryland for Thanksgiving this year again. And in addition, we were able to stay long enough to celebrate Luc's birthday. Two for one! Thanksgiving dinner was a success! Yummy food. Great company. And Logan was such a good helper! He helped wash the food and even cleaned the turkey. I am so glad we made the 45 minutes drive from my parents' house to go to Café Rio. I crave that food every.single.day. Mark my words: one day, I'm going to own a Café Rio, if we don't already live by one. The kids had so much fun going to visit the Firefighter Station and checking out the train. And they had a blast jumping in the inflatable castle at Luc's party. Luc is such a sweet boy! We sure wish we lived closer so that we could play with him more often.