2012 Year in Review

January
This was a pretty slow and boring month. We just settled back into the routine of school and work after the excitement of Christmas.

February 
Another slow month.  My mom and niece did come in the middle of the month, and we had fun shopping and spending the weekend with them.

March
This was a fun month. The weather was getting warmer, and we really enjoyed it. We had Spring Break this month. We just relaxed that week and hung out with friends and family! My niece also had her birthday party this month at the skating rink. The girls had a great time at that.

April
This was my birthday month! :) We also found out this month that we would be moving to Carthage. We were so glad to be in a small town, yet close to Jackson. I was also excited that I would be able to keep my job teaching first grade!

May
May was SUCH a bittersweet month. It was one of the saddest months of my life, yet we had so many happy and fun things.

Ava turned four and we had her birthday party at the beginning of the month. We had so much fun. The Wednesday after her party we lost a family member in a very tragic way. It was very sad, but we have been strong and have made it by leaning on and trusting God.

School let out this month too....yay! : ) I love my job, but I always welcome a break. The week after school let out, we went to Branson for a week. The kids had a GREAT time, and so did we! :) It was nice to just have a week away with our little family! We made great memories.

June
This was another fun and busy month.

We had VBS at our church the second week this month. We had so much fun, but it was kind of sad because this was our last week at that church. Our former church did such a great job with VBS, and I will really miss that this year.

We moved the next week. Whew....moving is hard. We were worn out and vow not to do it again for a VERY, VERY long time! :) We are very content with where we are.

The week after we moved, my mom, sister, niece, nephew, Ava, and Kate Rivers all went to the beach for a few days. It was SUCH a fun trip, and I hope we can do it again this coming summer.


July

Overall, July was pretty slow. That was good, though, since May and June were packed. We just hung out at home a lot, went swimming, and got accustomed to our new town.

Our new church had their VBS this month, and that was a lot of fun. It also helped us in meeting a lot of people in the church.

At the end of this month, I spent a good bit of time in my classroom getting it ready for the new year. I always love getting my classroom ready for the beginning of the year.

August

School started back this week. It is always so busy the first month of school, but we made it!

Kate Rivers turned TWO at the end of this month, so we had her little birthday party. It was really fun because it was at our new house so our families all got to see the house!

September
We went to a lot of football games this month! We are football people, and we love going to games. We went to an Ole Miss game and several high school games.

October
We spent a good amount of time this month also going to football games! We also had Fall Break at school, so it was nice to get a few days off!

Halloween was at the end of the month, and the girls had so much fun dressing up in their costumes!

November
This month flew! We went to more football games....surprise, surprise :)

We also had Thanksgiving Break this week. We spent the first part of the week at home. We then celebrated with our families. That Friday, we went to Birmingham to ride The North Pole Express...SUCH a fun little overnight trip!

December
Decembers are always super busy. We just did the normal pre Christmas stuff. :) We also celebrated Christmas with families!

Overall, 2012 was a pretty good year. We had a couple of downs, but mostly ups!

I have lots of hopes and goals for 2013 that I can't wait to share with you. I will get that post up by the end of the week/weekend.

Happy New Year!