only 12 days in... :) I hope you all had a fabulous Holiday and New Year. Our family had a awesome Christmas and Evan and I celebrated anther New Year together. I will sum up 2011 as not my best year. It was just a rough year, but somehow Evan and I came out a little stronger in our marriage and my family a little bit more at peace at how this house really has to run everyday. Evan and I have been married almost 13 years,it's a long time and I am not the easiest one to be married to. Then you put kids and step-children into that mix and well it gets messy. It was a rough year for my 17 year old and I {caitlin} she is a senior this year and well let's just say she not a sweet little 5 year old anymore. We had some HUGE fights in 2011 they were not fun for anyone in our house. In the end though we made a peace offering {most of the problem is we are JUST alike} and I love her so much and just want her to be happy with herself and her life. She has a new boyfriend {he is 22} so that was a HUGE fight in 2011 but after getting to know him with out judging him by his age he is really a nice guy and makes her smile and at the end of the day it makes me smile. I hope it lasts cause now we really like him..lol. 2011 also brought my oldest daughter {danika} and our grandson {liam} back home. Well that got messy to. Having 2 more people in a house that is already tight quarters well let's just say it can get ugly. Not to mention 2 sisters living under the same rough again {DRAMA}. We made the choice as a family to let danika and liam move back in so she could get caught up financially the problem with that is I am a MOM..and well I like my house to be a certain way and run a certain way. That didn't happen. I do LOVE though having my little liam here but that also meant my POlkadot Whimsy suffered a bit I do hope I am able to dig it back out of the rubbish. I got so insanely behind, watching a toddler, cleaning house, making dinners, fighting with children and spouses..well that puts you behind. I could feel the anxiety of it all coming on in late october and by the 2nd week of november i was toast. So the holidays came and that was nuts and then they left that was great. other than that 2011 not being as awesome as I wish it was I will just be so amazling thankful for it all. 2012 is already showing to be a fantastic year {besides Evan getting horrible food poisoning on new years}. Early in december Evan and I had a LONG talk about our future and that there was no way were gonna have another 2011. So 2012 is right on track, he is my saint I know I have said that term before but he really really is. At times i get so angry and frustrated and rarly it is with him I just tend to put the blame on him because it is easier that way than admitting my own flaws. We decided on a plan together, and he told me some things I didn't want to hear but had to hear know what I mean. So here is our plan I am gonna share it with you. Eat dinners at home, keep a budget and stick to it, be with our kids and play with them go on bike rides, invest in our house and not so much on material things, LOVE OUR LIFE, be more understanding to everyone who lives under this roof, stop sleeping on the couch {my problem always has been I always fall asleep there} create a working schedule that works for the whole family and stick to it , try not to work so much on the weekends, CHURCH is our #1 priority with out it everything else is gonna fail and trust in it, create a calm environment for our family because there all growing so fast, travel more and create memories vs shopping more and creating debt, and finally if PDW fails accept it and move on. The last one is SO hard for me, but Evan has given life to PDW for one more year it is either make it or break it for PDW and I know I can get it back to where it used to be it is just gonna take all of the above. Also I like our new look on 2012 I feel like I have something to look forward to everyday. That also means I will be staying up to date on this blog...NICE...We have some big trips planned this year..one is our 13 year anniversary that we will be celebrated together at the cosmo in Las vegas and the 2nd one is ENGLAND for lillie's 13th b-day. I hope I didn't bore you with all this rambling but it is nice to chat with all of you again. What are some things you are changing for yourself or your family in 2012 please share I wanna hear. I am hoping to do some creating this weekend {it's not working it's fun}..Also here are some pictures of our christmas and a few from New Years as Evan and I celebrated again in Las Vegas with our dear friends brian and tricia....Oh on a side note 2011 was a great year for loosing weight..and in 2012 still loosing :)....almost there to the goal weight of 130...
Our Tree...
Caitlin's snowboard..and she got boots and bindings...
it was a lego christmas for Seth...
Lillie and her Barclay's League ball..she had a awesome christmas
Little Liam in his new tent...he LOVED christmas
I got Evan a new fancy monitor, what else do you get a computer geek..lol..
caitlin and her boyfriend mikey, he came dressed in holiday jammies so cute...
I got all my Martha Stewart kitchen stuff.. {did I tell you we are remodling the kitchen and I got all new beautiful appliances and a convection oven }....
at the Hard Rock Las Vegas, I Suprised Evan with Guns and Roses Tickets... :) Had to take a picture infront of my 2nd favorite man...
And..Finally Happy New Year....man i LOVE him!!!
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