Where does the time go??

Well, it has only been about eight months since I last blogged and it probably appeared as though I had moved on from the blogging world.

Things around here have been far from dull and since my last post was about our trip to the pumpkin farm, I feel the need to give a quick re-cap of what has somehow flown by between then and now. So, here it goes......

For the third year in a row, Blake stuck with the Star Wars themed Halloween costume, this year was the Clone Trooper. Alyssa chose a fashionable Hello Kitty Witch, which she pulled off flawlessly, and Jacob went with an adorable motorcycle cop.

Shortly after Halloween, Blake took part in the St, Vrain Valley School Districts' Invention Convention where Blake designed and built a new composting bin in order to make his chore of taking out the compost less frequent and less smelly. He did a wonderful job and we have been using the new and improved bin in our kitchen ever since!

Thanksgiving seemed to come and go in the blink of an eye and with finals quickly approaching, it also meant that our countdown to Mexico had officially begun. Two days after my final final of the semester, we headed to the airport and embarked upon one of the greatest family vacations yet. Spending a week in Cozumel with some amazing friends was refreshing to say the least! We left the sun and returned to snowy Colorado just in time for all of the Christmas festivities.

Jacob, the true party animal that he is, rang in the new year with his third birthday! He went with a dump truck theme and our gift to him was a trip to the Children's Museum in Denver for pajama night.

After a month of vacations, celebrations, and some lazy days in between, it was time to face reality; the kids headed back to school and I embarked upon another semester. During this very busy four months we also squeezed in Alyssa's sixth birthday with a ladybug themed celebration, and a Spring Break trip to the butterfly pavilion and days away in Keystone.

I was more than ready and extremely happy to finish my hardest semester yet (one more down, two to go). A few weeks later, Blake finished fourth grade and Alyssa graduated from Kindergarten!! This spring also brought some other changes our way, when Seth became the Emerson Process outside sales representative for the Western Slope of Colorado. It has been busy as he transitions into his new position, but we all seem to be adjusting well to both the uncertainties, as well as the perks, of his new job.

Well, that about does it.....it is hard to sum up eight months in a few simply paragraphs and I have undoubtedly overlooked many smiles, giggles, struggles and milestones in this overview. However, I am looking forward to all the wonderful, chaotic and priceless moments that are around every corner with three kids! Here's to finding time in between all those moments, to sit back, reflect and write about how wonderful and thankful I am for every crazy minute of our lives!