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Playing Catchup



Hi, ya’ll!  It has been a way too long since I have popped in with a little update on this blog, and I have to confess the reason why.  I’ve really struggled with what my little corner of the internet should look like. Should it be surface-level and filled with fun highlights or should it be a journal echoing the thoughts of my heart?  I couldn’t really make it fit into either box, but the truth is that I miss blogging so much.

I miss documenting the little moments of our lives.  I have never once regretted all the writing I did in those early years of parenting, and I want to continue keeping track of the memories both large and small. 

I guess moving forward this blog will be a mixture of both the mundane and the exciting.  It will be both topical and personal.  It will be a hodgepodge of life as it comes and whatever I feel like sharing at the moment.  It might be consistent or it might be sporadic.  I have no idea.  I just know that I want to preserve these precious memories of motherhood. 

So, let’s do a quick catch-me-up.  I will update this list with links later, but until then, here is 2017 in a nutshell:

January
            -WKU Game
            -Basketball

February – The month of sickness
            -Princess Tea Party
March
            -March Madness
            -Flipping Your Fins
            - Family Fun Day: Beauty and the Beast
            - The Little Mermaid
            -The Clown Cone Take Two
April
-Birthday Weekend
-More Family Fun
-Spring Hike
-Easter Egg Hunt
- Date Day With Mommy
-Easter 2017
- A Right of Passage
-Muffins with Mom 2017
-Disney On Ice
- Spring Family Fun

May
            -Camping Getaway
            -Preschool Graduation
            -Mothers Day Weekend
-Back to the Hospital
-Wedding Weekend
-Second Grade Awards


June
            -Game Face
            -Beech Bend
            -Fun with the Adkins Family
            -Ellie The Diva
            - Stand For Kids Day
            - The Mets
            -Family Vacation 2017

I can’t wait to share all of these precious memories in the weeks ahead.  I’ll post the in order on the blog but will try to share the links on social media for anyone who wants to read.



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