Oh the Joys of Raising Boys... and a Girl: Already 2023

Time flies and days are filled. Life is just busy. I always have intention to do things like blog but I never have the time. I always say "ok I am going to do it now" and then life happens. I wanted our entire trip to be blogged but it just wasn't possible. Our trip across the US was so amazing and with lack of internet in places or just lack of time, it never got completed. I did at least post to Facebook so I can go back and recall those posts.

So October 2022 we went to Dollywood for a weekend with Brandon and Kathryn and the kids. Caleb was having what I believe is a gallbladder attack. We will go at the end of January for a specialist visit with a gastro doctor for him.

November 2, 2022 Brad and I went to Jamaica for our 17th Anniversary Trip. It was wonderful and we stayed at the Sandals South Coast Resort.

November 29th Grandad turned 93. That was also the day I got a call from school that Caleb may have a broken finger from playing football at break. Turns out it was mallet finger and he has been in a brace since then. We ended up in the ER for it because they wanted us to see an ortho doctor. It was a crazy day for sure.

December 4th- Benjamin turned 15!!! Trust me I have NO idea how this happened! NONE AT ALL! My baby is 15! He is turning into such an amazing young man. He is fun to be around and still lives and breathes fishing!

Christmas was really different this year- I WAS NOT in the Christmas spirit at all this year. I got a little decorating done, but it was just not Christmas this year. We had incredibly cold weather which I loved and was thankful for because it made it feel like Christmas.

Cristy Smith flew in to town before Christmas this year which was really fun! It was so good to see her.

On Christmas Eve we were headed out the door when the boys noticed the neighbors house was leaking water out of the garage. Long story short their house flooded while they were in Pennsylvania. We were able to get the water turned off at the street before we left to go over to Brads moms house for Christmas.

Christmas Day was nice, but we had to leave to drive to Charlotte for our trip to Cancun with all of the family. It was a fun time and our flights home got canceled leaving us with an extra 2 days at the resort.

January started with a bang- Benjamin got his permit for driving on the 5th and I am not going to lie I am kind of glad he is nervous about driving. He really doesn't want to drive yet. He has driven twice so far. Once just in the neighborhood the day he got his permit and then again yesterday (a short distance on real roads and then in a neighborhood.) He is cautious and not comfortable yet, but I'm not upset about that.

I started with E2M again this January and I am so excited to be on a path of health. Its time for me to get healthy and in shape. I am going to do it for me and for my family.

Brad and I had our first date night of 2023 - I had planned for us to go to the RV show and it was fun to just walk around and see all the different RV's out there. We have to decide at some point what we are going to do with Tina- do we sell her or do we put a little money into her and fix her up/renovate her. After we went to the RV show, we went to dinner at Stax before we went back home before 9pm Ha ha!

Yesterday I went to the monster truck rally with Elijah and 11 of his friends and their moms. It was one of his friends Christmas gifts. He had so much fun and we got to sit in a box which is honestly the only way to do events like that.