EGADS!!!!! It's been 8 months...

...since I last posted here and so much has happened in those 8 months. I decided to revive this old blog now that we're gearing up for homeschooling our sweet little girl, who I can't believe it old enough for school already. I guess I'll just do a quick run down of our year so far.

January... We welcomed our sweet little (well, not so little) boy, Asher in January. He is such a miracle and I can't imagine our life without him in it.

February... started out with a huge blizzard... one of the things I like about winter babies is that we can just snuggle in our home while I'm recovering and while baby is too little to go outside to play. I love being a mama of 3 kids.

March... is one of my favorite months, other than the fall season. I love that it's finally getting warm enough to head outside to the playground. It's also when we went to the maple fest and learned all about how to tap a tree and make maple syrup... Moriah got to help with drilling the hole into the maple tree and we will definitely go again next year.

April... we were all sick for Easter but we still were able to get a family photo outside. We were all bummed to have missed the service at church. It seems like we can only go to church every other week. One week we're healthy and go and catch something from church and then the next Sunday we're all sick at home. Moriah was really bummed that she didn't get to show off her new dress to her friends. I still think they had a great time though. Isaac broke his toe and he ended up having to wear a boot for 6 weeks. He LOVED his boot, which was good and he did so well with all his x-rays and stuff. I'm so proud of what a tough boy he is!

May... Isaac got his boot off... he really didn't want to keep it off so we went to the outlet mall and bought him a new pair of shoes and made a big event out of it. It was so nice to know that it was healing nicely. We had Asher dedicated on Mother's Day at church. It was so fitting to have it that day since it was a year ago on Mother's Day that I realized that I was pregnant. I still can't believe our little miracle after years of infertility and miscarriages. God is so good!!!

June... we went to the ICHE homeschool convention at the beginning of the month. This was for real this time. We went with the intention of figuring out what our plans were for the fall with Moriah. I'm really excited about our curriculum we chose and can't wait to get started. I must say that I was much more relaxed this year and let the Lord just guide me. I think this is the last year that Mark is coming with me though. He ended up not getting to attend any of the workshops and spent the whole time wearing Asher while he was sleeping. I pretty much went to a workshop and then nursed Asher in between each of them. I didn't stress about missing any of them and we bought a CD of all the workshops so that I can review them or listen to the ones that I missed. Next year, Mark will stay home with the kids and I'll go by myself. I think I'll get more out of it. I also got myself a VitaMix after a failed attempt at making chunky monkey "ice cream" in my food processor. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this machine!!! We had a blast spending most days outside!

July... is always our big vacation month!!! We always go to Michigan for the 4th of July celebrations in Grand Haven and then we go to St. Germaine, Wisconsin for the Greenwood family reunion. I love the small town 4th of July celebration we experience with the nice short little parade and then the fireworks at the end of the day. The fireworks are always my favorite. I also love spending time with all of Mark's relatives and catching up. This year Mark's 2nd cousin got married on the island on the lake. It was such a fun time as always! Isaac got an ear infection but otherwise it was such an enjoyable vacation. At home we had tons of fun doing outdoor activities and running through the sprinklers.

August... Mark and I celebrated 10 years of marriage this month! I am so incredibly blessed to have him in my life and to be married to my best friend. We went to Michigan for a long weekend to celebrate. We're also starting our school year! I can't believe my baby girl is old enough for school. She's so ready and I have a feeling this year will be a breeze for her... which means lots of time outside learning from God's creation. We've seen a little bit of color in the trees and can't believe the summer is over and fall is on it's way! Fall is my most favorite season, I just love the colors and the cooler weather to come! I've been enjoying having the windows open and the cool evenings.

As you can tell, those first few months are a total blur to me, LOL! I did however try to journal a bit so I wouldn't totally forget and you can see my scrapbook pages from my Project 52 on my scrapping blog. I'm a bit behind on those too... it's been an amazing and whirlwind of a summer and can't wait to settle into a routine and get caught up on those layouts! I've been really good at taking the pics, just have been putting off actually completing the layouts!

I'm excited to be blogging again and can't wait to catch up on our home renovations tomorrow!