Blogging again :)

WOW, I sure have been away for a long time. I read many blogs daily and have decided to begin blogging again. I have kind of missed it. I love to write and use it as a stress reliever. Since I love to write anyway, I thought to myself" you need to start back on your blog" So here I am.... A lot has happened since my last blog, but I won't bore you with the details. I will just post the hightlights. This fall my son tried a new sport for him, football. This was a huge change since all he has played is baseball. I remember the first thing the coach said to me. "Does he play baseball?" "Yes" I said. " What posistion?" asked the coach. "Pitcher, why?" I asked. "Well we need to teach him to throw not like a pitcher...he needs to use soft hands, not pitcher hands" said the coach. We found out fast this was going to be a huge challenge for him, but a challenge he would do great in. He played like he had played before. While it isn't his sport of choice, he enjoyed trying something new and enjoyed the challenge. He also started middle school and decided to join the band. He plays the trumpet and I have to say he is pretty good. My little boy is growing up so fast. I'm excited that baseball is right around the corner for him!!! Our little girl turned three....wow THREE?!?!! It seems like she was just born. Where did the past three years go...I guess we should say he is closer to being four. Two months and she will be FOUR....OMG!!!!!! She started dance in the fall. She is taking ballet, tap and jazz. She loves to dance and puts on "shows" for us all the time. She is my little spit fire. Our year was also filled with sadness. We lost my father in law in July...fairly sudden. I learned a lot about myself, my husband, and life in general in the week after his death. I did things I thought I would never have to do. I learned just how strong I am and what my breaking point was. I have seen several people die in my lifetime (I was an EMT) but I have to say watching your love one die is so sureal. I had many mixed emotions...I wanted to cry,but felt I had to be strong for my husband. I wanted to scream at my father-in-law and ask him to fight harder, I also wanted to hold his hand and tell him it was okay to go. You never know what experiences you will have in life, but you just have to take them and do the best you can. Life doesn't have a users manual. Our year ended with a quiet night at home...we watched the ball drop in Time's square on TV. My daughter and I danced in New Year's. We toasted with sparkling blue berry cider and blew noise makers. I cannot think of a better way to end one year and begin another. So one of my New Year's Resolutions is to blog every day or at least every other day...doesn't matter if people read it or not, but it is something that makes me happy and I need to be happier in 2013 :) Until tomorrow....xoxox