I will continue to enjoy my life with my girls and really take the time to enjoy things like Christmas mornings just a little bit more…

and continue to appreciate how amazing my in laws have been in adopting me as their own since my family is so far away…

and also to continue to appreciate how amazing The Man is to me and how blessed we are to have brought in our 15th new year together…

and to continue to love how gorgeous it is here even in the winter.

There will be ups and downs this year just like there have been every year before this one. It’s how we handle the downs to make it back to the ups that keep us going.

Goals for this year to keep the ups coming:

Go to church more

Stand up for myself more

Take more pictures on my actual camera

Read and comment on the blogs of those of you who read and comment here

Here’s to a fabulous 2013.