2012 milestones

1.  Hermana Emily returned from the Bolivia Santa Cruz mission

2.  my second daughter had her third child (second son) Josh 10/28/12 at home and I got to be there and stick around for a few days.

3.  Elder Peter returned from the Florida Orlando Mission

4.  My eldest daughter had her second child (son) with a midwife (VBAC).  Jared  born 12-4-12 and I got to be there for a few days, watch Christmas get set up, and enjoy my traveling companion Peter

5.  Had all six of my single children home for Christmas, they even slept on the floor together Christmas Eve and enjoyed a lot of family time through the break visiting extended or distant family.

2013 is wide open with possibilities and I am excited to see what lies ahead for us.  Life is good and we are blessed

grateful
334 Celebrating Christmas includes celebrating family
335 Christmas Eve has become a night that focuses on Christ and his birth.
336 blogs make it easy to remember the fun.
337 shoveling snow for fun.
338 2012 turned out better than expected
339 family love continues to grow
340 Spotify for listening to Thanksgiving and Christmas music