I am leaving this year with a whole new appreciation for the saying "rolling with the punches."
In just 12 short months, the year really showed the best and some of the really shitty of life.
We were so lucky to spend so much time with family this year. Living so far away from all of our family makes this hard to do some years and we are excited this year turned out to be one full of fun with man of them.
Early on, my aunt and uncle from Wisconsin spent a few days exploring Huntsville with us. It was the first time since our wedding they have been here and hopefully it won't be their last visit.
Ed's (and now mine) wonderful aunt, uncle and cousin from Miami came up to celebrate the New Year with us. Along with my B-I-L, S-I-L and adorable nephew, we made the most of every minute including a trip to the circus!
While the hubby was away in March I snuck home to Wisconsin to see my family. It was a short but much needed visit.
They returned the favor and came to visit us!
My mom and 2nd dad swung by in the heat of the spring and my lil sis and her soon to be better half fit us in to their fall tour of the south (when she asked me to be her matron of honor in their 2017 wedding!!).
Slightly unexpectedly the Hubby & I decided to tag along with the Miami peeps on a vacation to Spain in July and loved every minute of this adventure! It deserves its' own post on another day.
The Hubby's parents moved back from Iowa this fall and we are excited to have them just 2 hours away now.
Getting to see so much family in one year is not the norm so we are very grateful to have all these memories!
Speaking of memories. 2016 can be split in to 2 types of memories. 1. WONDERFUL 2. AWFUL.
Wonderful memories for me this year include:
Visiting St. Louis in October to meet the new handsome lil man, Alton, and trick or treating with our beautiful and so darn adorable goddaughter, Laurel.
All of the days I got to spend just being an aunt to lil Mason because being an aunt is seriously the best!
Christmas weekend in MN with my hilarious godson and his little brother. There is nothing more magical than the seeing Christmas through the eyes of a little one.
Girls nights out (or in) with some of the strongest, most caring women a girl could ask for as friends. Concerts, poolside resorts, laughter, ferris wheels, wine and so much more! I treasure every moment with each of you.
The ladies I work with. Trust me when I say, they are pretty spectacular. #JustSaying
Spain - all of it. A once in a lifetime experience.
My Hubby, my goodness, what a kind, wonderful, amazing man he is. Seriously, 2016 would have been a total bust without him.
Speaking of the Hubby, that brings me to the awful part of the year. Many of you followed the #StewartH2O saga on Facebook. No need to relive it here (thought if you haven't experienced it just put the hashtag into your FB search bar), but let me leave you with this one pro-tip:
1. Turn your water off at the main when you will be gone overnight or longer
It would be easy to let that situation ruin the year but thankfully the hubby has kept me in check (well mostly) and we have made it through not much worse for wear.
So here is to a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. *Cheers* Hug your loved ones, treasure every moment with them, take life one day at a time, celebrate the little things and make every day count!
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