Happy New Year 2018

January 1, 2018
How can it be 2018 already?!
2017 wasn't a bad year.  We had some good times and some good things happen to us.  My middle son got straight A's and was inducted into National Junior Honor Society.  He made the 12U All-Star baseball team and they finished 4th in the state!  (This is the division that can go all the way to the Little League World Series!) My youngest son's Little League minor's team won the championship in their division/league!  He joined a club diving team!  He has fun doing flips off the diving board.  We went to Hawaii!  All 4 kids swam in the ocean!  My daughter did great in her dance recital & gymnastics class.  My oldest son completed his 1st year of high school.   He was inducted into Key Club.  He did pretty well in school while taking a tough course load.  The Diamond.backs had a great comeback year in MLB!  We did have a few setbacks one being when my oldest son fractured his elbow and had growth plate separation and was out of baseball for 4 months, which can seem like a lifetime to a teenager!  All 4 kids adjusted well to their 1st school year in their new schools in our new city.  My daughter boldly decided to attend a different school for Pre-K this year and is flourishing and loving it.  We got to see my parents a lot and they helped me out so much with getting the kids to all of their activities.

Now for goals and resolutions for 2018.  The kids are settled in to their new routines.  It's time for the hubby and  me to focus on our health and wellness for a while.  This means back to the gym on a serious schedule, changing my diet, losing weight and sleeping more.  Easier said than done, huh?
Yeah, yeah I know almost everyone says these same things and has the same aspirations for resolutions.... and by the middle of January are not sticking to them anymore.  One great thing about moving back to a big city is the abundance of delicious restaurants to try.  One bad thing for my waistline is the abundance of delicious restaurants to try!  ;)  
There are so many fun things here in our new city to do.  However, that means that
I spend a lot of hours a day in the car sitting in the car driving the kids all over town to school and activities.  Which means less time to be up and mobile burning off calories.  :(
So I will check back in periodically and see where I'm at and how well I'm sticking to my resolutions for a healthier me!

Oh- the adoption front-  Cambria's baby sister was born in January.  I can't believe she is turning 1 in a couple weeks!  They are doing well.  I'm so happy for her birth mom, fiancé and baby sister.  We still have a well-functioning open adoption.  We were planning to go back East to visit her birth family around her birthday in the fall, and guess what hit at the same time?!  Hurricane Ir.ma!  So we figured it was best to stay put out here in the west.  So maybe next year we can try again to make it out there to visit.

Happy New Year 2018!  I hope it is filled with an abundance of blessings for everyone.