Life is wonderful!

Over the last moth we have been busy, really the last year has been a blur, and it amazes us that it has been a year since we left to go to Albania to meet our amazing Miss Mariada. Since we left on Thanksgiving Day last year and had a Christmas apart from each other we made sure to do it up this year! My mom had Thanksgiving at their house and we are doing Christmas here. Thanksgiving weekend we took Miss M to pick out a tree and put it up that Saturday, we usually wait a week or two but we are feeling the spirit this year so why not?!

We have already had a Christmas party and been to the Jingle Bell parade with party afterwards at a good friends house, we have a few more to go to over the weekend, so needless to say Miss M thinks Christmas in America is great, she loves to stay busy and for the “no Kid” parties well that means babysitting money! She has picked up a few extra clients and is saving for “high school” her big brother Ben told her that things get costly in high school and she wants to be prepared ;)

As far as school goes, that all A report card she was working so hard for came true, she aced every exam and ended the tri with a 4.0! She is so very proud (as are we) when picking her up from school she got in the car and said “Mom, did you know of the paper on Principal E’s window, honor roll, I am on it!” Yup, honey you made the honor roll! Just think how happy she was when I told her it would be in the news paper as well! She also went to the 8th grade Christmas dance she did the entire girl thing, got ready at a friend’s house, spent the night at another friend’s house and had a great time! Now we get ready for swimming, she can’t wait!

Another week we will have Ben and Sara and it will be Christmas, all together :)




After Dance Fun!

8th grade girl power!



Yes, Life is Wonderful!