i'm back.....moving forward.....

i am going to be a blogger. a full time blogger.

yup, i am.
i'm WILLING myself to be a REAL blogger.

and it's starting now.

today.
a few years back, my sista www.ednieuwenhuisfamily.blogspot.com, had my blog made into a book. it's one of my favorite earthly possessions.

it's a timeline of our year.

a summery of the madness that sometimes (um, always) surrounds my family.

my goal this year is to chronicle our life, daily. (or at least weekly)

since i no longer 'scrapbook' our life, i would like to 'blog book' it.

someday, i would love for my boys to have a hard copy of their memories on 2013.

i'll be blogging the good, bad and ugly.

i WILL be honest here.

i vow to show you that REAL life happens in our home.

i'll even ask you YOUR thoughts so we can learn to 'do' life together.
i will do my best to encourage.

i will attempt to inspire. (PINTEREST BABY)

maybe even challenge you to get to know my Jesus better.

let's do this year together.

digging thru pics.

must share.

my baby then......

my baby now....

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my middle then.....

my middle now.....

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my old one then.....

my old one now....

my old one now.

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this past year, our family lost our dear joe.

as much as i didn't think i loved her, i did.

as much as i didn't think i'd miss her, i do.

my boys learned a tough life lesson in losing a 'friend'.  

we cried many, MANY tears.

we all learned how hard death can be.
even a sometimes, pesky little cat.