merry merry!

merry {belated} christmas from us!!!

it's been awhile.

i hope your holiday was beautiful.

i came down with the flu/a nasty cold on our drive home to nebraska and was sick for the next 5 days.

it was terrible timing and i felt pretty miserable, forgoing midnight mass and not getting to do a lot of fun things i was looking forward to while home. it's such a rare treat to be in nebraska with all of my family,

so feeling like i was in a daze of medicine, naps, and low energy was a real blow to the holiday plans.

but, it was one of those humble reminders from life:

things don't always go as planned & you must always be thankful for good health.

and now another year is upon us! and i'm feeling extra grateful and lucky...

especially for a body that can rebound so well & for family who tenderly help you when you're sick.

last year was a big one for andy & i:

our first year of marriage

new jobs

and a new house

(becoming homeowners! still don't know how this happened!)

we have some big plans for 2013 and know it will be another amazing year. the months of november and december were, not surprisingly, really busy with the best of the holiday season: traveling, visits, and parties. we're getting ready to leave for another rockford weekend of belated christmas celebrating and then we're off to minneapolis to ring in the new year with great friends.

{luckily i had one weekend in december to actually clean my bathrooms, do laundry, and keep this house from imploding on itself; otherwise, i'd probably be going a little nutty at this point.}

but! there's always time for cleaning & chores.

traveling & spending time with our favorite faces is what we live for.

thanks for peeking in time & again in 2012, 

hope to have you back often in 2013!

xo

b

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p.s. i'll be bringing this on our weekend trip, full of this year's memories.