Again, we didn't get to send this to very many people, but we did manage a few dozen! When you have families as big as ours, that doesn't go very far! So here it is for the rest of you awesome-sauce peeps!
We kept our word. 2013 our word was “faith,” and we spent the year busily “sowing” in faith, planting seeds wherever we could without worrying about the harvest. Here we are a year later, surprised and pleased at the growth! And since I hardly blogged in 2013, here is our year, month by month:
JANUARY : Eric and Marcee each started teaching a class at the local junior college. Emiline sings more than talks with Aunt Holli’s influence. A two-year-old singing Wonderwall? Adorable!
FEBRUARY: Marcee started an online B-school course in preparation to start a business. Adam starts sleeping through the night. Sort of. Sometimes. Occasionally.
MARCH: Jane starts disappearing during the day and staying up late to read books. Marcee was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety and started an effective medication.
APRIL : Adam starts crawling. The girls are struck by Mermaid Fever, and can’t get enough time pretending to swim across the carpet. Marcee was introduced to a new love—herbalism—via a hands-on class making tinctures and salves.
MAY: Eric is accepted to a Tax LLM/Masters in Accounting grad program! Emiline turns three (going on 13) and lives up to her nickname, “Genius Monster.”
JUNE : Eric moves to Denver for the summer for school and networking. Marcee and the girls experiment with home schooling, since Jane insists she’s NOT going to kindergarten. Ever.
JULY : Adam starts walking! And we all really, really, miss Eric. Jane discovers Magic Treehouse.
AUGUST : Eric finishes his first class with a bang and comes home! Girls start spending hours coloring and drawing. Jane turns 5. Adam turns 1 and loves Grandma and anything to do with animals. We enjoy lots of family gatherings and end of summer fun all together!
SEPTEMBER : Moved to Kansas City!! (What-the-What??!?!) Marcee and her sister launch a graphic design business, Jabberdashery. (check us out at www.jabberdashery.com) Jane chooses a career and begins drawing “fashions” on everything.
OCTOBER: Our heads are spinning, our hearts are aching, our hands are busy, busy, busy! Eric grapples with being gluten sensitive/intolerant and Marcee learns all kinds of new skills in the kitchen: fermenting, sprouting, culturing, and making almost everything from scratch. The benefits are nothing less than miraculous, healing Eric’s gut and Marcee’s thoughts.
NOVEMBER: Eric is busier than ever, continuing with job searching and his Tax program online, substitute teaching during the day, and delivering pizzas at night. Jabberdashery starts making money. We celebrate our first holiday of our married life with no other family around.
DECEMBER : We have a sweet Christmas season in Kansas with new and old traditions. Eric and Marcee celebrate 7 fantastic and magical years of marriage.
It is with full hearts and sharp eyes that we approach 2014 with eagerness and enthusiasm. The lessons and love of 2013 have been more than we could have ever guessed. We feel our blessings deeply and fully. Our theme for 2014 is “See and Seek the Eternal.” Life is all about perspective. And the hard-won lessons of the last few years of employment and financial challenges have taught us that we have all the riches of eternity right in front of us. We resolve to never forget it, to let it continue to change our hearts, goals, dreams, and lives, every moment, the ones now and forever after.
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