Goodbye 2013 Hello 2014

New Years Eve has always been one of my favorite holidays. Growing up I always spent it with my best friend Stefanie Albayati. I remember her mom taking us to rent movies and dropping us off at the Souplantation for dinner. I remember going to the mall and getting matching "2000" shirts and "wild" black bellbottom pants. We toilet papered this kid Brian Blocker's house at least 4 years in a row. We would always "take a walk" the next morning just so we could try and catch him cleaning it all up! One year he chased us down the street and made us help clean it up. Aside from tping, New Years has always been refreshing. September was always a fresh start as school started, but by the time December rolled around I was always ready for another fresh start.

Now as an adult I have learned we can always have a fresh start, but there is still something energizing about the new year... Our 2013 was filled with lots of memories and lots of fun.

• Sage girl has her tonsils and adenoids removed 
• we welcomed our Harper Lee into our family in Feb
• celebrated all three of our March birthdays
• Taylor gave Harper a name and a blessing
• Taylor switched work shifts to 4 tens, which gives us 3 day weekends! 
• vacationed in California that included lots of beach time, fun with family and friends and the San Diego Zoo
• went to a Boyce Avenue Concert
• Ran in the Electric Run 5k
• Sage started Joy School and Dance class
• fun trips to Paradise
• lots of Halloween festivities- we dressed up as two sweet cupcakes and proud bakers
• made some new friends and enjoyed fun times with old ones
• celebrated our 4 year anniversary with a weekend away

We ended 2013 with a whole lot of fun celebrating the birth of our Savior and making fun memories together as a family. However, we also ended and have begun this new year with an ectopic pregnancy. We were both sad, but more than anything very grateful for my doctor who has been so diligent in following up with what was at first thought to be a miscarriage. I got an injection of methotrexate which is a type of chemo to stop the growth. Thankfully it is working and my levels have dropped significantly and I am at the end of this awful and long process. We have felt very blessed through it all though. 2013 was good to us and we look forward to what 2014 has to bring!