2014

I have never been so ready to see a year roll around on the calendar as I was to see 2014. It's not that 2013 was a bad year, in fact it was a very good year, but 2014 brings the promise of some big changes for our family.


There are some day in life that are days of big change. And, May 10, 2014 is going to be one of those days for our family. We have been planning and dreaming of this day for five long years. And, finally, we are in the year that this is going to happen!


Matt is going to graduate in May. And, yes it is a big day for him. But, it's also a big day for us, all of us. While he has been the one doing the hard work -- very hard work -- the kids and I have missed him and we've had to adjust to him being gone so much. Matt has held down a full time job and been a full time student. That's a LOT. Even as I type this on a Saturday afternoon, he is working, writing his dissertation and we are missing him.


I am more than ready for the time when he can enjoy a weekend with us. Or we can watch TV after the kids go to bed instead of him having to work. I'm ready for a new normal, one that includes having dad around most of the time. We started this process (of him getting his masters) when Harrison was just 3 weeks old and he just turned 7. The kids are used to this crazy schedule of ours -- they have no idea what is coming in just a few months!


So, I say welcome 2014! We have been waiting for you.