Its been awhile...

Hi guys!

Its been a while,  a lot has happened here and a lot of catching up is in order.... First things first - this post will serve as a way to sort out everything that has happened...


Lets start with March 2016 - Nick and I made the decision o pull Taylor from school and enroll her in Arizona Connections Academy - an online school that is accelerated and has been a tremendous success with Taylor.


On May 8th I woke up to a zillion Happy Mother's day text messages and fb messages. I quickly sent one off to my own mum and one off to my mother in law... Messaged my sister in law and told her happy mothers day and decided I would get up and enjoy the girls for the morning. What I wasn't prepared for was my husband's phone ringing and an officer telling him his mother had passed away. I honestly do not remember much after he told me she had died. I remember grabbing what I could and getting in the car and driving to his sisters house as we all knew we needed to be together.

Jody was a mother to me - She was an amazing grandmother to her grandchildren and she always had something encouraging to tell me when I was having a rough day. In so many ways I wish I could have told her more often how much she meant to me...

Over the summer the girls enjoyed going to work with mommy, swimming and the movies. We welcomed a new member to our family Sara - she is an exchange student from Italy. We adore her and she is an amazing addition to our family. Poor Nick is outnumbered.

The girls are both doing connections academy this year, Taylor is in 2nd grade and Addyson is in Kinder.

Taylor is still taking piano and ballet and Addyson is our little olympian and is turning out to be a natural at gymnastics. We have decided for now Addy will focus on gymnastics and school. We won't add too much to her plate just yet.

Nick is still serving our country and is enjoying spending more time with the girls and I. I am still working part time as well as teaching the girls and obtaining my masters degree. We are busy but busy has been a blessing.


I hope that if you can all remember one thing, it is to tell those closest to you how much they mean to you and forgive often and love always!

Janine