I am back and a catch up on the happenings!!

*Sydney showing me her ice skates, lol*

Happy New Year!!

I know I have been so bad about blogging. I have missed it ever so much. So my goal now is to try to blog at least 3 times a week. I think that is doable. Before I pressured myself to do it everyday so when I missed one day it tend to throw myself off and then I didn't even know where to pick it up at.

Well, lets play catch up here for a minute. Nick came home safe and sound just a few days before Halloween. I can't tell you how glad we all are to be back together. We had a few adjustment pains but nothing like what I had prepared for. The kids all ran to him when he got off the bus. He was off most of November. And most of the time after having your husband home for a couple of weeks, you are ready for him to go back to work, get in a routine. But honestly, I was a bit a sad to have him go back to work. It gave us time to catch up and for him to get reacquainted with the kids.
I am till now really trying to find my groove again and getting in a real routine with Nick back home. I am in the mix of reorganizing my scrap room. I started this on New Years Day and then we decided to go on a overnight trip to Wilmington,NC. We only live a little over an hour from there. But we just wanted to get away, we had intended to take a weekend trip or something sometime while Nick was on leave and it just didn't work out. Well, we had a great time. We went to the Aquarium at Carolina Beach. We all enjoyed the aquarium. We got a good look at everything, and everyone was on the best behavior. It was such a treat. We then check into the hotel and decided to take the kids ice skating. My husbands family are HUGE Hockey fans and players. So, its almost a rite of passage to learn how to ice skate. Cameron had been a couple times and wasn't fond of it till lately. It was the first time for Natalie, Sydney and Ben. Well, its in their genes, the girls took to it easily. By the end of the night, the girls were pretty much on the own with ice sleds. Ben ankles aren't quite strong enough, but like his dad he LOVES the ice. They all took turns going out with dad except Cameron who with an ice sled does really well by himself. Ben hated having to wait, but he learned quickly he got to go after Natalie. So he would hurry Natalie to go his turn would come faster, lol. After that we stayed and watch Nick play Pick-up hockey for a little bit and then we went back to the hotel. We got in pj's and relax. Nick got a ride back to the hotel after the game. It was a great time.

Well, Nick is back to work and Cameron, Natalie and Sydney are back to school. We are getting back into our normal schedule. Syd, went back to dance yesterday and Natalie has gymnastics tonight. So, I am finally trying to set myself up to keep my new changes, I hope that sticks better then New Years Resolution, lol.

OK, well I will be back in a bit to expand on that. I think this is long enough!!