Goodbye 2014

I sent the following picture and letter out as a Christmas card, but I didn't get it sent to everyone I had hoped to. I thought posting it here and sharing with all my friends would be a good way to send 2014 off with a nice farewell-I'm-glad-you're-over-please-don't-come-again-thank-you-buh-bye.

 

Our ABC’s of 2014

A is for Alfer going to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

B is for our two Beautiful Boys who Braved Books, Basketball, and endless Bike riding this year.

C is for Camille’s College Classes at S.H.S.U.

D is for Daddy’s Deployment, It was a Doozy.

E is for Everyone who so lovingly took care of us.

F is for Facetime. It saved us during those months.

  (Makenna would say Frozen helped us too, but no.)

G is for our Girls, we have two of them now! They’re Glorious, Gifted, and Gorgeous. Sorry for all the Gushing…

H is for the Heavenly Help we received in abundance.

I is for Incredible blessings despite our Isolation.

J is for Aunt Jenny who gave us refuge.

K is for Kisses at the airport.

L is for Love. and Laughter. and the Loony bin. That about sums up this year perfectly.

M is for our Maegan Diana who completed our family on June 18^th.

N is for Nucor and the Neverending support they gave to us even while Alfer was gone. (Best company ever!)

 

 

O is for Out of the blue deployment calls just 8 days after Maegan was born. Ouch.

 

 

P is for all of the Parks, Planeteriums, and Places the kids and Camille visited while staying in Utah.

Q is for Quiet. We’ve given up on wondering what that feels like.

R is for our Realization that while homeschool is awesome, it’s next to impossible with a brand new baby and a deployed husband and a full load of college courses.

S is for our Savior Jesus Christ whom we love and worship, and are indebted to forever.

T is for Texas, where everything really is bigger and better, except for the fact our family is so far away.

U is for Utah. We love our second home. And don’t even get us started on those mountains. And all the ice cream shops. And having cousins so close. And….

V is for the life changing and miraculously wonderful trip Camille and Maegan took to Virginia to spend a few days with some dear people from her mission.

W is for our Ward family and how they Watched over our home while we were gone.

X is for all the Exits we took on our weeklong drive home to Texas.

Y is for our Yummy kids. Sometimes we wanna bite them because of said Yumminess. Sometimes not.

Z is for Zee happiness we feel now that our family is finally complete, not to mention home safe & sound.