Is anyone else in as much shock as I am that 2013 is over? I mean, we just got it started, right? 2012 flew by for us in uncertainty and anticipation. 2013 was supposed to creep. Creeeeeeeeeeeeeep, I say!
But it didn’t. It’s over. Gone. Just like that. Poof! Our first year in the new house, our first (and only) year of both kids in middle school, a quiet and peaceful year. The year that was supposed to settle in, get comfy and stay a while slipped out like a welcome house-guest, leaving the borrowed blankets folded neatly on the sofa. We hate to see that sweet guest go, but are grateful for the memories it left behind.
January: Aaron’s first Social Studies project. He’s more a Science Fair kinda guy. But he had fun with this.
February: We finally finished building the fence. Whew!!!! 
March: Victoria’s birthday party, of course!!
April: Lady, my Father-in-law’s yellow lab, decided she wanted to help Dom mow the yard. As you see, she’s all in!
May: The kiddos, hanging out and being sweet to each other. (Cue collective awwwwww!)
June: You know there’s always at least one month with no notable pictures to speak of. This is the one for 2013. As I attempted to re-upholster the wing-back chair myself, this is one of the wounds I suffered. I know, I know…big whoop.
July: Mabel is a food thief. Here she has absconded with a hoagie roll that Aaron had made into a ham sandwich. The entire hoagie, minus these two inches you see, is in her big fat mouth.
August: For the first time in Caddo Parish history, three Mainiero children are at the same school. I had to document it.
September: Some mornings the sun shines just right through our front door and casts a rainbow on everything in its path.
October: This one deserves the video. It just does. We told Mabel that this is what happens to animals who steal food off of my kitchen counter.
November: I felt like the Grinch decorating his dog. Except I think Mabel and Mason wear their antlers cuter than Max. 😉
December: The frosty, sunlit view from the deer stand. It was prettier in person. The best part was watching the cardinals play as the sun came up. You know, since the deer didn’t feel like coming out…
May your New Year’s celebrations be fun and safe. And may 2014 bring you peace and joy.
Happy New Year! Love those photos of your doggies (and kiddos too)!
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