Catch up part four

Last one until the next time I have to catch up....


JANUARY:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
We spent New years with Rich and Roz and their family. We had a blast. Laughing, talking, games, food, and always a good time!



HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY KOURTNEY!!!

I can't believe how fast time flies! I know I say it every year and I probably will. It just seems like yesterday she was this tiny baby and now she's FOUR!

Matthew went back to school this week and it has been nice having a break from him. He was in rare form this winter break and I was ready to strangle him! haha

He needs the structure of school and without it he is all over the place!
That's all for now!

Catch Up part three

I should mention November didn't suck completely....

Grandma came to visit for Thanksgiving and we had a good time. Missed the rest of the family but still had a good time.

DECEMBER:

December was spent trying to get out of the funk I was in over losing Indi so suddenly. 

We took the kids to the Polar Express which was so much fun and very magical for the kids.

Kinsey and I took the kids to see Christmas lights.

Christmas was a little strange this year since my mom had to work. Everything with the family was done on Christmas Eve but Kinsey wasn't there or Aubrey or Clif. Half the family was missing. We didn't play cards.... It was just weird compared to what we normally do. It was still fun though. 

Christmas Day was fun. The kids got everything they asked for. Santa was pretty cool this year.

I also got to see my Shawna while she was here visiting her family! Always so good to spend a little time and catch up with the people you love!

Catch up part two

November:

This was a really really hard month for me in particular.

My sweet Indi passed away very suddenly.
She was fine and then when I went to bed I was looking for her and found her under my bed but when I called out to her she didn't perk up like she always did. I touched her foot and she was solid. I told Berto I think something is wrong with her. He came over and pulled her out from under the bed and it was a very surreal sad moment. I watched him try to wake her up and it was just too late. She was gone.
I'm still in shock and it's been almost 2 months. I can't seem to get over it. I always said that when Indi went I would go right out and get another cat but I can't do it. A part of me is traumatized from finding her like that. I am still in shock. How could she just die like that? No warning.

I know there is probably never a warning but she was FINE the day before and she slept with me and we were playing with her and then the next day she's dead.
We went into panic mode because it was 11 at night and we didn't know what to do with her. We couldn't just throw her away like a piece of trash.
So we called around and Berto found a place that would cremate her for a reasonable price. The worst part was having to wrap her up in two trash bags so Berto could take her to the clinic.
HEART BREAKING.

I miss her everyday and I miss the unconditional love of my sweet Indi. She was so loved.

November SUCKED.

Indi
5/26/08-11/17/15

Catch up part one

So once again we play catch up.



SO OCTOBER:

Matthew got a black eye at school. Someone fell and it was a domino effect and he ended up with the black eye TWO days before his school pictures!! So his 1st grade photo has a nice memory...

We celebrated Halloween with our friends Rich and Roz. We got a ton of candy.
Kourtney was OF COURSE Elsa from Frozen and Matthew was Batman. They looked so cute and had so much fun!

That's pretty much it for October!