The Last Year

I meant to post this January 2017. For some reason it stayed in my drafts. 

I stepped away from my blog because some crazy stuff went down last year and I didn't feel like I could talk about it. I got out of the habit and ended up not talking about anything. Not here, not in my personal journal/blog, not to anyone.

But, here I am, nearly 18 months later, returning to my blog.

My last post was on July 7, 2015. Yikes. Here's what's been going on since then:

William turned 4 in August 2015 and started his second year of preschool. He loved riding the bus every day.

I started a full-time position at a translation and localization company as a Desktop Publisher on August 31, 2015. 

In January 2016 Tyson started a full-time job at Sun Products in Salt Lake (William and the Snuggle bear). He works the swing shift (3-11:30 p.m.) which was ROUGH while I was also working full-time. We never saw each other. The hours suck, the pay isn't great, but we're viewing it like an internship. Plus, the company will pay for the rest of Tyson's undergrad degree in Chemical Engineering as it applies directly to their company. 

Matthew turned 1 in February 2016. We had a whole party planned for our family and then the stinker got sick so we had to cancel.

In March, Tyson and I joined my family at Salt Lake Comic Con's FanX. It was our first time at a comic con and we had a blast!

Matthew also enjoyed his first Easter in which he could participate in the Easter Egg Hunt.

Also in April 2016, we took William to see his very first musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He loved it! Even now, he loves to watch the movie version with Donny Osmond, he knows almost all the words, and he and Matthew love to dance along to the songs.

May 2016 brought Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease to Matthew. This not-so-good pic shows when his finger blisters finally popped. He and I were stuck at home for almost a month. Rough times for baby Matthew.

June 2016 took us to Fish Lake with my mom's side of the family. We had a great time, as usual. We also attended the Hill Air Force Base Air Show in June...but I can't seem to find my pics of that event.

In July we took William to see his second musical: Peter Pan. This one was a bit harder for him to enjoy. I think Joseph is just a hard show to top :) Maybe we'll get to show him Seussical sometime!

All three of my boys got haircuts. Blonde=Matthew; Brown=William; Baby lotion bottle=size reference. William's hair is truly ridiculous. It's SO thick!