Virgina 2012

Some pics

2012 In Review

It has been a while since I wrote on here. In the last year a lot has occured in our family.  We have had several deaths including my brother (James (Sam) Murray---Oct 2012).  BUT dispite it all God is still good.  My cousin Val got married in July 2012 and we pray for their marriage.  We ended up bringing the kids to the wedding due to lack of babysitting service.  My husband ended up taking our two children and their child so it all worked out.  James and Jess had a wonderful birthday party (May 2012).  We had their party at the Elmwood Park Zoo.  We had just a few people there, but they had a blast.  We then went to mom's for the remainder of the family and had more celebration.  On James' actural birthday we went to Appleebee's and he was so shocked when they came out singing he didn't know what to do!  It was great.  Jessica's first birthday was great.  She ate her cake and enjoyed it. Soon after her birthday she started to get ear infections.  She ended up having to get tubes (Nov 2012).  She did great with the surgery.  When we went back for her followup (Jan 2013) she had regained her hearing and is doing very well.  For our family vacation 2012 we went to Williamsburg,VA.  We went to Busch Gardens and a Water Park.  The kids had a blast.  Our entire family went so that was nice.  A couple of weeks later we went to cousin Ruth's house for the family reunion.  The kids had the best time.  We ended up taking Jay Jay OCM to go the beach with us.  It was a great time with family.  Jimmy didn't really enjoy the beach because Jessica got sand in his eyes.  Jessica's transition to day care went smoothly (sep. 2012) and James continues to thrive.  The Holidays 2012 were great.  Thanksgiving was at the Mercer's and we and had fun.  Christmas was at mom's we went the night before and stayed the night of Christmas.  It was fun with all the grandkids minus Izzy.  Jimmy had a great Christmas.  As he opened his gifts he said "This is exactly what I wanted."  James' mom came to visit in August and said she had two great days with James.  Shawn moved to Flordia in Oct 2012.  2013 will be a great year.  Thank you God for getting up through 2012!