Reflections of 2012

We love New Years Eve at our house! For our family, as for most I assume, it is a time of reflection of the year that has passed and a time of hope for the up coming year.
2012 was the biggest year of mine and Phil's lives!
We bought our dream home. Fixer upper and all. If you know us well, you know that we would have it any other way!
That was January 5th, 2012
On March 15th, 2012, we found out that we were expecting a little Richason.
We tore out the drive way to put in a pool. To be completed in 2013!!! Yippee!
 Ely's bedroom got a major makeover.
Before
After
We created a nursery for our baby. The most challenging room in house got knocked off the list.
Before

After
The nursery has some finishing touches still left to complete though we are very close to done.
We tried to create a neutral nursery but maybe we lend a bit toward the boyish side of decorating. Oppsie!
Our living room went through some changes.
Before
After
Phily proposed! Finally!
 Lord I am a dork!
Our P Street renters moved out and left an incredibly disgusting mess behind. We didn't know that people really lived the way that these folks lived. It was beyond imaginable. Repulsively nasty! The SHOCK of 2012!

Ely joined the Lawrence County swim team and continued to take drum and piano lessons.
Amaya continued taking guitar lessons and likes her school and friends in Danville, Indiana.

We found renters for our old Edgewood house. The side porch got finished. Yes we waited until we moved out to complete it. Why? Because we are crazy and it just worked out that way;)


The day we waited so long for... Sawyer arrived on November 20th, 2012 at 5:51 a.m. He has already added so much to our family. The big kids love having a baby brother to love and hold. Phil and I feel so blessed to have three wonderful and healthy children to raise!
Our front porch...
got disassembled.

And they have begun to put it back together!
Needless to say... If we have not been in touch with friends and family as much as expected, we have been a little bit busy this passed year. 2012 has been exhausting, exciting, rewarding, thrilling, and shocking! Truly the biggest year of our lives.
In the year of 2013 we have many goals. Our lists of accomplishments are just as long as 2012. However, we will be slowing down, taking it easy, and enjoying the most important parts of life....
January 17th, 2012
May all of your hopes and dreams come true in 2013,
Jen, Phil, Ely, and Sawyer