2012 Was a Great Year!

A lot happened this year in our house! Chris is still the manager of rehab services and treating patients in Racine. He started another season of coaching with the Tremper Wrestling Team. I've lost track of the seasons, but this seems like it could be his 9th season. He was spent quite a bit of time aboard the SS Minnow fishing with my dad this summer. They spent a lot of time sprucing the boat up and it looks quite nice now. 

I am in my 7th year of teaching kindergarten. Although this year  brought a lot of angry feelings toward teachers and the profession, I still love my job and my students and their families. I just have to keep my earmuffs on some days and remember I'm in it for the kids. I did a lot more with my photography this year and really enjoy it. I would love to get a small business up and running at some point in my life. 

Ava has grown so much and has developed the best personality. From the stories my mom tells of me when I was a kid, I think she may have inherited some of my spunk but that's what we love about her. She turned 3 in November and makes us laugh all the time. She started private swimming lessons this summer and really did great with them. We took a break so we wouldn't be running to swimming and gymnastics at the beginning of the school year but we will start lessons again soon. Some of Ava's favorite things are: Little Mermaid, all of the Disney Princesses, Team Umi Zoomie, coloring, reading books, playing outside and cake pops. 

In March we listed our house. We found a builder that we really liked and chose a house plan for our future home. The plans are done and we are very happy and excited about them. We bought a lot in Pleasant Prairie in August. Unfortunately, our house didn't sell this year. We decided to pull it off the market at the end of November. We wanted to get through the holidays and wrestling season without people scheduling showings. We will re-list in the next couple months when wrestling is over. Hopefully we will have a quick sale this time, but I don't think Chris or I are holding our breath on that one. The same day we closed on the lot we found out we are expecting baby #2. My sister has affectionately nicknamed the baby P2Z2. We soon will be figuring out where this baby is going to fit into the house. We hope you and your family have a happy and healthy 2013!