Christmas
has come and gone. New Year’s is
over. I’m still kind of in denial
though. The Martin home has yet to be
de-Christmasified. But that’s allowed –
it’s just Epiphany today! I’ll probably
slowly start tomorrow, but honestly, for some reason, this year, I did NOT get
my fill of Christmas music and magic. I
may keep on keepin’ on with the music for a while yet.
We had
a good Christmas. I think maybe my
expectations (as often happens) made it a bit of a letdown though. Last year was so horrible (seeing as my dad
had died just a month previous).
Obviously this year was better than that, but it still wasn’t totally awesome. The kids – well, the two younger of the three
– were insanely cranky. Like terrible
grumpy aliens took over their bodies cranky.
I don’t know what was going on there.
It’s hard not to let that start to get you down. You want to scream, “It’s Christmas, for
crying out loud! BE MERRY!!!”
Post
Christmas, things did look up. Mike and
I took my mom to see, “A Christmas Story, the Musical” at the 5th
Ave Theater. It’s my parents’ all time
fave Christmas movie (they even received a leg lamp one year that my brother had
made). That was super fun. Then on Sunday, our annual Camp Christmas
began. Jason, Rebecca, Jason’s daughter
Adrienne and their 4 kiddos moved in for four nights-five days. Most people think this is nuts. Most don’t understand. When we told the kids that they’d be staying
for four whole nights this year, Zach whined.
(‘Cuz that’s still not long enough.)
When it was time for them to leave (after five days of togetherness,
playing games, hanging out), one of their kids cried, “But we didn’t get to
play!” This is just how we roll, these
two families – no time together is ever time enough.
New
Year’s Eve was party central. Adrienne
stayed here to put all of the kiddos to bed (and did a great job) while Jason,
Rebecca, Mike and I went with Rebecca’s family on a party bus in Seattle. We went to a bar (that we proceeded to OWN)
and then went up Queen Anne hill to watch the fireworks at the Space
Needle. We ended the night at Dick’s
Drive-In and an insane amount of burgers, fries and milkshakes at 2am. We partied like rock stars.
What
will 2015 bring? We’re already off to a
good start. Mike and I had a date night
courtesy of dear friends, Jason and Julia, on Saturday. We used the time (sans kids) to talk about
the upcoming year. We’ve got to figure
out Kayliana’s next school year’s pre-Kindergarten plan SOON (which seems crazy
and as if I’m figuring out who she is as a human being…like now. No pressure). She got to start the year with a beautiful
new bedroom set that we got from friends!
Matthew just started baseball (we finally bit the bullet and bid adieu
to our local drama politics-filled league and moved to the bigger one in
Bellevue). They do an awesome job of
providing equal prep/practice time for all kids at the local batting cages with
all coaches helping all kids equally - what a concept! Zachary starts an acting class next week that
he is SO insanely excited about. Mike’s
busy with some work projects and continuing to get my website ready for on-line
registration for my classes and birthday parties! I’m excited with my new found life plan to be
the princess I was always meant to be. I
need to get my Elsa dress altered and schedule a photo-shoot with my friend
Andrea, and then I’ll really be ready to rock the 2-6 year old birthday party
scene. We’re working on some house
projects – including getting a gas fireplace insert in the next month or so
(which I’ve always wanted and is abnormally exciting to me). We’re hoping to go to Spokane in April to see
Mike’s family (and attend an Engaged Encounter meeting). We’ve got a trip to California planned for
the end of June and a camping trip scheduled with Jason and Rebecca for August.
All good things! And thank you, GOD, for getting us through 2014 and that it's behind us!
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