I am going to us this post as a catch up post, so then i am ready for the new year (yes I know we are already six day's in). I finished my first semester of college with a 3.0!!! It was tough but it is behind me now. I start my 2nd semester on the 17th, I am taking History, Yoga, and Math. I will be done with my history credits and PE when this semester is over!!! I am going in the mornings for most of the classes and have one class in the evenings. I am already looking forward to May, that is when this semester will end :-) My goal this year is to stay out of the hospital and continue to get well. So far so good. John is continuing to impress his boss at work. He likes going most days and even likes the bonus's better. All 3 kids are doing well in school. D is starting to pick up his grades and get his work turned in. The 2 little ones still enjoy going. Stef has a different teacher till March as her teacher had a baby 2 days after school let out for break. Speaking of break we had the pleasure of heading up to MO for a very much needed visit. The kids were super excited and they are such good travelers. We got to see Scarlette who is just as cute as can be and Kinzie. We had a girls only party ( NO BOYS ALLOWED), we painted nails, played with a funny microphone thing and ate brownies. The boys were downstairs playing games. Here a few pictures of our adventure:








