Good Riddance 2013

While I try to remain a positive person, 2013 has not been the greatest year for us.  At the risk of sounding whiny, I'm going to use this post to document all of the ridiculous happenings.

• Technically in 2012, but the event that seemed to start it all - some punks threw a rock thru the back window of Tim's car while we were down in Cape Girardeau to visit Tim's grandmother. (police report #1)
• Also in 2012, we lost two of Tim's grandparents within 6 weeks of each other.  Great-Grandpa Werder and Great-Grandma Seabaugh will forever be in our hearts.  We miss them both dearly...
• Tim's red Pathfinder was renamed to "Titanic" after it backed into an iceberg at the end of the driveway.
• My Rogue was hit - unknown to me - in the rear bumper.  Gotta love it when people don't stick around in a parking lot to tell you they hit your new car.
• The sump pump in our new basement failed and we had water coming in.  Buh-bye carpet.  Hello insurance claim and an entire summer of chaos and restoration appointments.
• Ordering new doors to our garage and backyard turned into a fiasco that lasted nearly 6 months long.
• Some punk used a pellet gun to shoot a hole through a window pane in our kitchen. (police report #2)
• Yet another punk stole Tim's wallet right out of his back pocket at Six Flags Great America. (police report #3)
• The spring on our garage door broke.

I get that it can always be worse.  We are very blessed that we have all been kept safe and healthy during this past year, and I certainly pray that continues into 2014.  As I said before I don't want to sound whiny, but my blog is a good place to document all of the things that happen in our lives.

My prayers are for a HEALTHY and SAFE 2014.  Life is full of frustrations, but in the end everything works out the way God intends.  We're good with that.  :)

So as I look back at 2013, I smile.  I smile because Isaiah - Autism and all - is doing great at his new school for 1st grade.  Mallory is thriving in 4K.  Tim and I enjoy watching our kids learn and grow so much.  (Love him!) AND we added to our family with the cutest, best behaved cat in the world that we adopted for the Fox Valley Humane Association.  Savannah is the sweetest kitty ever.

- becky