#allthethangs

Near the end of 2016, one night while Stephen and I were lying in bed, I told him, "2017 is going to be our year. I can feel it. I know it. We are going to have all tha thangs," and then last night, he reminded me of this and *GASP* told me I was right!

This year has been wild, but this summer has been bountifully, overwhelmingly perfect. Obviously, you know we closed on our home, which was hitting the biggest goal we have had for the last (almost) four years. We also bought a new vehicle, which we desperately needed, but were holding out until after we closed on our home, you know, 'just in case'.

There is something else  that we have been wishing/hoping/praying for since I've known Stephen, and it has finally come to fruition.

She's here y'all, and not just for her required 42 days this summer. She's here. She is going to school here, I just dropped her off for her first day this morning. She is making friends, learning to drive, and building relationships. She is such a beautiful person and has taught me so much this summer. My biggest take-away of the summer is the fact that I am nowhere near as hip as I thought I was. Like, at all. But I try, so I think that might count.

She's here. We have repaired bridges and built new ones, we are all learning things about each other, and finding our school year, blended family groove. The littles are SO FREAKING STOKED, (literally to tears) when we told them she was staying, to have their big sister here full time.

There are still 4 months left in this year, and we couldn't ask for more. 2017 is our year, feel free to call it 'The Year of the Sugars'. Maybe we'll win the lottery.

chat soon!
xo
b