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I come to my own blog often because it's the quickest way to get to the blogs I read.  I never stop to write something here, evidenced by the fact that it's been more than a year since my last update. 

Never been a big writer.  I always did well in my English classes, but I loathed writing! Math, on the other hand...  I guess that's why I ended up as an accountant :-).

So, what's been going on?

Probably the biggest news: We bought a house in June.  One day, I'll probably even post pictures of it.  Chris is finishing the basement almost entirely himself (we're hiring out the drywall, just for ease).  Can I just say I'm glad I married such a handy guy?!  Poor dude though -- his honey-do list is a mile long.

We took a week-long vacation to California in September/October.  We went to the San Diego Zoo, spent two days at Legoland and drove up to my old stomping grounds in Newbury Park.  The kids absolutely loved the zoo and Legoland, and we all survived the 12-hours-each-way road trip. 

Averie just turned 5.  Due to her late birthday, she'll go to kindergarten next year.  She has pre-K at daycare and her teacher reports she is quite far ahead of her peers!  We've suspected for awhile that she is capable of more than she lets on at home but she's stubborn as a mule, so confirmation that we need not worry about her "academic" progress was a relief. 

Declan is 2 1/2 -- he is so different than Averie at this age.  For one, he talks :-P.  I just adore his personality; I hope he never changes.  Except for the breath-holding-til-he-passes-out thing.  We can stop that at any time. 

I won't promise to write more often.  Who knows when it will actually happen again.  But we're here; we're all happy; we're all well.