Its been awhile ...

So, its obviously been awhile since I last put up a blog post.  Life has been ... busy, hectic, more than a bit stressful at times, and yet also filled with God's blessings.  I have been composing this post in my head for the last couple of days whilst sick in my bed and feeling overwhelmed and guilty about my lack of posting on this blog.  Now, I'm sure I have posted about all this before, so I don't really want to blather on about it all again.  I am so glad that there are some of you (and not just our moms!) who genuinely follow this blog to see what we're up to because you are interested in us, in our life here in Ireland, or just because we're on a list of blogs that you check daily ;-)  We appreciate those of you, that for whatever reason, check in with us regularly (and we appreciate our moms too) :-)  I do want to be honest with you though ... having this blog can sometimes become an added stress to my life.  I don't want to give it up completely, but I also don't want to add any more guilt about not communicating regularly (cuz I have a ton of that already).  So ... here's the "hope" for 2013, and not a "resolution" (cuz we all know how those go!) ... I hope to try to not let so much time pass before posting on here.  If you would like to know more about us, about Ireland, or about how life here is going for us ... please add us as a friend on "facebook".  To be honest, adding quick status updates on that has been the easiest for me to keep up with.  Its been a tough year and I'm hoping this post will come across okay.  I am really and truly doing my best to keep our communication with everyone going ... its a big job, and I'm sure I fall short ... alot!  Please bear with me.  We appreciate you!  Please stay tuned for some posts this week entitled "The Missing Months:  July, August, September, October, November, and December!"  Love, Christine