2022 to 2023

When 2022 started, I knew much of what it would hold. I knew we’d be getting engaged soon and married soon after that. I knew I’d become a stepmom. I knew that while there would be hardship, 2022 would be one of the best years of my life. And it was. 

Started off the year with a good old round of COVID

Zinnia turned 3!

We slowly but surely (with help) remodeled our kitchen - it was so worth it!

Lucy started soccer and had a blast!

We got engaged!

After lots of searching, we found the perfect dress.

We celebrated Easter as the almost-Hanson family.

Star Wars Day with new (slightly confused) padawans

Summer arrived in all of its backyard splendor

Jasmine - the last Bennett - graduated from high school. Congratulations!!

So many amazing friends and family came to help put in the most beautiful, meaningful, perfect wedding at home.

July 9, 2022 - As long as we both shall live.

We honeymoon-road-tripped to California and back - life with your best friend is a dream!

Then we settled into life as a family of four. Summertime meant daily walks/adventures as a girl clan while Daddy worked, and we loved it.

Lucy turned 7!

Hanson family trip to Great Wolf Lodge!

The girls’ first experience at the county fair.

And we ended the summer with one more beach trip with the cousins.

School began, Zinni going to her very first day of preschool, Lucy in 2nd grade.

Lucy tried out gymnastics and had a lot of fun.

We planned our tuxedo cat Halloween costume for months…

…because we’re all a little crazy about Oreo Cookie Hanson.

Life isn’t always easy. But sometimes, it is just magical.

We got VERY into making slime.

We found a church we love and feel safe at, and got to see the girls be angels in the Christmas pageant. Lucy sand her first solo!

Words can’t express how much I have to be grateful for this year. To end this year with a new and growing family to call my own - there is nothing more wonderful than that. 

2023, who knows what you will hold. I can’t wait for the memories we have yet to make.