It is that time again, where I wake up my sleepy little blog to see what the heck I did in the past year. I never remember, so again I will cheat and consult my Facebook photos for help. Let's go!
January:
Katura had a great month! She was not only Student of the Week, but she also leveled up in gymnastics! While she was busy being a gymnast I was out running in the cold. And when I wasn't outside I was inside constructing the Titanic!
In February Katura decided to turn 6 years old! To celebrate we had a Harry Potter themed roller skating birthday party, which set off a year of visits to the skating rink. *Fun fact: I have my very own roller skates now. 2023, here I come! Her birthday gift from me was a ticket to Disney Princesses in concert. We had a wonderful time!
On Katura's actual birthday we went bowling. And I was awesome. 209!!!
With maybe one hour of warning, and Shawn in intense back pain, somehow these Tew managed to get all fancy and make it to the Father Daughter dance! As I recall I stayed home alone watching scary movies on tv all by my sweet little self!
March:
Ooh, March was an awesome one and had probably the best experience of the year? Spring Break was insane!! The greatest vacation of my life perhaps? We had 24 hours in Walt Disney World with no parks... which meant non-stop pool time in Stormalong Bay at the Beach Club, followed by watching a late night rocket launch over Epcot. But the real highlight was spending a full week on the Disney Fantasy, sailing through the Bahamas and down to the US and Virgin Islands. It was breathtaking and I will absolutely do this sailing again! I found my happy place!
April:
The very busy month that made me cry. I was so excited to see Hamilton. I arrived at the doors just as they put out signs saying the show was cancelled. Heartbroken is an understatement.
Our month finished off with Katura being awesome in the Kids Duck Dash before I ran the 5K race. She was so cool!
May:
April ended with running, May began with more running! I completed what I expect to be my final (at least for now) half marathon race. What luck I had when I found Emily at the start line and we got to spend 13.1 super fun, very chatty miles together. Thank you, Emily!!
We got to go to the school carnival and relive the Panther days for us former students.
Next up in May was the DisUnplugged Podcast Cruise on the Disney Dream. It sure started off chaotic when less than 24 hours before our flight to Florida my travel partner tested positive for Covid. We put our travel agent to use, traveled up and down Oregon a couple times and pulled off a miracle! Shawn and I were unexpectedly on a cruise alone! But were we alone? I successfully tracked down a person I had been online stalking for a couple months (I kid, I kid)!
One of the perks of our cruise was a private concert with none other than Jodi Benson, THE Little Mermaid! We saw her all over the ship and even ended up dancing right by her at the Silent DJ party on the final night. That was a crazy experience considering I've been listening to her sing since I got my Little Mermaid CD in 7th grade!
June:
My baby graduated from Kindergarten and the real craziness began. I didn't have a summer break. I had a summer of getting Katura to everything! Swim lessons, safari camps, gymnastics camps, gymnastics clinics, regular gymnastics training days. The girl was non-stop!
July:
I've done MANY relays during my running life, and it was our team in July that I can say was the very best relay team EVER! How can you have a team of 12 women all living together in vans and running 200 miles and have zero drama?? We did it. We were freaking awesome!! Glory Daze - the Remix .... totally radical! Thank you, ladies!!
August:
This month was so dang busy! I think we had something almost every single day! Let's break it down...
We had a lot of fun at a fundraiser night with dueling pianos. Katura ran into her music teacher and it made her even more excited to start school again!
This was Katura's first year testing out the rides at the fair. Turns out she kinda likes those big rides after all!
There was a sort of bright, sort of dark spot in this month. I sort of ran a relay. I retired from racing mid-relay. It was the first time I nearly told a teammate to F off during the race. Being the Captain I am, I refrained - and spent my time hanging with 6 other kick ass runners as we tackled Mount Bachelor while camping. Loved the views, loved with fun. The running and altitude combined with my Ménière's disease... well, retirement happened. Had to be smart and safe with that, as hard as that decision was to make.
This is me actively dying after running. And about an hour before I sat alone in my tent almost in tears and making the call to retire .... and force Shawn to run my second leg for me. Stay tuned to see what Shawn was doing only days after....
Here is Rebel Scum! Met a couple new teammates that were so awesome, reunited with 4 teammates from other relays, and then yeah, no comment. I DID get to help Shawn with his volunteer shift and that was really, really fun!
Gymnastics never stops. The summer came to an end with the Summer Showcase where Katura got to perform each event with a gym full of spectators. She kicked booty and nailed all 4 events!
Shawn had a much awaited spinal surgery. We had fun with that!
The day after Shawn's surgery we had an epic end of summer party, complete with a bounce house!
In the same day Katura not only had her first day of 1st grade, but she also skipped 2 levels in gymnastics and was invited to begin working toward the competitive track of gymnastics!
Woo - that was a lot, right?!?! Let's finish this year up!
September:
September was all about one thing..... HAMILTON! I saw it THREE times! I cried all 3 times. I was in tears when I was sitting there in the 4th row before the show even started. It was magnificent.
October:
October was so dang hot, but we tried to make it feel like Halloween season.
We did our traditional pumpkin photos, although that was very difficult with Kruse Farms being a thing of the past now.
Finally we made it up to St Helens for the Spirit of Halloween. Very cute. Wet, but cute. I think we will definitely do it again.
Halloween was fun! We had a huge group together for dinner and trick or treating. We tackled the neighborhood in the dark and pouring rain. So much candy was collected!
Katura HAD to be Cruella, and she picked my costume, making me one of her Dalmatians. The things you do for your children!
November:
I had a birthday. But I didn't just have a birthday ... I had a birthday on the Disney Wonder with my mom and my daughter! Absolutely perfect. Sorry Shawn ;)
December:
December was quite mellow actually. A highlight was being a parent volunteer at Katura's classroom Christmas party! Very out of my comfort zone, but still a lot of fun getting see our friends we know and meeting the others kids whose names I hear quite often.
And we wore matching Grogu sweaters because why not?!?
It wasn't a bad year I guess!
2023 has a ton of fun in store! A lot of airplanes. A lot of water. A lot of sand.
And I bet a ton of gymnastics!
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