2023: My Year In Review AND Fave Blog Posts

 

"We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they've come." From Barbie Movie 2023

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Happy New Year My Friends! 

 What a year it has been.  Wonderful for so many reasons....very challenging for other reasons and through it all, tried to stay calm...focus on the joy and keep positive!  First, here is what our year looked like

Here is my video for 2023- 1-2 Seconds a Day- it was wonderful to look back and feel gratitude 

January

Kayla and Marshall announced their new addition!

 

We said Goodbye to Donna

 

 

There was lots of hockey for Pidge

 

 

and basketball too!

 

 

Diana was chosen to sing in the Granite State Festival!

 

 

Diana performed with LDA at the Move for the Movement Charity Show

 

 

Eva participated in Immigration Day at School

 

 

Mama attended a wine festival at Mohegan Sun with the Fab Four

 

Someone was practicing her pitching even in the winter!

 

 

There was more hockey...

 

and more basketball...

 

 

and we watched Caden slay in The Wedding Singer at Derryfield

 

 

Book Club continued with these great ladies!

 

 

Eva won a responsibility award at school!

 

Diana performed in a student-written and directed original play at school which won awards and ended up competing up to the state and regional levels!

 

 

Diana competed in YAGP for the 3rd year!  She performed a classical ballet # on pointe as well as a contemporary #

 

 

Kayla and Marshall had a baby reveal and we all learned that it was a GIRL!

 

 

The girls headed to Flordia to visit Mimi and Papa for a few days too :)

 

 

 March

 

Rob said goodbye for now to his school board pals

The girls competed in the AAB Performance Awards!

 

Book Club Continued!

 

We voted!

 

Wine Group was a blast per usual

 

The Annual St. Patty's Dinner happened with the Fab Four

 

Diana attended a St. Patty's Dance at her school

 and performed in Mamma Mia at WHS!

 

and little Miss Eva prepared for Holy Communion and Confirmation with her Sponsor Miss Lea

 

 We celebrated Mimi's 75th and Papa Bob's 85th!

April

We hosted an Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Fling for Eva's Friends and Families

Eva and Daddy had a blast at the "Dotty" Dance

 

We celebrated Jess's 50th!

We enjoyed every piece of Holy Week and Easter

Diana competed in the state level of the NH Theater Festival and their show won and she won an outstanding acting award!

Spring Fever Hit so we had lots of fun....

At Book Club...

on Date Walks...

 

Lunch Al Fresco

Cocktails!

and Golf! :)

The Girls Performed in "A Child's View Of The Holocaust" at LDA

Eva participated in a fun run at school

We celebrated her birthday with family!

Then we enjoyed a few days in NYC over April Break- Central Park, Empire State Building, Bagels, Pizza and Lea Michele as Fanny Bryce in Funny Girl on Broadway!

 

May

Diana and her Theater Co received the State Championship Title for NH Theater

Eva received her First Holy Communion and Confirmation

It was the start of another wonderful Spring Softball Season

Diana Danced in the Annual STYLEs SMILES Fashion Show at WHS with LDA

We said Goodbye to Cathy

We celebrated Eva's 9th Birthday with Pals at the Movies

 

and had another great Book Club

 

Eva performed in LDA's production of The Lorax as part of the Onceler Family

 

We had a blast at Sharon's Surprise 50th Birthday Party!

We celebrated Mother's Day!

Diana co-hosted the Annual Cabaret Show at WHS

and Mama had a blast again on Nantucket with Besties for the Annual Wine and Food Festival

Softball Season started out with a bang for Pidge :)

and Mama loved attending some BNI Meetings as Laura's Guest

We opened the pool!

June

 

The first weekend of the month was spent watching dance- first Alexis in her recital

 

and then our girls in Cinderella

 

Mama enjoyed a team lunch with work peeps

 

Mama also helped host The WHS Senior Breakfast!

 

 

Eva had a blast at her 3rd Grade Western Roundup Day!

 

 

Diana said goodbye to the graduating seniors of LDA

 

 

We celebrated Sophie's and Bree's High School Graduations

 

 

Eva was living her best life on the softball field and reaped the benefits of dinners with besties after games!

 

 

Mama love attending Amanda and Nick's Wedding Shower

 

 

We hosted a Baby Shower for Kayla

 

 

We celebrated Father's Day with Our Favorite Dads!

 

 

We then finished up school- Bye Bye 3rd Grade and Freshman Year!

 

Then Daddy traveled the next week for work and the girls had an extra special week!

We made our summer list...

 

We saw the new Little Mermaid Movie

 

 

The Girls Auditioned at Elite Feet Artists Company (no pics)

 

We went strawberry picking

Diana said Goodbye to Harry...for awhile

 

 

Auntie Cass took Diana and her girls to shop and get Diana's Ear Pierced!

 

 

Eva tried shellfish for the first time!

 

 

We celebrated 1 year with Diana's Amazing Voice Instructor Carlos!

 

 

Mama met up with the OPIS Dream Team....like no time had past...

 

 

We said Goodbye to Monsignor Anthony :(

 

 

and we made jam with our freshly picked strawberries!

 

Mama helped to film the 2023 Windham Blackout Video!

The Girls Attended Triple Threat Film Camp

and got Remi into the Patriotic Spirit :)

July

We celebrated The 4th at the McLain's Lake House

 

and back at the Callahan's

 

 

We also welcomed Baby Sylvie before the clock struck midnight!

 

 

We said Goodbye to Donna

 

 

We made Shania Twain, The Next Generation Happen :)

 

We celebrated Kary's 40th

 

 

Diana signed with a talent agency

 

 

and the summer of softball continued- such a great season!

 

 

Mama and Dawn celebrated our 50ths together in NYC- Barbie Style!

 

 

 

August 

Then the summer of Barbie continued at the movie

 

 

Date Walks rocked

 

 

QT was wonderful

 

We enjoyed the trip of a lifetime in Italy...still feels like a DREAM! :)

 

 

We started our new adventure at Elite Feet Artists Company and the girls are loving it!

 

 

and Barbie Movie Take Two happened!

 

 

We enjoyed Our 10th Annual Mommy Daughter Boogie Board Day and Eva's 1st one!

 

 

 

and we said Goodbye to Zach for awhile as he moved down to NC with Zoe

 

and we went back to school!  Hello Sophomore Year and 4th Grade!

 

September

 

We enjoyed Nick and Amanda's Wedding

I celebrated my birthday bigger than ever- I got spoiled by my parents with a wonderful dinner then spoiled by my family and friends with various celebrations capped off by an epic bash with my favorite people!

Windham Blackout had an epic year- so proud that we broke a record and raised over $100,000 this year for pediatric cancer
 

 

October

 

Our awesome Book Club continued

 

We participated in the Martorana Strong Whiffle Ball Tournament!

 

Dance Traditions started back up :)

Hockey and Softball Continued

 

We celebrated Robby B's Bday at Home

 

 

We enjoyed our Annual Risotto Night

 

 

We had fun at the Annual Milford Pumpkin Festival

 

 

We hosted another Hocus Pocus Night!

 

 

Eva visited the State House with her class

 

 

Diana visited the Boston Symphony Orchestra with her theater co and choir

 

 

We "Tay'd Out" as a Fam

 

 

and Mama had a blast at Wine Group hosted by the Queen of Halloween

 

 

We Halloween'd Hard

 

 

 

 November

 

We "Tay'd" some more

 

 

Diana was chosen for and performed at a choir festival

 

 

We enjoyed an awesome visit from Zach and Zoe

 

 

Diana got hair extensions and paid for them all by herself thanks to the babysitting jobs

 

 

and was dazzling for Homecoming!

 

 

Diana rocked her school play, "She Kills Monsters" as a Cheerleader

 

 

We snuck in some Sylvie Snuggles

 

 

and we enjoyed dinner for the Martorana Strong Foundation

 

 

and then enjoyed our Thanksgiving Traditions...first up Thanksgiving Eve

 

 

Thanksgiving Breakfast and Turkey Trot with the Fam

 

 

Thanksgiving Dinner with Our Parents

 

and then made our favorite Christmastime Traditions happen...

Christmas Vacation Movie on Thanksgiving Night

 

Black Friday

 

 

Decorating!

 

 

and the return of our elves

 

Diana had a blast in NYC with her theater company

Eva, Daddy and Papa loved the hockey tournament in Vermont

While Mama hosted her Annual Fave Things Party!

Elite Feet moved into a new location and had a surprise visit to the new space!

 

and then the girls danced so well in the EFAC Christmas Show!

 

 

 

We enjoyed our Annual Fab Four Holiday Lunch

 

 

 and The McLain's Holiday Party of course!

 

 

and the kids enjoyed making gingerbread houses with some friends 

 

 

We visited the cemeteries

 

and made a stop at Gingerbread Construction Company

 

and had a blast at Zoo Lights with Mimi and Papa

 

We got the BEST early Christmas Gift when Diana got cast as Young Cossette in WHS's production of Les Miserables which will take place in March!

 

 

We loved Jammie Christmas

 

 

and Eva and her pal decorated Cookies!

 

 

We snuck in a quick visit with Sylvie :)

 

 

and an awesome little date night!

 

 

We celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Our People

 

 

 

Christmas Break Week was filled with QT with family and friends, lots of work for Mama, several hockey games, a fun Taylor Swift Dance Party Birthday Party, the EFAC Holiday Party AND...a great little night at Lea and Mike's as we rang in the New Year!!

Phew!  That was a lot of work but oh so fun to look back!

Now for my TOP 5 Blog Posts of the year!  These were my posts with the highest hits so I will be paying attention to the numbers and posting similar content this year as I love to learn from my readers! :)  Thank YOU for always stopping by and for your support throughout the year- it means so much and I love this little creative corner!

My #1 Post of the Year which far outweighed the rest was My Fall TJ's Faves

Check it out HERE

 

 What is it about TJ's that makes us swoon my friends? Ha!

Next Up, a Close Second and Very Special to our Fam and that is the Very Special Friday Favorites- Sylvie Lynn!

Check It Out HERE

 

 

 She was the greatest 4th of July Gift!  So I learned that a new baby brings the hits for sure- ha! :)

 

 #3 was My Friday Favorites Post on 6/30/23

Check It Out HERE

 Was glad to see you all get excited the way I do about all things patriotic!

#4 Was My Hello Monday post on May 8th!

Check it out HERE

 It was such a special weekend for Our Little Eva- First Holy Communion, Confirmation and a Birthday Party with Friends!  Glad you followed along :)

and My Fifth top of the year was My Friday Favorites Post on June 16th.

Check it out HERE

 

You are suckers for Amazon for sure as am I!  Ha!  You can't go wrong and my Amazon posts this year brought in lots of traffic!

That was fun.  Thank you again for following along XO