52 Different Things: January 2013

52 Different Things!

(The End)

Me & Mo on my Bike

Well, this is it. The last post of my year long blog that was an attempt to try blogging and give me an excuse to try a few new things. Honestly, when I started, I thought it would give me an excuse to try some new restaurants, maybe a couple of state parks, and a show, but it turns out, 2012 was one of the most dynamic years of my entire life!

I guess "dynamic" is the right word. Looking back, it was pretty amazing what our family accomplished this year. It was definately a great adventure, fulled with highs, lows, excitement fear, success, and failures. I guess "life", just hypersensitised this year.

At the Pacific

I definately got to see a lot of cool things in 2012. I got to touch both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, on each coast this year. I also touched 4 of the 5 great lakes and saw all of them, (at least from the air). I crossed some great rivers including the Mississippi, Columbia, Ohio, James, and of course the Grand. I saw the Rocky Mountains, Appalachian, and Cascade Mountains, non of which were on vacation though.

Our family said a sad goodbye to our friends in family in Michigan and pulled up stakes and moved to Midlothian, Virginia. This was the biggest challenge of 2012 causing the most fear, anxiety, and stress on our family

Scott Family Dinner

ever. We have been here for 6 months now and it is really too early to tell if it was the right thing to do. I guess time will tell, but it is frustrating to wonder all of the time if you did the right thing for your family. I find myselfing looking for clues in every comment and wondering if one day it will just hit me that this was good or this was not good. So for now, we just do the best we can, continue to try new things here and become part of the community and see where that takes us.

The U.P.

Jenny and I both changes jobs. My job was the reason for the relocation, but Jenny was able to find a job here in Midlothian. The stresses of a new job in itself are taxing. Again time will tell.

We did have some cool adventures. I got private tours of Safeco Field and Richmond International Raceway. Our family spend a weekend in a cabin in the U.P., visited King's Dominion, and got to go to the beach at the ocean more than once.

Tahquamenon Falls

Jenny and I had pleanty of new roads to explore on the Harley's, which we did as much as we could, but not enough, although I don't think you can ever get enough riding in.

I got to spend some "guy" time with my son and nephews when we went to the US Olympic Wrestling Trials in Iowa. It was a great time and experience. It definately reminded me of the time I got to spend with my dad, and I know he would have loved to have gone.

St. Ignace

At times, it was a bit of a struggle to think of things to write about, and at times it was a bother, but blogging about the year did provide the opportunity, as the year went by, to reflect on the weeks as they went by.

I hope it provided some entertainment and allowed you to keep up with our family a little bit. Maybe even provide you with some ideas for planning your own family adventures.

I don't know what I hope 2013 to be like. I could use some time to rest, but there is still so much for us to do.