The Reese's

Let me preface this post with a little story from my younger days: Around late middle school/early high school I found myself to be a loner. Sure, like most, I had a close group of friends but I was perfectly happy sitting with a book, engulfing myself in some love story I wasn't sure I'd ever have. (Insert eye roll at the melodramatic nature of preteen girls in the 90's). I was that student who would get caught with the latest novel hanging half way out of my desk trying to read just one more chapter. I was the daughter who didn't care if I got grounded from the television, I had enough books in my room to occupy me for whatever duration of grounding I was sentenced. Then I started dating Kyle. He read one book in its entirely, HOLES. He'd rather listen to an audiotape than read. But I also hit that period where I would rather spend time with my boyfriend than read about an unrealistic love story. Then college hit and, seriously, no one had time for reading...

Well it looks like we made it to 2015! I remember when I was little and the year 2000 looked and sounded intimidating, now it's 2015?! I planned on recapping the month of December and all that jazz but let me just say one paragraph about the month of December and move along: Christmas came and went so quickly that I literally think if I blinked I would have missed it, and to be completely honest, I wouldn't have minded it. Although it was Emilee's first and something to be so excited for, the passing away of my grandmother still lingered. It was a different kind of holiday as we tried to remember the great times with her and not be sad. We began the process of prepping the house to be sold and the contents emptied. The trip wasn't completely sad though, Christmas made Connor and Emilee very happy. Connor got a new pet named Mouse--- Mouse is a Hampster. He also was gifted lots of awesome toys, clothes and his second favorite gift:  pens for the bathroom walls. A nig...