Where has the time gone...

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I just can't believe how much time has passed since the last time that I have written a post on our blog.  We are still here.... doing great... and keeping very, very busy!  So much has changed over the past couple of years that it is kind of impossible to catch up on.  In the past, at the end of each year I print off a blog book as a family journal for us to look back on.  My heart is a little broken because of all our memories that I don't have a journal of.   It's another new day.  We will just start again and move forward. 

The one memory that I will get caught up to date is the arrival of our sweet baby Jayne.  Jayne Allison Simmer was born on July 10, 2013 in Scottsdale Arizona.  She has been the perfect addition to our family... and makes us complete.

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