See, what had happened was...{Why I have been MIA & GIVE AWAY!}

First things first...
I hope you and your family had a VERY Merry Christmas! I know we did! It was great to be able to fly home to Kentucky for a week to spend some much needed family time with the ones we love the most! Here's a sneak peek of our holiday extravaganza with our 3 nephews who are SO FUN!

Our nephew Carter Eli's 1st Christmas

My sweet little mama, my sister, and I {and Carter Eli is squished in between}

our nephew, Corban

our nephew, Gadden and his "Chok-yet" milk cows {he totally posed that way! SO CUTE!}

It was the YEAR of the X-Box! HAHAHA

Uncle Al and Gadden, the ham!

Secondly, if anyone out there is still following my pathetic little blog, congratulations, you win the prize of my best friend forever! I worked so hard to get this blog started, and then, well, school started. I know tons of teacher that keep their blogs alive during the school year {and they are my SUPER HEROES!}, but between August and now, several things have happened at school and personally that consumed my entire life! WHEWW! Confession. Check!

So, I'm done with my pity party! I am moving on. I am starting a New Year, along with the resolution to be a better blogger!

So, with that being said, what's the BEST way to follow through as a blogger? Join a LINKY PARTY! Jen, from The Teachers' Cauldron is hosting a fun link-up! Here goes...

Personal Goals:

1) Drink more water, and less Diet Coke. {Crap! Did I REALLY just type that?!}

2) Spend more time reading God's Holy Word

Blogging Goals:

...that's pretty dang obvious...

1) BLOG at least 3 times per month! I CAN do this! I WANT to this! I WILL do this! 

And...if you've hung around for the duration of this blog post that's taken 4 months to be posted, please, do the following:

1) Follow my blog {if you have not already}

2) Follow my TpT Store

3) The first 3 people to leave a comment with your e-mail will receive my NEWEST TpT product, hot off the presses LAST NIGHT, "The Wonderful Inference of Oz"!

Also, my TpT Store is on Sale 15% off ALL Products until tomorrow, January 1st, 2013!!