Dear Loved Ones,

Happy New Year!  Here is to a wonderful three hundred and thirty six days ahead, filled with joy, good health and peace at family reunions.

We are a bit tardy with our card, but well, 2013 sure kept us busy!  I’ve been on my toes with my “Harvard or bust; UVA if we must” mom’s club. There sure are a lot of great, over-achieving moms out there to compete with!  Fat neck long dog has been dedicating much of his time to college exam prep and mastering the art of the Shakespearean sonnet, in Mandarin.  Our boy has also been adding to his extracurriculars with both rhythmic gymnastics and extreme weightlifting.

Pudgy cat is already a teenager!  We spent lots of family Friday dinners making her feel loved, and have successfully staved off feline anorexia, poor dating choices, and hopefully, feline acne.

Our infamous co-ed book club continues to be the hit of the neighborhood — a sort of couples’ date night/ladies’ happy hour/DIY session with the handy guy next door, tinged with a bit of reading.

On our to-do list for this upcoming year: make one adults-only getaway (to the movies), start a blog to express our individuality, drink more water, and swear less.  And meditate just a little.

We hope you and yours are doing just as well (but not better, please).   Looking forward to making special memories with many of you in the year ahead.

Love,

The Joneses