Wow. Happy New Year.
It’s safe to say that 2017 has been something else.
I usually do a year-end post, so I went back through each month’s blog posts and picked a favorite post from each month to link here.
January 2017 was a little rough, so I made a
GRATITUDE LIST to help me remember to be thankful. In February, Chris and I got to spend time in
MEXICO with my dad's family, and it was amazing. I was a pretty boring blogger in March- there were no "other" kind of posts besides my usuals...but this one with my
MAYA LEIGH is pretty sweet. I had to pick 2 blog posts for April. Because, first of all
BABY LUCY was born. I finally became an auntie! Then, April 30th was the 2nd anniversary of my dad's death, which I wrote about in this post:
2 YEARS. An edited version of this post also ended up being published in our church's monthly newsletter in October, at the 2.5 year mark. I chose the
MOTHER'S DAY post in May, because we had a lot of fun, and it shows the spirit of the excitement of May and springtime. In June, I did a post about
CALLIE, MAYA, AND LUCY, because it has been so fun to see Lucy wearing some of the clothes that Callie and Maya wore...and so fun to put adorable baby pictures side by side! It was REALLY hard to choose a favorite post from July- there was the 4th of July, Maya's birthday, and Lucy's baptism. But ultimately I chose our
LARSMONT TRIP because it was amazing! I did a
SUMMER WRAP-UP in August that showed what a fun summer we had. In September, Callie, Chris and I went out to visit our family in
COLORADO, which was a blast. We spent the summer and early fall cheering on the Minnesota Lynx, and it October they won the
WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP! In November we took photos for the
CHURCH DIRECTORY, and it was a good gratitude check, once again. December was another hard month to choose just one post, since we had birthdays, holidays, and lots of winter break activities. But, the biggest thing that happened to us in December was adopting sweet
LUNA RAY!
There you have it! The year wrapped up in blog posts.
Now, on to our weekend. Yesterday morning we headed to the mall to get a birthday gift for Callie's friend. While at Claire's, MAYA GOT HER EARS PIERCED. She has talked about wanting to do so for awhile, so we got it done! There were some tears, but they didn't last long.
AND SHE LOVES THEM.
Callie had a birthday party for her BFF Annika on Saturday afternoon. They were at Chuck E. Cheese’s and she had to be convinced to go because of the mascot Chuck E.’s likelihood of also being there. But she made it through and had a blast!
While Callie was away, Maya, Chris and I played... and took Luna to Petco.
Last night we got out one of the girls’ new Christmas gifts (thanks Dan and Hanna!) and had fun with 3D glow-in-the-dark spin art!
Despite the frigid weather and not being able to go on walks, Luna was worn out enough by our children.
This morning we met Boom, Auntie Yoda and Lucy at Como Conservatory. We stumbled upon a 12:00 ball drop, and then enjoyed the tropical plant life!
Tonight Callie is hanging out withAuntie Cat and her roommate, and Maya and I are watching a movie.
New Years Eve will be pretty low key, and will likely involve folding laundry.
My 2017 goal was to run 10 races, and I completed that goal in August. I haven’t really thought about a 2018 goal. That’s probably a good thing. I hope to just keep working on gratitude, patience, and self-care.
As an immediate goal, I’d like to not fall asleep at 8:30pm. In fact, Chris said he’ll give me $100 if I stay up past 11:00pm.
Challenge accepted. But I can’t guarantee a challenge met. We shall see.
I’ll leave 2017 with some videos from the last week- from Christmas Eve to NYE!
Happy New Year!!
