Thursday, January 5, 2017

2016 Review

Before I start with the past pictures of this year, we let the kids stay up with us this year until midnight with friends and we had a blast!  But Arya's request was that she got to kiss her dad at midnight.  And she did :)


2016 was an awesome year for us.  Now that we've had the house a few years and Caleb's had the job even longer, this year we've really been able to take advantage and soak up our surroundings having some perfect family memories.


We celebrated a 3rd and a 6th birthday. 


We found some of the coolest places to hike

Caleb and I got 5 tattoos this year!

We got together with my entire family twice this year, once everyone in Pennsylvania and once we got the pleasure of hosting.  Hopefully this happens again next summer.  The kids have grown soo much since then.


We went to an amusement park, Arya for the very first time and Casen probably the first time he could really enjoy it.


Casen went on his first trip alone away from us for an extended period of time.  2 weeks away at camp.  

We went on a family vacation, a first for us.

Another cutie of a nephew was added to the family, Anson John.

Casen started first grade.

Caleb won 4 awards this year through the police department!

We made some great new friends and visited old friends who came all the way from California.


We added another sister into the mix when Tyler and Katie got married this October, even though it feels like she's been part of the family forever

And lastly, we had a horrible time of keeping trees upright in our yard this year.  Let's hope that goes better in 2017.


We already have big plans for 2017 and I can't wait to see where it brings us.  We have so enjoyed soaking up every moment as a family of 4.  It's so nice being complete (unless Arya gets that puppy she's been begging for.

1 comment:

Karen said...

Our kids have been begging for a puppy too. And a kitten. I'd rather have a puppy! Here's to the year of babies πŸΆπŸŽ‰πŸ˜„