– once again, educate.
– less hardship and struggles than the last 3 years have held, for our family and extended family.


Between being a wife, a mom, sick for the second half of the year and staying pretty busy with freelancing and reading for work- I didn’t have a lot of personal time for reading… When I did find time, {like over the summer when I read some really horrible books for books club} I often found myself disappointed. This is my (sadly small) list of books that I loved this year…
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp {memoir/Christian}
Dash and Lily’s book of dares by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow


2} Amazing hot cocoa stirrers…
3} An array of homemade barks. {pictured is chocolate mint}
4} Snacks, and pumpkin chocolate chip bread…
5} Twirling in the kitchen at…
6} An impromptu Genny “hosted” kid little kid party..
7} With homemade pizza…
8} And delicious, real milk cocoa… {face paint optional}
9} Toys exploding everywhere…
10} a beyond amazing Ray Charles impersonator!
11} Wild and Crazy Genny led games. {Nearly neck breaking, literally, at times!}
12} Somehow making glittery leg warmers seem ultra bad ass…
13} Silly photo moments…
14} Super cute adorableness…
15} Forced puppy snuggling…
16} Patiently waiting for friends to stop by on Christmas Eve so we could open gifts…
17} Present time finally arriving…
20} The only thing I asked for… {and SWOON!}
23} Christmas afternoon sleeping beauties… {Note the pepsi can}
24} Major quality togetherness… {Can you believe Ky and Gen are less than a year apart???}
25} New pajamas all around…
AND ADDED BONUS:
A new bike!

