You guys, January isn't getting off to a very good start as far as blogging going. I have every intention to blog and I have many posts semi ready to share, however, I just cant seem to make/find time do actually do it. So here we are.
I thought I'd start with a quick 2016 recap.
January we spent a lot of time inside because it was soo old outside! We we to Trav's work dinner, so I had to go before hand to try on dresses and we spent time with friends. Oh, and worked out.
February warmed up a little and we hit the park several times. I turned 33, We attended friend's birthday parties, we grew grass just because we can, we did math and I won tickets to a Justin Bieber concert. (And Yes, I was super excited) #noshameinmygame
March we headed to Grandpa's house for a long weekend, saw a HUGE herd of elk along the way. We went fishing and enjoyed the sunshine, but didn't really enjoy the crazy wind! We picked buttercups at Papa's house, we celebrated Daddy's birthday, celebrated Easter, and I took my niece to Justin Bieber. And yes, I took pictures of him shirtless. (See above hashtag.)
In April we attended Zachary's track meets, Summer and I had a girls weekend while the boys went to Montana, we spent a lot of time at the park, celebrated Zachary's birthday, and went to a fun day at Daddy's work.
May was spent outside a lot! We played at the park with friends, lunch dates with friends, Tyler played T-ball, Zachary ran track, we sent birthday balloons to Grandma in heaven, celebrated Papa's birthday, ran through the sprinklers and Tyler graduated preschool.
June I got to have a girls night with my best friend, kid less, which never happens! We had a play date with cousins from Seattle, we picked strawberries, we finished up the school year, Summer caught her first fish, I made "best friend" shirts for Summer and I. We celebrated our bestie Haidyn's birthday, Summer got her ears pierced, We celebrated father's day, we had a huge storm make it's way through and we watched my sweet niece Kaylee graduate from high school. We played outside on the slip n slide, saw Finding Dory, we swam in the river a ton, and had a big BBQ with our friends.
July was spent almost entirely at the lake, river or pool. Sometimes with friends, always with family. We watched fireworks with our besties, celebrated a sweet girls first birthday, watched many beautiful sunsets, colored Zach's hair green, went fishing, picked and canned an insane amount of cherries, went to the local theme park and took a fun ride on a boat with friends.
August was another month outside. Lots of time at a beautiful lake, sprinklers and water fights in the back yard, we make bird feeders, we visited the sunflowers, went to the movies with friends, and spent a ton of time at the park. Tyler got to go to his Kindergarten open house and meet his teacher! Zach and I went to Watershed, which is a big Country music festival. We saw some of our favorites, like Chris Janson, Travis Tritt, Brothers Osborne, Jason Aldean, Eric Church and Keith Urban. It was three days for of amazing music, fun food, rides and interesting people!
September was another busy month. Zach started high school. Tyler started Kindergarten. Summer started preschool.
That's enough for any mom, right?
We also celebrated Summer's 4th birthday with a fun tea party full of fun girls. We finally got a new dishwasher after ours went belly up, so we changed out our stove and put in a new microwave while we were at it. We went to the fair, where we rode the rides, ate fun food and fed the animals. Plus, Tyler rode a sheep!
In October Summer and I got to have another girls weekend while the boys went to Montana. (where they caught some huge fish!) Summer went on her first field trip to the pumpkin patch, then Tyler had his first field trip to the pumpkin patch. Zach went to his first high school dance and my little Batman and Cowgirl enjoyed Halloween. Tyler turned 6 and we celebrated by having an awesome Batman birthday party. No superhero party is complete with out capes and masks, right?
In November Summer had career day where a Dr and Cop both came to speak in her class. She loved both and now wants to be both. Papa took Tyler to Dad's and Donuts at school and taught Summer about birds. We did lots of crafts, celebrated Thanksgiving and Travis did a lot of fishing. He also found this awesome arrowhead! Plus the green in Zach's hair is just about gone. (yeah, that is something to celebrate!)
December was a cold month! We got a new fridge to match our other new appliances, we went to Tyler's school friends birthday party, enjoyed Summer's preschool Christmas concert, had a wonderful long weekend at Christmas and rung in the new year with friends.
We had a wonderful year and I look forward to the amazing memories we are already making in 2017!
