We have watched our kids grow (too quickly), grown together in our marriage, and spent our time investing in our friends. I can think of no other way I'd rather this year have gone.
As a family, we have began the tradition of Friday Night Meatballs. It has been such a fun time to wind down at the end of the week with the people who mean the most in our lives. We are getting our feet wet at Westover Church and looking to join early next year. This change didn't come easily, as we left our church home at Gift Community, but we feel confident that God was calling us to make this change.
Jeff has changed jobs - he is now a Sherpa (as in Cloud Sherpas) and is loving his new role as Engagement Manager. It has meant much more travel, but otherwise has brought a breath of fresh air to his work. There hasn't really been a lot of time for him to do fun stuff, but hopefully that will change in 2015.
Not much new for me. I still love scrapbooking, and have been regularly attending crops at the Scrapbook Studio. I have enjoyed hosting Friday Night Meatballs. It's been an unusually stress-free event in our house, and I'm proud that I have figured out how we can open our home to our friends.
Cole is into building things! Legos, K'Nex, or a toy and random piece of ribbon. LOL. He loves to make things that look like nothing to us, but he'll tell us exactly what they are. He's smart and loves to learn. He is learning the bones of the body and is constantly questioning how, why, or what is this. We love his kind-heart and gentle spirit.
Ava is a spirited not-quite-two-going-on-twelve. It's been a lot of fun this year learning her personality. She is fun, loud, strong-willed, and super sweet. She loves her baby dolls and anything that brother loves (specifically, the exact thing that's in his hand at any given moment).
We are reminded often that life is short and we can't count on tomorrow, but we don't always live that way. I hope that in 2015, we can find ways to be content with what we have, and to enjoy life together more than we already do.
Happy New Year :)
