Catch Up

Lots of months without any posts. I suck. But let me make it up to you!

Still no news on the adoption front. Our paperwork has been in Nepal since Spring, so we're still waiting for a match. We're hoping for some good news in the new year!

Meanwhile, here are some photos to get you up to speed on the last few months!

Gallatin County Fair Rodeo

 

Half Marathon training with our new puppy, Tiva

Red Ants Pants Music Festival

Sweet Pea Festival

Road Trip to WI

QT with long distance cousins

Culver's, we've missed you!

QT with more cousins!

First Day of Kindergarten

Yellowstone Aerial Adventures, Ziplining

School playground and a new love for Monkey Bars!

Shaved side and purple streaks

Learning to ride a bike!

Killin it at school Fun Run

Halloween

Puppy's first snow

Grandma and Grandpa Scheel visit from WI

Christmas Tree adventure

Decorating

And of course the Birthday Bash!! Emilia had her party at Spire Climbing Center, and everyone had a blast!!

We also survived our first Christmas Program!

New Year - Fresh Start

Happy 2015!
I came across this, and really love the idea of a re-birth each year ...

"When I lived in Taiwan I learned a valuable lesson about New Years. The Chinese truly viewed the new year as a rebirth–a time to discard the old and start fresh. Following their tradition, (we celebrated the Chinese New Year, not Jan. 1) we began by cleaning up everything in the house. It was a bit like Spring cleaning, but even more intense. Everything that needed to be fixed, we fixed, everything we had put off, we got done. Every debt was paid. Everyone we needed to apologize to was approached. It was a wonderful way to start a new year with optimism and promise. Just something to think about this week."

  
While I don't have the resources to do it all, I will begin to tackle some of the things that keep getting put to the back burner. We began the the first day of the year slowly starting to purge and really get organized, including taking down all of the Christmas decorations. This is going to be a huge project, but I intend to see it through!

In additional to "things" getting done, we are also starting the year with a detox cleanse. If you're brave enough to join us, all the information can be found in this FB event, Healthy From the Inside Out, 30-Day Renewal. Or if you're not on Facebook, the protocol is also here. 

We're looking forward to a great year in 2015!