Monday, January 2, 2017

START...my 2017 motto!













2016 was a great year for us! We got to travel a ton, the boys mastered swimming and bike riding, we welcomed Lucy Grace into the world, and Curtis accepted a new job offer! Being pregnant for the first half of the year, and having a newborn for the second half, I've really had to push any creative efforts aside while I focused on my family. That shift in focus was exactly what I needed, and I hope to continue my efforts to be more present with my kids and Curtis in 2017.

But with all that said, while watching the kids ride bikes the other day, I knew exactly what my "one little word" should be. Each boy got a new bike for Christmas and so the day after, we took them to a parking lot to get some practice in. We were going to put training wheels on Owen and Milo's bikes, but instead they decided to just start riding their two wheelers! And they did it! They were amazing, and it was so fun to watch! It made me think about all the little projects and ideas that I have in my head. Things that I dream about doing, but never do. I don't know if I'm scared of failing, or looking dumb, or just lazy, but I decided in 2017 I'm just going to START.

I'm just going to START taking more pictures, I'm just going to START reading that book that's been sitting on my nightstand for months, I'm just going to START playing with my kids more, I'm just going to START making things again.

I hope 2017 will be a year of making things happen, and I'm so excited to get started.


If you could pick "one little word" to define your aspirations for the year, what would it be?


Before looking ahead to 2017, I did some looking back. I went through all of our footage from 2016 to remember all of the amazing things we did and to see how the kids grew over time. I put it all together into a video because I never want to forget!

See for yourself...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSDPyh6B1LI]


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  1. […] year my word was start. A simple word that carried with it a lot of meaning for me. I had a lot of big plans for my year. […]

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