Happy New Year

It's kind of amazing how quickly the years go by now. I feel like time is flying the older I get. But still looking back I can't believe all we've accomplished and all the changes that have happened in the past year. Paige was still just a little baby at the beginning of the year, and now we have another baby. What were we thinking!? Seriously, though, we've had a good year and we really love doing things with our little family.

January - We started out the year with a pretty mild winter so we spent a lot of time outside and at the park.  Lucas learned to ride a bike and Paige learned to give me a heart attack by climbing up the ladders and things at the park like her brother.

February -  We found out that Logan was going to be a boy this month and I spent a lot of time making his baby quilt and getting the nursery ready for him. We also went to the fire station on a preschool field trip.  Lucas loved going to preschool with his friends.

March - On a particularly warm weekend we went to the beach with Grandma Crapo and some cousins. Our kids get spoiled with warm weather very early on in the year. We also continued our family bike rides in the warmer weather.  Now that Lucas could ride a bike he wanted to bike with us rather than ride in the trailer.

April - This year we started taking advantage of free museum tickets from the library.  We went to a wildlife museum, the California Academy of Science, and later on in the year we went to the Exploratorium. Lucas also started taking swim lessons. He loves swimming and has gotten pretty good at it.

May - May was a big month! We started off going to Disneyland. This was our last trip on our annual passes and will probably be our last trip for a while. Ryan went on a business trip to London and got to visit so many cool places while he was there. While he was gone the kids and I went and stayed with my mom and dad and we got to go and do fun things too, including a visit to Happy Hollow. We ended the month by celebrating Lucas's 5th birthday. We went to a fun indoor water park with my family, and then later had a little superhero themed birthday party with Lucas's preschool friends complete with capes, an obstacle course, and a pinata.

June - June was hot so we spent as much time at the pool as we could. I also finished getting ready for the new baby to come. Logan was born on June 24th at 4:38pm. He weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He was by far my easiest labor yet. He is such a sweet little guy. Both Lucas and Paige love him so much!

July - Most of the next month was spent at home snuggling with our new baby.  We did get to have daddy stay home for two weeks for some baby bonding time.  We went to Super Franks and did some bowling too. Paige and Lucas got good at entertaining themselves while I was taking care of Logan. They liked playing in the backyard and drawing with chalk.

August - In August we blessed Logan and had some of our family come out and visit for it. Then at the end of the month Lucas started Kindergarten.  He was SO excited!!  The days were a bit long for him at first, but he has really loved going to school and he is doing and learning so much. He has really taken off in his reading too.

September - Paige turned 2 this month and we celebrated by going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with Grandma and Grandpa Crapo. The kids love the aquarium. I love eating at the Fish Hopper beforehand. And of course we all love eating at Ghirardelli afterwards.

October - The kids wore the same Halloween costumes this year that they did last year. Score! I'd like to say they enjoyed getting dressed up for trick-or-treating, but to be honest they have been dressing up in their Halloween costumes all year long so trick-or-treating was just another day to them. Although they did really enjoy getting all the candy!

November - This month we got our family pictures taken, which wasn't particularly fun for the kids, but was quite a feat for Ryan and I to accomplish.  Logan started crawling this month at 4 1/2 months. All of my kids have been early movers, but he is by far the earliest.  Ryan and I also celebrated our 8th anniversary this year.

December - I turned 30 this year. It was actually a really fun birthday and I'm pretty happy to be 30 - I love my life and my family!  The kids and I had a really fun time celebrating Christmas all month long by making cookies, watching Christmas movies, and listening to Christmas music. We also had a great time going to Utah and spending time with both mine and Ryan's family for Christmas.  The kids especially loved playing in the snow.

I love looking back at the year to see all of the fun we've had and all the blessings we've received. Here's to hoping that 2015 is a great year too - for us and for all our friends and family.