Goodbye 2014

As we get ready to ring in the new year I decided to steal this idea from Amanda's Blessed Life {my wonderful sister in-law's blog} for blogging about her top instagram moments of 2014. 2014 was filled with some amazing times, some really hard times, and then the ordinary times that fall in between. I was just remembering talking with Ryan on New Year's Eve last year and saying, "What if by next year we have another baby? What if we end up buying a house?" We really had no idea what 2014 would hold for our family or where we might be as we started 2015. That's so crazy to think about! Instead of blogging about the "highlights" of our year, I went through and chose an instagram picture that captured those an everyday moment. These are the moments that I might not have blogged about. They aren't holiday moments or even things like the day we bought our first home. They are just happy memories that made up the everyday of 2014.

January: Breakfast with Eva. Ryan was out of town this morning and we woke up to the transformer popping outside of our old townhouse. I love her messy hair and the fact that she was still in a high chair! We ate breakfast in the freezing cold dark, and then we went to see Frozen for the first time! 

February: Friends stopping by to hang out on a snow day. I think this is one of the first times we spent just hanging out with our sweet friend Malin, who happens to be one of the best babysitters in the world. 

March: Worshiping at Bara on a Sunday morning with my mom and Grandma Dede. I'm thankful they are both believers who wanted to join us at church that Sunday. 

April: Painting tiny toes for the first time. Scrapes and all, I love those little feet so much.

May: A day at Trophy Club beach with the husband. We laughed SO MUCH on our "hike" to the beach as we presssed onward through the Trophy Club jungle to finally make it to those sandy shores.

June: Finding the Easter bunny head in the back of Ryan's truck. Impromptu giggles are one of the benefits of having a daddy who is a crazy youth pastor.

 July: Playing in the rain at our new house.

August: Showing off baby bumps with one of my best friends, Ashley. How exciting to be pregnant at the same time!

September: Eva getting to pose with the Byron Nelson cheerleaders during the 3rd quarter. Anytime we would see her playing with these girls down on the field we would laugh and smile so much. She adores them and I'm pretty sure they adore her.

October: Our first real tea party together. 

November: Letting Eva get out of bed to come see the first snowfall of the season. The look on her face as she watched the sky was magical. 

December: Singing Christmas carols with our students. I love to sing with people and I also enjoy seeing how happy it can make others when we bless them with time and kindness.