Top memories from this year? Our beautiful trip to Hawaii, Spain with my boys, Kedzie going to high school, Ethan coming through on the other side of some mental health issues, having a job for a year, loving my calling with the young women, being a witness to all the changes in the church, watching Alex excel on a new soccer team, inviting Coseth into our home for ten months and always feeling the love of my sweet husband Travis and my Heavenly Father.
Top liked pictures on instagram?
Seem all pretty appropriate! The baby is Kedzie on her first trip to Hawaii, before social media existed! Our wedding, our family at conference, baby Kedzie, Halloween, introducing Coseth, Kedzie moving on to High School, Ethan's first Temple experience, the giving machines and shave ice at Matsumoto's! We've had a pretty darn good year. Truly blessed.
This past week between Christmas and New Years has been pretty fun. Lots of playing with the Bradford twins and using new Christmas toys. Making Lego's, swimming for Kedzie, watching movies, snowboarding for Ethan and being together as a family.
Alex's team took first place in their fall indoor soccer league for '09 division.
We've spent some time at the new rec center with friends.
Triston did a speed and agility class at red line since he wants to get faster.
NEW YEARS EVE
In Ecuador, there's a tradition that you make a doll that looks like you, you put it outside on the 31st and then at night, you burn it. Out with the old you! It's done in the hopes that it'll bring you good luck for the next year. Coseth spent hours on her doll and we had so much fun burning it! We all drew pictures of ourselves to burn too. It was pretty special. An amazing way to share her culture with us. Oh, I forgot about the part where you kick and stomp and jump over the doll before burning and then you just over the fire while it's burning! We all loved it.
During the burning, we face timed Coseth's family. They were so happy to see the burning and then we came in for our toast to the new year with our sparkling cider.
After our toast, we headed to the Bradford's to hang out with friends until midnight. Travis tapped out because he wasn't feeling well, around 10, but the rest of us made it to the ball drop. Super fun night. Games, food, laughter, basketball, etc. Grateful for Alex's soccer team that brought all of these friends together. The Arter's, Bote's, Bradford's, Holland's and Ravsten's.
Clearly, I can't finish up 2019 without a shout out to the mom.
First off, here's our decade challenge picture. Look at those sweet baby faces! My how much has changed. Adding Triston and Coseth, height, hair color changes and intelligence. So proud of my kids and all they do every day to make themselves who they are. I love them so much.
I'm so grateful for the short time my kids had to know my mom on Earth. Kedzie remembers the most of her and Ethan remembers the feeling of being with her. I'm grateful. This year was a bit easier than most, that's a bonus, but as I write this, it makes me sad that she isn't experiencing our lives in person. I have no idea what she knows about our lives, I assume she's involved spiritually. I'm so grateful for that knowledge. She was the perfect mom for me. It's been eight years. I miss her very much, but I'm so grateful for my life and how she helped me form it.
Our first day of the new year, we saw the new Star Wars movie and hung out most of the day. I'm grateful for these humans in my life. Heavenly Father has given me so many blessings. I'm excited for what 2020 has to offer and the next decade! Eek...we will be empty nesters in the next ten years. I can't think about that too much.
Farewell 2019. Thanks for the memories.
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