2014: A Year in Review

2014 was a great year for our family! 

I love doing this post every year..... to look back on all our adventures & to see how much the kids have changed. Click here to see last year's post.

 January

Snow in Alabama! This was really more of an ice storm than a snow storm, & lots of friends got stranded on roads in town. Very scary! We were lucky though, and just got to enjoy the snow. And the kids were out of school for 2.5 days, so they loved every minute!

February

Poppy introduced Nate to his coin collection, state quarter map, presidential dollar coins, and everything in between. And Nate has been obsessed ever since!

March

Abby got more creative than ever when it came to piecing together her outfits. Color is clearly her friend :) (And for all of you that know how much of a control freak I am, you know how hard it was for me to let her go to school like this. But I did!!)

April

My new all-time favorite picture of the kids, at our house before Easter mass.

May

Abby had her first "recital" in gymastics. The theme was the Olympics and she loved standing on the winner's podium with her gold medal.

 June

It was realllly hard to narrow this down to just one picture! Our annual beach trip to SC is one of the main highlights of our year, and it was so fun having Anderson there to play with!

 July

Greg accomplished a major goal....he completed the Hot 100 bike race! (Yes, it is 100 miles long, and it is hot hot hot in July in Alabama!!) He did awesome and everyone loved watching him cross the finish line, especially a little blonde cheerleader :)

August

Nate's Pokemon Pool Party for his 7th birthday will go down in history!! The fire alarm went off - accidentally - so we had to stand out in the parking lot for over an hour. Luckily, the kids had fun watching police cars & fire trucks pull up!!

 September

We enjoyed yet another season of tailgating on the quad and cheering on our favorite football team. Roll Tide!

October

Nate was so excited to be in 1st grade, because it meant taking his first ever field trip! We went to a pumpkin patch and although the weather was a.w.f.u.l, the kids had a blast!

November

Greg had a conference in Atlanta, so me & kids (and Nanny & Poppy), tagged along. Legoland, Build-A-Bear, and the Georgia Aquarium kept us busy!!

 December 

Nate ended a successful 5 months of Taekwondo by earning his green belt, level 2. We have seen such a change in him in such a short period of time, and love all the confidence & strength he has gained!!

As we say goodbye to 2014, I'm thankful for all our blessings....most of all, our beautiful, healthy children. And I can't wait to see what 2015 has in store for us!