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Happy New Year!

 

Wishing you a sweet and healthy new year! May 2021 be a year full of dreams becoming reality! xo

Happy 2020!

The First Leaf

The first leaf has been colored! 

Happy New Year, friends! May 2019 be one full of love, health, happiness and connection! xo 

Happy New Year!

Another fresh new year is here,
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt and fear,
To love, and laugh, and give!
-William Arthur Ward

Wishing you a sweet and lovely new year! May 2018 be your best yet! xo

From Our Family To Yours

As one year is drawing to a close, and another is getting ready to begin, we wish all of you a very happy, very sweet, and very blessed new year! xo 

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a year filled with love and laughter, peace and joy, hope and happiness! May 2017 find you deeply connected to those you love most and doing the things you love best! xo

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a 2016 that's full of peace, love, joy, kindness, harmony, generosity and wonder! May this next year find you deeply connected to those you love most and doing the things you love best! xo

Happy New Year!

May your 2015 be a year full of love, peace, joy, happiness and kindness! xo

Our Hopes For The New Year

Last night we ate Chinese food, had snow cream for dessert, watched "Happy New Year, Charlie Brown", took what seems to have become our annual New Year's Eve picture, and shared our hopes and dreams for the upcoming year.  Sharing our hopes for the upcoming year rather than making resolutions that never get kept is much more us.  And it's really amazing to look back and see how many of the hopes that we set forth last year came true (just about all of them did)!  We also filled out these super cool time capsule sheets (which we'll be doing each year from now on).  It is a simply lovely way to spend the last day of the year and has truly become one of my most favorite days.  

Papa:

"My hope for this coming year is the same as always: to make sure that you and the girls are happy." "And I'd like to learn to make a barrel."

Mama:

In 2013 I hope to:

-master knitting. 

-become better about folding the wash. 

-finally reach my Weight Watchers goal. 

-that we continue to live, love, learn and grow together.

Grace:

"I hope for chickens!"

"I hope to learn to ice skate and ski." 

"I can't wait to become a Brownie Scout!"

Emma:

"I like to read."

"I want to do horse back riding." 

"I love to color."

"I like to hug and carry Albert." (our dog)

This year our watchword is kindness.  We all agreed that our world could use more kindness and we thought that we could help by sending more of it (than we already do) out into the world.  

Happy New Year, friends!  May your year be filled with much love, peace, joy, happiness and kindness.  

First Day of 2012

Yesterday was easily one of the most glorious New Year's Days ever!  We were absolutely over the moon about how amazing it was out, and we took full advantage of the beautiful weather and spent lots of time outdoors.  We dragged the Christmas tree (that still had lots of life left in it) into the backyard to become a home and food source for birds and other woodland creatures who may stop by.  The girls searched and explored and ran and dug and played.  I took a moment to enjoy the peace that comes with New Year's Day.  Have you ever noticed how peaceful the world seems on a Sunday morning?  Well, that is the type of peace that comes on New Year's Day but it usually lasts the entire day instead of just the morning.  The world just feels calmer.  Slower.  A little less hurried.  And it is this vibe that is my most favorite.  It was a treat to get to enjoy this wonderful feeling outside in the lovely sun on January first.  I do believe that it's a sure sign that 2012 is going to be a wonderful year!

Our Hopes for 2012

(Picture taken with Dave's iPhone)

Last night as we ate the requisite Chinese dinner on New Year's Eve we shared with each other our hopes for 2012. It was the first time we had done this as a family.  We felt that instead of choosing resolutions, which never seem to really happen, that we would share with each other some things that each of us hopes happens during the course of this year. 

Grace:

"My hope for the new year is that Emma and I can still share a bed."

"I hope to plant pretty flowers."

"I hope that we get to play with our friends lots."

"I hope that Gretchen will snuggle with me."

"I hope that Albert will be OK."

"I love to learn my letters."

"I hope the birdies get alot of food."

"I hope for we always get to be together as a team!"

Emma:

"I love to go to Crickets."

"I love to take care of Albert."

"I love to snuggle Mommy."

"I want to ride my bike."

"I want to bake a cake."

"I hope for other bike."

"I have hopes!"

Papa:

"This year my hope for 2012 is the one hope I have each year.  To make sure that I make you and the girls as happy as possible."

Mama:

In 2012 I hope that:

-we can continue to live this incredible life.

-our bond as a family grows even stronger than it already is.

-David and I can go out on one date night a month.

-I finally learn to knit.

-I get back into a normal yoga practice.

-we continue to enjoy the joy.

-we continue to learn together, love together and laugh together.

-we can (finally!) attend our first Unschoolers Rock the Campground!

-I find my tribe of much needed like minded mamas and unschooling families.

Our watchword for this year is harmony.  Last year was all about joy.  Enjoying the joy.  Finding the joy.  Embracing the joy.  As I thought about this year and what it' word should be I was honestly learning toward love.  Cause really, can you ever truly have enough love?  It's such a great watchword and one that is truly a big part of our world.  Love was the front runner until my friend Alissia said on Facebook: "harmony" comes to mind, when I think of a word to describe your family....love keeping in touch with you through FB....keep on doing your thing! You are an inspiration."  And just like that our word was changed to harmony.  Thank you Alissia for your sweet words and for your wonderful suggestion.  It truly is the perfect word for us! 

Happy 2012, dear friends!  We hope the new year is off to a great start!





Happy New Year!

From our family to yours, we wish you a new year full of peace, love, joy and wonderful moments! May 2011 be your best year yet!

New Year, New Blog!

Happy New Year, Everyone! 

I hope your new year is off to a great start!  With 2010 here I thought it would be fun to spruce up our Shutterfly blog.  Sadly, I was not able to change much about it.  For as much as I love that site (and will continue to post to it) I thought it would be great to have something that I could make look the way I wanted (read: will allow my creativity to flow more freely) and that I could quickly post an update to each day. 

I hope that you will join us on our many adventures!