Monday, December 28, 2015

2015 in Review

This past year has been full of up's and downs but quite the whirlwind! The brought many emotions...some good, some bad, but we made it thought and have so much to look forward to in the upcoming year! So here are the most memorable moments of 2015: 

January

We put our house up for sale and had an offer after our first showing and 2 more offers after 3 days on the market. We accepted an offer within 7 days! I definitely felt like I was on an emotional roller coaster from the time we decided to list our home until we actually found our new home!

The weekend that our house went up for sale, was the weekend we took Bryleigh to see Frozen on Ice in Chicago.  We had a wonderful time despite the overwhelming emotions I was having that our house was going to sell so quickly.

We also made our way home in one of worst blizzards that Chicago has seen. Dumb idea on my part but I just wanted to be "home" since I knew we only had a little time left in our home.

February

We did lots of packing...

March

We officially closed on our home on March 27 and said good bye to the place we called home for 7 years and brought our 2 babies home to.  Thankfully, a wonderful young lady bought our house and we have maintained contact. She even invited us over to see the updates she made to the home...we couldn't have asked for a better buyer!

We moved in with my in laws until we found our new home! 


We celebrated Easter!   



We hosted a bridal shower for one of my best friends!




April

We took our first family vacation to Disney World! 





We hosted a bachelorette party for my best friend Audrey. 

May

Mother's Day...

My best friend's wedding!!!!






We put in offer on our new home and it was accepted on Memorial Day weekend! 



Christian started baseball...

June

Bryleigh completed 4K and her last year at St. Lukes...


Father's Day...




 My coworker's are awesome and designated pink day to Rochelle!


We made a few trips to the Dells...



Christian completed 2nd grade and his last year at Howe Elementary...


July

We camped for the only time this summer over 4th of July...



We celebrated Christian's 8th birthday...






We closed on our dream home...






And began the remodeling of the kitchen and master bath...


August

We finally moved into our new home...



Bryleigh went to gymnastics camp...

We made a trip to Bay Beach Amusement Park and met my friend and her 2 kids there...


We celebrated Ducati's 3rd birthday...



Denali broke her arm right before school started...




September

I began my 4th and final year in graduate school.  The kids started school at their new school and so did I (as a school social work intern)..



The kid's joined me for a Saturday in Madison and after I was finished with school, we went to Ella's Deli...


We celebrated Phoenix's 6th birthday...


October

We had fun doing fall activities...







 We celebrated our cousin, Stacey and Eric's wedding...





November

We continued to enjoy the nice weather...

Thanksgiving...

We began preparing for Christmas...




December

Buddy returned...


We celebrated Bryleigh's 6th birthday...


We had fun dressing up in Christmas outfits...



I passed my ASWB Board Exam...

We finished up our remodeling (for now).
































We celebrated Christmas in our new home...




2016 is going to be a big year for us!  I will finally graduate with my Master's Degree in May which means no more weekend classes for me!  A first for our family in 4 years!  We are so excited for what this next year has in store for us!