I'm so very grateful for the amazing year that 2014 was! It was very busy and very event-filled (which is why the blog has fallen on the back burner). I thought I'd just write down the highlights from our amazing year!
In January, we bought a new car and we have loved our Outback so much!
Just before June was born in April, I decided to quit my job with Intermountain and start my own business. It has been a huge learning experience and very fulfilling for me! I love the balance I can have between work and home and it's fun to be able to help and serve others.
Of course, the best part of 2014 was welcoming our sweet baby June into the world. She is truly a joy and just so much fun.
Here she is just hours after being born.
We tried to get out and go on hikes during the summer. We camped a few times, went fishing, and hiked quite a bit. Our girlies are troopers!
Aspen is definitely a huge Daddy's girl. This was a day that Billie was going to go on a long hike to train for his Teton trip and wanted to go on his own. While he was getting ready to go Aspen was sad that she wasn't going to be able to go too. Billie left with her crying and then 2 minutes later came right back in because he forgot sunscreen. The next thing I knew he was getting her dressed and ready for her to join him on the hike because it made him too sad to leave her. She had just been potty trained so I was really nervous she would pee her pants on the hike but Billie said she did awesome. She chatted with him the whole way up Mount Olympus and was a perfect hiking buddy. I love this story and want to remember it always because it perfectly illustrates how much these two love each other. Billie is an amazing dad. Here they are on the saddle of Mount Olympus.
Billie on the summit of The Grand Teton. So cool!
We moved into our first home at the end of September! Here's a little picture of our toes at the Twin Pines apartments where we lived for 3+ years and made some of the best friends in the world. We love our new home and are so grateful for it but definitely miss all the friends we left behind. Luckily we are still very close and are able to visit them quite a bit still.
Remember when I said amazing dad? Yeah. Proof right here.
I finally got some cross country skis and we have been taking family trips up East Canyon to ski. I wear June on my back and Billie wears Aspen in the hike hike (the blue backpack shown here). We ski a few miles and then head home. It's SO MUCH FUN! Such fun exercise and family time and I just love it.
Christmas was very fun with a 2 1/2 year old this year especially since it was in our new home. Aspen got a lot of very fun presents and her favorites were: a Elsa backpack, Elsa slippers, Little People farm house, basketball hoop and....HER VERY OWN SKIS!
Here she is shredding the gnar pow pow for the very first time! She was great.
2014 was truly an amazing year. We are so filled with gratitude for our sweet little family, our health, and the fact that we have all the things that are important in this world. Here's to 2015!
