2 0 1 5 in review

happy new year! this was hard, because i love just about every post from the past year, but here is a little recap with a few pictures and links to re-live the magic of our 2015. looking back was as usual, so much fun and also like "where have my babies gone?!" but looking forward feels even more special. i can't wait to see what the Lord has for us in 2016. enjoy!

in JANUARY we went to hawaii + played at the beach... also here, here and here. abel said his first prayer - i cried real tears, and we celebrated the best two years of our lives... two sweet years of him!

   

in FEBRUARY we were, chosen by the honest company, lucy turned 5 months old, we partnered with shutterfly + shared some of my favorite mobile photography tips! and planned for exciting things to come in the following months!

in MARCH we got our moccs on in one of our very favorite collaborations to date, grocery shopped, i shared my heart, and we went to the springs and pueblo to visit family!

in APRIL we bought our house! huzzah! i started my own photography business, we celebrated one of my very favorite holidays - easter, and my sister and i went to hope spoken in dallas!

in MAY we had baths + giggles, got warm weather early! i told stories worth remembering, and we celebrated birthdays + mothers!

in JUNE we spent LOTS of evenings on the green grass, made progress on our house, attended the chalk art festival! and enjoyed farmer's market season!

JULY brought a very happy fourth! we went to california to see family + play at the beach! spent most of our time at the park, lucy turned 10 months and we got a new family member!

in AUGUST we shared a recipe for our happy, played catch up sharing photos, denied that lucy was eleven months old, talked about how easy like sunday mornings... aren't, AND warrior dashed like it was our job.

in SEPTEMBER we shared our family photos, lucy was suddenly ONE, we camped, took up two whole posting days sharing our time in estes park... & part two, and relived hawaii through little movies... now i want to go back AGAIN.

   

OCTOBER brought pumpkins and more pumpkins, an affair, and things i'll never tire of... and of course halloween.

NOVEMBER was quiet

we remembered my dad + had thanksgiving with family. one of my close friends got married and i was there to witness :)

in DECEMBER we paid tribute to both abel + lucy, played in the snow, ate lots of sweets, spent time with chris's family + enjoyed each other and a very special christmas.

scenes from christmas day 2 0 1 5

christmas was so wonderful, but honestly i'm not sure i remember a time when it ever wasn't. this year was especially sweet because our kiddos were excited for it along with us. they are seriously at the perfect age for fun things like christmas morning + tearing through gift wrap. they woke us up at 6 am... we were super surprised, as they are not usually super early risers, but the minute abel's eyes even peeped open, he said it's morning time, we get to open our presents now?! it only added THAT much more magic :) reminded me of when i was a little girl + we would always wake our parents up at the crack of dawn when santa had come. santa did NOT come to our house as we had thought he would ha! abel had firm orders in the months leading up to christmas that santa was not welcome here, and he better not come down our "chim"... so, we didn't push that + everyone was perfectly happy. maybe next year! both our kiddos got a few sweet little gifts from us that we thought they'd enjoy, and abel made sure to tell us that "Jesus came to save the world, and he was tiny..." it's been the sweetest thing to hear this season, and also a little comical. He did in fact come to save the world, and He was in fact tiny when He got here, Abel really clung that that little "tiny" bit of information + always felt it was important to disclose... aside from being adorable, it also really hit home for me this year. i don't know if it's because i have children now or what (because obviously i've had them for a couple years now) but envisioning Jesus as a baby, and not as the miracle working man i usually think of, really sparked something in me this year. God didn't send us an immediate savior, He didn't send us a quick fix... like most good things, it took time. He sent us an infant, similar to yours or mine... "He did not arrive as a warrior, a king or a hero... God's presence arrived gentle and small, like a whisper." that felt really special to me + was refreshing in this season.

after a sweet morning at our own home, we went to my mom + roger's house and enjoyed christmas with my family. gifts, food + good company.

these two below, looked like this most of the day... i LOVE THEM.

hope you all had a merry christmas, enjoy a safe new years eve! 

christmas with the sals

christmas up before new years, huzzah!!

we are lucky to celebrate a couple times since family is close + i'm not mad about that one bit! on top of that, we got to host for the first time in our house! we had a great time with chris' family + salvaggione homemade meatballs were on point per usual. lucy scored this bunny outfit and it deserves it own post is so stinkin' cute. merry christmas, hallelujah. 

^^^the bubble wrap, even more exciting than the gifts, duh.

salvaggione christmas from last year! HERE