It's the year two thousand and fifteen. Another new year. Sheesh, this one caught me off guard. This is our first full year as a family of four. My boys are almost 1 and 4 years old and I'm not quite sure how that happened. I certainly didn't say it was ok. I have a lot of hope for this year, but I'm not forcing anything. I'm going to spend some more time letting things be what they are because I know that this is how I'll get the most out of each little moment with my loves.
We spent the new year in Navasota at Cookie & Chief's. Since everyone was still out of school, we thought it'd be a good time to do some house hunting in Houston. Yep, Houston. Crazy, right?! We just moved to San Antonio...or did we? It's ridiculous how quickly four years can pass. Daniel is transferring within his company so we're looking at homes in the Katy and Cypress area. I think we spent 3 days, back and forth, looking at Chesmar homes. We absolutely love our current home and have been so happy with the build that we would like to continue to live in a Chesmar. We found several floor plans that we love and went over and over them both in person and in our minds. This literally consumed us for several days. In the end, we asked Cookie & Chief to bring the boys to Cypress and walk through a few homes with us. And more quickly than we expected, we decided on our next house. Is it perfect? Is it our forever home? Nope. Would I change things? Of course. However, once the move process begins it'll happen quickly so we want our house to be ready for us. If at all possible, we don't want to live apart. We've walked that road before and it's just too hard on all of us. Our Honeysuckle house will be just fine and good for this next phase of our life. We're excited about it. So, big news for the new year is that we have a house -- in San Antonio and in Cypress. Wild!
"Mom, is this like Shelton's hat? I'm gonna show him my rattler hat the next time I go to a rattler pepper-alley."
One of my favorite memories in this home -- watching Parker play football with his Daddy.
Daniel and I celebrate 8 years of marriage this year. I could write an entire novel about marriage but I don't have the energy. Marriage isn't a fairy tale. It's really hard and soooo not glamourous. Love is a choice. And some days it's really hard to choose someone above yourself. We aren't always good at marriage. In fact, some seasons of our life together have plain sucked. However, after 8 years we're doing pretty good. We're happy. We have a beautiful life that we've built together. We are blessed beyond belief. And overall, we choose one another. I'm so glad that I get to live life with Daniel by my side. He's the best person I know and I don't deserve him one bit. To celebrate, we made plans to go back to Olive Garden again this year. I'm a carbaholic and pasta makes me happy. On a whim, I asked Marissa if she could come sit with the boys so we could have a kid free meal and she was able to. Score! Dinner was totally business. We literally sat at the table with calendars out and mapped out the next few weeks of craziness. But that's ok. It's us. Ohhhh, and how can I forget that for the second year in a row Daniel has come home from work with a dead animal! This year, Stanley the stag joins us. Gracious.
Love my new shirt from Mama and fancy new boots from Daniel (I chose them).
Our annual anniversary photo. This year, no dogs and no couples only. It's just how it is for 2015.
Our annual anniversary photo. This year, no dogs and no couples only. It's just how it is for 2015.
I see a friendship forming. How sweet to watch (and exhausting to referee).
We had the best day at home today. No daddy tonight meant pulling a 13hr day alone (after bad sleep). Thankful for three good attitudes today. Praying for much better sleep tonight.
 Oh little brother, you make me laugh! This is the face you wear while we eat. It takes foreeevvvver but that's ok. You're happy. And the rest of us gather around you and watch you laugh and smile.  
Mornings that we don't have to go anywhere are our favorite. These to wild things wallow around in Parker's bed for a few minutes. They love being silly together.
 
We'd just sung "wagon wheel" . It's on repeat in our home/car these days. I kind of love the way he sings "haaaaaay, mama rock me".
  
He complained of a headache at school, skipped his nap and was fussy all afternoon. Halfway to Cookie's house he threw up. Then again an hour later. I gave him tylenol, Gatorade, half a banana, a tooth brushing, lots of oils, songs and prayers. We have a date in Cypress tomorrow and I don't think he'll get to go. I know there are tons of bugs floating around...we need this to be it -- done. 2015 is the year of health for us 😜. I mean I just saw my dr for a kidney stone follow up today. 😱😉 Hoping we all sleep tight. I'm sharing a bed with Parker and Pierce is also in the room with is.
 
My sisters and I had plans to take a CHL class so we thought we could use some practice. It was a lot of fun to shoot together, even though we ended up not being able to make the class. Hopefully we will catch the next one.
   
Daniel and I attended the AADE Casino Night in the Woodlands. We had dinner with the Bonins and gambled with fake money before heading back to the hotel for a night of nurse free sleep. It felt nice to get dressed up and have a fancy date together. Parker had a super special date with Cookie & Chief. The Rattler Celebration took place at the field and he was able to meet all the 2014 state championship football players. They even autographed his cap! He talked about this for days and days. I love how excited he gets about sports and that regular ole high school boys are celebrities to him.
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