Wrap Up

It's already almost time to wrap up 2017. Such a crazy thought!

I like to take the time at the end of each year to reflect on the goals I set in the beginning of the year and to see how they went.

I feel like I'm still working on most of my goals! Balance and letting go of fears have been the two major themes of my life the past three years. I think both are just going to be a long process for me. I also wanted to exercise more than just once a week at Pilates, and I did that...for about two weeks! It's been hard to get back into a regular rhythm of exercise, even though I have daily reminders on my phone to do so! Having three jobs now is making it much harder to add extra things to my schedule.

I also wanted to connect more with people one on one. I'm still working on this as well. I've been spending some time the past two weeks trying to reevaluate my schedule and trying to include more time not working, as I don't really have a day "off" anymore. So I've been trying to come up with ways to be more intentional with taking time off and using that time to spend with others.

My other goal for this year was to continue to strive to look more like Jesus. Obviously this is always going to be an ongoing goal. I've been trying to spend more time in the Word and really focusing on who Jesus was on earth and on what He did while He was here.

I'll share more about my goals for 2018 in a later post. Now it's time for a little wrap up of this year.

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January was a month of celebrating birthdays! We celebrated our friends's son's birthday, my friend's birthday and my birthday!

February was full of celebrating our 9th anniversary, and I got to meet the founder of LuLaRoe!

March was full of events with amazing women! I celebrated one of my best friend's birthdays, attended our church's women's retreat and got to spend a lot of time with another of my best friends and her kiddos!

April was full of babies! One of my best friends had her third baby and one of my other best friends found out she was having a girl!

May was full of celebrations! We attended a fun birthday party, went to Disneyland (and spent time there with a friend and with Josh's dad) and attended our niece's preschool graduation!

June was hectic, but we found a few moments for fun!

July was fun and busy! We celebrated the 4th of July with family and friends, went to Disneyland and the d23 convention and I went to LuLaRoe's annual convention!

August was full of more celebrations! I helped throw a baby shower for one of my best friends and went wine tasting to celebrate the birthday of another friend!

September was full of so much goodness! We celebrated our niece's birthday, I went to CO to spend time with one of my best friends and her family and we got to meet my best friend's new baby!

October was full of lots of fun! I went to the Museum of Ice Cream, we went to our friend's Halloween party and went to a local corn maze!

November was crazy! We went wine tasting, Josh had a conference for work and we had our annual Friendsgiving, plus Thanksgiving festivities!

December has been fun and busy! We've had lots of Christmas fun, I celebrated a friend's birthday and we saw Star Wars! There's a lot more fun to be had in these few days of the year!

I'll be back later with the rest of my thoughts. 2017 is almost over!

Oh Ten. And Oh Eleven. Two Oh One Seven

No more apologizing. It's just late!

October and November were both busy months!

October was full of lots of crazy stuff! I did a lot of events with LuLaRoe. Josh went on a youth staff retreat.

I got to go to the Museum of Ice Cream! I found out about it on Instagram earlier in the year from someone I follow. It's one of those super hard places to get tickets for, but somehow I managed to get some! It was a super fun day and I loved every square inch of that place!

We also went to our friend S.W.'s annual Halloween party. It's always such a fun time! We had such a hard time deciding on our costumes this year but I think they turned out pretty amazing!

 

And we went to a corn maze with some friends. It's one of our favorite things to do in the fall and I'm so glad we were able to.

(It was SUPER windy that night!) 

Josh's dad had to have surgery in October (and thankfully everything went well and he's doing great!), so Josh was out of town a few days because of that. Josh's grandma also passed away, which was very sad. We both loved her a lot and miss her very much.

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November kind of came as a whirlwind after the crazyness of October.

Our friend S.W. took some amazing pictures of us at the beginning of November! We got to go to one of my favorite spots in California that I hadn't been to in years. It was a really fun afternoon!

(PC: Scot Woodman Photography)

I participated in a women's tea event at our church again. It's always fun to see how everyone decorates their tables! And the food is incredible! My friend L.B. and I have gone together the last two years and we had so much fun together!

We went wine tasting and had a great time! It's one of my favorite things to do with Josh, or with friends, because it's so relaxing and fun!

Josh had a conference for work, so he was gone for a few days for that. After he got back, we celebrated Thanksgiving early with my family! We had a really nice day! My mom made lasagna and it was delicious! I like doing non-traditional meals sometimes for the holidays.

We also had our annual Friendsgiving dinner with some friends. It's one of the things I look forward to so much every year.

I also signed up to be a Color Street Stylist! I know, I know, I'm a little crazy...but it's been super fun! I had a launch party and I participated in a couple of events for that in November!

And now it's already the middle of December and 2017 is almost over. I have so many more thoughts I want to share, but never enough time to do so! I hope to be back here soon!