happy new year!

i know lots of people are ready for 2016 to be over, but, honestly, i loved 2016. here are just a few of the reasons why (and only a small handful of pictures).

•  Rooney turned ONE!!! watching rooney grow has been fulfilling, frustrating, and so much fun. she constantly keeps us laughing. she is beautiful. sassy. stubborn. & 100% perfect.

• i began working with canyons school district again. hourly & it's been the perfect, flexible job for me.
• we visited california & went to disneyland (twice!), new york, bear lake, & yellowstone!

• most of our summer was spent celebrating friends & family & their marriages!

• a new niece!

• air traffic control opened up a bid! (lots prayers that we find out soon that ashton has made it into the academy)

• i opened up my hoops&threads shop on etsy! 

• we moved & now have our own space! 

• we got pregnant (also twice) & this baby is thriving! i learned a lot about my body and was very humbled through another miscarriage. i have also learned to celebrate every single day with this baby.

• we were surrounded by family & friends.

i just went through all of my 2016 photos (there are A LOT) & i couldn't believe how blessed we have been or how absolutely perfect baby rooney was. toddler rooney is fun, but my heart misses my baby, bad. 

thank you to all of our friends & family who have supported us, loved us, & shared memories with us during the last year. i feel immensely blessed.


*here's to 2017!

& (hopefully) better documentation of our life!