a reflection on 2015

what a year

there was a lot of good this year mixed with some sad and hard

we focused on being healthy and went the entire year without drinking soda
only drinking slurpees on vacation
i lost a bit of weight and ran my third half marathon

  michael went to japan for a week for work
i was really happy for him to get to go but it almost killed me i missed him so bad!

 we went on our first kid-free trip since our honeymoon to oahu
and it was the most amazing week!

 hawaii was gorgeous

  and we enjoyed every uninterrupted minute together

 shortly after we got home
eleanor got her tonsils out
which was awful

 and then a month later she got stitches and shortly after they healed henry got some, too

 despite the injuries and surgery we did have a good summer
with a day trip to mccall

 and a trip to utah to visit our old stomping ground

and the kids went back to school
i turned 30

and then we got pregnant and miscarried baby number six at 9 weeks

 it was a really good year
but it ended on a sad note
and it's hard to look back on 2015 with a lot of fondness
 i am looking forward to 2016 and i could not be more grateful for our five healthy children
or my loving, darling husband

i've decided not to make any goals for 2016
except to enjoy my life, love my husband and cherish my children