What a wonderful year this has been. Daniel has worked like crazy but fortunately that's tapering off now, so hopefully & prayerfully, 2019 will be slower in that department. The kids are growing and learning everyday. It's such a joy watching them grow into themselves and seeing their personalities bloom. Sometimes I think I'm crazy to have started this homeschooling journey and just want to throw in the towel. But many, many days I realize what a joy, blessing and extreme privilege it is to be a part of their daily lives and to help them grow, not just academically, but emotionally, socially and spiritually as well. Jake has started reading- not full blown books, but words and sentences. I not only was a part of that, but actually taught him! It's really cool and I certainly never expected to be here doing this.
In all the craziness of life, we were able to take some pretty amazing trips this year. Some vacations, some trips to visit people and some work trips, but it was a great year for travel. It's one of my favorite things! It's crazy to think at the beginning of this year, Allie was still using a binky (mostly at bedtime) and were still in the throws of potty training because she just did not want to poop in the potty! But I couldn't just keep her in pull ups 'cause she was great with pee pee. Agghhh, so glad we're past that! Jake was still in pre-school, Maggie still had her top front baby teeth and Will was barely in the double digits and still had lots of baby teeth in his head. What a year it's been! As with tradition, here's our first and last photos of the year:
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