Time Flies

Well, it's time to dust this thing off right as we start this new year. ;) It seems silly to go back 5 months to recap it all, but knowing how truly happy it makes me to have my tiny corner of the world documented chronologically in one place, it's worth it. That leaves us with August ... a month I'm missing right about now as I stare at the frozen world outside of my January window. 

After the great yard transformation of 2020, we capped it off with a giant cement patio extending the full side length of our house! Jared poured it for us and could not have done a more perfect job. We LOVE it! It completely transformed the space over there. It's so much more functional for hauling garbage cans to the street and walking without shoes on from the front yard to the back patio. It even came with dreams of a shed, playhouse, or maybe even a hot tub over there in the future. The best part about having a family member do the job is how he offered to let us personalize it. We all pressed our handprints into the concrete before it dried and now no matter what happens, we'll always have a piece of us that stays with this house we've made our home.

Speaking of homes ... we weren't looking but the housing market boomed and the interest rates dropped so the idea of selling our home for a little more square footage/the dream opportunity to build a home caught our interest. We walked through several new construction models, spoke with a lot of builders' sale offices, and eventually came to the conclusion that the timing just wasn't right. The kids had a blast acting like the tour guides and posing for pictures. ;)

Right before school started, Liam did a fitness camp with a local gym at a neighborhood park. They learned yoga, had water fights, played on the playground, ran a 5k, and all around just had the best time!