2015 Highlights

2015 was such an amazing year!

When the year started we were just feeling settled in Charlotte (we'd barely moved in when we put up our Christmas decorations!) and as the year ends, it truly seems like we've lived here forever. We realized at Christmas that this was the first time Miller's ever celebrated Christmas in the same house more than once. Crazy!

We have been blessed with so many genuine friendships. 2015 gave us the chance to spend quality time with some friends we've had forever, and also make a lot of new friends. Mary Grace and Miller are both thriving at their respective schools and they are two kids who just genuinely love life. 

Here are some highlights (good and bad) from 2015:

Miller turned 3

 Mary Grace turned 7 and a half

 It snowed (sort of)

 Mary Grace discovered her passion for violin.

 Buddy (the stuffed dog-thing)  got lost for 48 very long hours

 Easter in Knoxville

Megan's Bachelorette Party in Austin, TX 

 Grandma passed away (pic not from 2015)

 First ER visit and first stitches

 Baby Daniel was born

 Mary Grace loved swim team

 Miller turned 3 and a half

 Flower Girl and Ring Bearer in Aunt Megan's Wedding

 Megan's Wedding

 Family weekend at Great Wolf Lodge

 The kids started a lemonade business

 Mary Grace read a billion books in 2015

We LIVED at our pool! And had the most fun when our friends joined us!

 Beach trip with Cousins

 We went to the GA Aquarium twice in 2015. I'm 100% certain Mary Grace will work there one day!

 Mary Grace turned 8

 Mary Grace started 2nd Grade

 We turned into HUGE Panther's fans in 2015
(and celebrated our 11th Anniversary at the game)

 Miller started 3-year old Preschool

 Katie and Scott came to visit and we fell in love with the Whitewater Center

 All 4 of us ran a 5K

 We went on a Disney Cruise

 Mary Grace's dream came true
(she swam with dolphins!)

 Halloween
(...if I had to pick a theme for the year...)

 Miller's dream came true
(his first UT Football game)

 We hosted Thanksgiving

 The whole Christmas season was a highlight of the year, so I'll just end with this picture from our Christmas Card photo shoot.

It's a little bittersweet to close the door on 2015 since it was such a fun year, but we are all very excited about 2016!