2016 Top 16
Well I fell off the face of the blogosphere for a bit, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things and do a better job of documenting our lives. In classic form, I'm doing a top 16 round-up as a way to recap the last several months that I failed to write about. Here's to a more documented 2017!
Top 16 of 2016:
We started off the year by celebrating Maddy's 2nd birthday with friends. She LOVES all things with sprinkles, so we of course had to make a delicious sprinkle cake for her. I'm not much of a baker, but I must say this cake was DELICIOUS! It's now my go-to for all birthdays.
We made a couple of trips to Ohio this year to visit the Becks. Maddy loves being with all 7 of her cousins! I think she'd easily move in and leave us behind if she could. haha.
We went to the US Open for the first time to support our friend Danny Summerhays.
Blair built us a garden box and we tried our hand at gardening for the first time.
We went to Pittsburgh for the first time. Yummy food!
We went to Idaho for a week and had such a fun Easter with the cousins.
We went on the trip of a lifetime to Fiji with some of Blair's siblings. It was amazing!! And so great to get to see where Blair's parents are serving their mission.
We traveled to Boston for Blair's fellowship interview at Harvard. We were stunned and flattered that he was accepted into their program, but Blair felt strongly that he needed to accept a fellowship instead at the University of Utah, so that's where we're headed next year.
We played with friends a lot during the beautiful summer days!
We went to Knoebels and had so many fun nights riding rides with friends.
To our great astonishment, we found out that we were miraculously pregnant! After years of losses and fertility treatments, we were shocked when we found out this just happened spontaneously. We couldn't be more excited!!
We somehow became surrogate parents to stray cats for a short time and Maddy was in heaven. She's definitely our little animal lover.
I started teaching baby ballet for the first time.
Maddy got her first dance leotard, tights, and shoes and has been obsessed with ballet and dancing ever since. We love watching her dance!
After getting through the worst part of pregnancy, my friends and I decided to have a fun girls weekend in NYC!
We went home at Christmas for our Holding family reunion. We stayed at a gorgeous home in Heber and made such fun memories together!
Top 16 of 2016:
We started off the year by celebrating Maddy's 2nd birthday with friends. She LOVES all things with sprinkles, so we of course had to make a delicious sprinkle cake for her. I'm not much of a baker, but I must say this cake was DELICIOUS! It's now my go-to for all birthdays.
We made a couple of trips to Ohio this year to visit the Becks. Maddy loves being with all 7 of her cousins! I think she'd easily move in and leave us behind if she could. haha.
We went to the US Open for the first time to support our friend Danny Summerhays.
Blair built us a garden box and we tried our hand at gardening for the first time.
We went to Pittsburgh for the first time. Yummy food!
We went to Idaho for a week and had such a fun Easter with the cousins.
We went on the trip of a lifetime to Fiji with some of Blair's siblings. It was amazing!! And so great to get to see where Blair's parents are serving their mission.
We traveled to Boston for Blair's fellowship interview at Harvard. We were stunned and flattered that he was accepted into their program, but Blair felt strongly that he needed to accept a fellowship instead at the University of Utah, so that's where we're headed next year.
We played with friends a lot during the beautiful summer days!
We went to Knoebels and had so many fun nights riding rides with friends.
To our great astonishment, we found out that we were miraculously pregnant! After years of losses and fertility treatments, we were shocked when we found out this just happened spontaneously. We couldn't be more excited!!
We somehow became surrogate parents to stray cats for a short time and Maddy was in heaven. She's definitely our little animal lover.
I started teaching baby ballet for the first time.
Maddy got her first dance leotard, tights, and shoes and has been obsessed with ballet and dancing ever since. We love watching her dance!
After getting through the worst part of pregnancy, my friends and I decided to have a fun girls weekend in NYC!
We went home at Christmas for our Holding family reunion. We stayed at a gorgeous home in Heber and made such fun memories together!
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