2015

2015 has been real. Brandon and I basically had no life while we saved so we could spend nearly a month abroad and backpack Europe, Which has been a dream of mine since I first stepped foot in Ireland! It was in that moment at 15 I knew I NEEDED to travel and see this huge world and embrace the many different cultures and traditions it has to offer. Oh. My. Gosh. It was BEYOND amazing. Not only was it challenging to save for a year and a half, but it was a roller coaster of emotion. We experienced more in that month than we could have dreamed. Have beautiful days and terrible ones, felt physical turmoil and refreshed all at the same time, Walked our legs to capacity, ate a plethora of genres, met cool people, saw a bunch of naked people (Which we did not expect or really want to see i might add), laughed, cried, blah blah blah!

Needless to say we had a great time, would definitely encourage anyone with a beating heart and desire to travel to do the same. And dont pull the "Well i have responsibilities" card, we tried too as well... and yea, your responsibilities will still be there when you get back! Live a little!

On top of that our Nephew and Niece both turned/are turning 1 this year. We had a healthy baby boy and a Premature baby girl! Seeing them both grow into the adorable humans they are today has been humbling and making me very baby cray cray. Brandon wont budge. *sigh* But i'm off the pill, so take that Brandon! (He knows, and if he didnt he does now!)

My sister is 15 and just got a car... Excuse me while a few people resuscitate me from a heart attack because I must be getting old! We moved to Texas when she was 4. When asked about her very first bus driver ever she described him as "Brownish" because she didn't know the technical term and was to young to notice personality traits... Now shes driving.

In other news, Bruce our son. Dog. SonDog. is in training. He is an awesome Boston Terrier and super excited and loveable 99.9% of the time. If you have ever been around bostons you know they pass toxic gas as well... 99.8% of the time. He's awesome, and the closest thing I have to quench my baby cray desires. He doesnt mind that I change his clothes every day, bought him a carseat and push him in the cart at the grocery store.... Im not that crazy, and i dont do any of those things... really... i dont.

We moved from Austin back to SA area to be closer to our family. We are now living in a house as opposed to an apartment and are out in the middle of nowhere as opposed to the city. And no im not exaggerating, drive to my house, see for yourself! I do love it though, other than that Raccoons that are hunting our outdoor cats. I love it. I hate the raccoons.

Oh, and we have an indoor cat! And we HAD 5 outdoor cats until the raccoons went wild and killed them off. We do have 1 survivor. Aria Stark, which is appropriate since the actual Aria is a lone wolf too. I loved my cats, and miss them all... In my head I picture them getting fed by someone else, still alive and well. Which since we didnt find any bodies, could be true. So i will continue to dream.

As for the holidays and the rest of this year, we will continue to cherish the amount of time we get to spend with our families and friends. We are grateful, I am grateful to have been able to move back home, go back to a church we both love and get connected with a great community group.

Life is good, 2015 has been Great.
The End.