2014 Year In Review

It's that time of year again for the Wendzel Family Year In Review! There has been a lack of posts this year, and by looking below you will see why....we have had a very busy and blessed year with LOTS of changes for our family! We are thankful for the past year and looking forward to 2015's adventures!

I'm hoping to be posting more on here in the next year. You may see some changes visually as well as postings too as I have a new vision for my blog. I'll be sure to share details along the way. This year will start with me working on spending more time in God's Word and digging into/learning about some of the things he's put on my heart for what 2015 will bring for our family.

So....2014 in Review...so much has gone on I couldn't just choose 1 picture for each month

JANUARY: We spent a lot of time INDOORS this month due to the Polar Vortex that took over Michigan! I used pinterest a lot to come up with ideas for indoor fun for the boys. In this pic, they were painting in the snow inside!

FEBRUARY: Trying to find some time to relax and get ready for baby #3 to arrive! This is also the month we began to think about and get our house ready to put up for sale.

MARCH: March 2, Brekan turned 2! He's such a joy and a little fireball. On March 21 we welcomed Leyton David to our family. We also put our house on the market and sold it 10 days later!

APRIL: Adjusting to life with 3 boys. As you can see, Justin has it under control in the picture below! I was learning to brave life outside the home with 3!

MAY: Letyon has his baby dedication at church and we did the famous "simba" lift. We also moved out of our 1st home of 6 years. We bought the house a month before we were married, moved in after the wedding and fixed it all up, we brought all 3 boys home from the hospital here....so many fun memories.

JUNE: After moving in to Justin's parents basement with the 3 boys and Ramsey, along with putting most of our things into 2 storage units and finding land to build our home on, we found some time to relax and took the boys bowling for the first time! It was so much fun!

JULY: Coleman turned 4 this month and we broke ground on our property! Such an exciting month! The boys enjoyed visiting the property and playing in all the dirt piles as well as watching all the construction equipment. Did I mention we got a van? Please note that I will not always be driving a van...as soon as we have enough kids in booster seats we will go back to our beloved pilot or some other type of SUV.

AUGUST: Took some much needed family time before the busy season started and went to the beach!

SEPTEMBER: Coleman started preschool with Mrs. Wolfe again. Can't believe he'll go to Kindergarten next year! Justin and I had an opportunity to go to a coordinator rally in Grand Rapids for all FPU coordinators. We got to meet Dave Ramsey (again) and recieved an award for having taught the most FPU classes in our area along with 2 other churches.

 OCTOBER: Justin continues to be busy busy busy at the farm and the boys continue to grow and get cuter by the day! The boys had fun this Halloween by experiencing Trick-Or-Treating in the freezing cold weather. Coleman and Brekan loved running up to each house and were so very cute with their "Trick or Treat....thank you, have a nice day" at each house! We dressed them up as City Workers this year, we had a police officer, UPS man, and construction worker. We survived another busy season too which is awesome!!

NOVEMBER: November and December decided to switch on us this year in Michigan. We had a big hit of snow and the boys enjoyed creating a snowman! Leyton is developing a love for food too! The farm also remained open for it's very first Christmas Season where we sold Christmas Trees as well as had a choreographed light show to Christmas Music. Check out the farms facebook page to see some of the show!

DECEMBER: It has been a month full of thankfulness and reflection on the business of this past year. We made the boys a felt Christmas Tree that they could decorate as often as they wanted. This worked well for our current living situation and we look forward to having a real tree up and decorated in our new home next year. Progress is being made on our house and we hope to be in towards the end of January/early February. Justin has been working so hard on finishing our house and making it everything we have dreamed of.  We had a wonderful Christmas with family and even got a beautiful Christmas surprise of welcoming our new niece, Noel, on Christmas Day!

This year has been full of surprises, chaos, long days, long nights, and lots of decisions. We are thankful to be able to be building our dream home that we can raise our boys in and still be close to the farm. We look forward to all that 2015 has in store but are thankful for the challenges and lessons we learned in 2014.