2015 Year In Review

It's that time of year again when my blog gets the most visits for the year! Christmas cards have gone out and it's time for those of you who check in with us to see what this year held for the Wendzel Family. I'll start out by saying that this year was not as crazy as last year with a new baby, selling a house, moving into my in-laws for 9 months while building a house, etc....but it did have some big events for us. Keep reading to find out more

January: We took a trip to Florida for a week. Survived the drive down and back (and on the way back a trip to an urgent care for Leyton who had a respiratory infection) and enjoyed Disney World. We had a great time, and it was nice to have a week as a family without the everyday distractions. The boys loved meeting some of their favorite characters (like Buzz Lightyear) and swimming in the kiddie pools at the condo. A huge thanks to my in-laws for inviting us to spend a week with them on their vacation from Michigan.

February: Justin stayed busy working on the house and the boys played outside in the snow a lot!

March: LOTS of big milestones this month. Brekan turned 3, Leyton turned 1, and we moved in to our new home!

April: We enjoyed our new backyard a lot - the park! We love that we can walk to the park anytime we want, the boys love riding their bikes at the park and spending time outside in our yard.

May: We had some new family pictures taken at the farm. Continued to enjoy the outdoors. One of the boys favorite things to do outside is catch frogs (mommy is not a big fan of frogs so the joy on their faces when they come show me is priceless). Justin was busy at the farm this month with the greenhouses being open as well as working on projects around the house.

June: This was a big month for us. Coleman and Brekan went fishing for the first time. Justin went on a trip to Texas, called Quest, with an organization called Fellowship of the Sword. He was gone for a week, came back, and hasn't been the same since - in the best way. God did some powerful things on his Quest for him and our family. We also celebrated our 7 year anniversary and Father's Day!

July: Coleman turned 5! WOW! We took a vacation to Delaware with my moms side of the family. Survived another long road trip and had a great time at the ocean. It was the boys first time ever playing in the ocean and they enjoyed every minute of it (sand castles, jumping in the waves, catching sand crabs, and so much more). I left for my Heartquest (similar to Justin's Quest, but for women) at the end of the month and came back renewed, refreshed, and changed! Praise God for the Fellowship of the Sword ministry and for his calling both Justin and I to go on our Quest and Heartquest. If you want to hear more about our experience, please ask us, it was life-changing!

August: We enjoyed many sunsets together off the front porch after the boys went to bed. Played outside a lot and started gearing up for the busy season and school for 2/3 boys! Enjoyed some time at Holland State Park too!

September: Coleman started Kindergarten (he's doing awesome), Brekan started 3-school (he's doing awesome), and the busy season began at the farm. Justin fulfilled a bucket list item for me of a Hot Air Balloon Ride (over the farm too because we had a balloon festival at the farm this year) and it was incredible!

October: The boys get to see their daddy this time of year by watching him on the news...haha. We got to enjoy our first cozy fire in the new house when the temps dropped too and LOVE our new fireplace! We had fun carving pumpkins and our 3 little superheros had a blast trick-or-treating in the rain (yet again).

November: The busy season came to an end (and we geared up for Christmas Trees). We enjoyed 2 beautiful rainbows this month too (one being a double rainbow which was something I had never experienced before). We also had our first snow of the year and Leyton kept yellow "know know (snow snow)" pointing out the window. That was short lived as we've have an incredibly warm November and December this year.

December: It's been unseasonably warm this month. We've played outside without coats on in the middle of December! We picked out our tree and enjoyed decorating our home for Christmas. The boys look forward to our tradition of opening a book each day leading up to Christmas starting on December 1st (I recently did a blog post about it). We are looking forward to Christmas and the new year.

We are thankful for the many blessings that 2015 brought and we can't wait to see what 2016 holds for our family. Thanks for reading our Year In Review!