100 130 Things That Made My Year (2019)
(This idea stolen borrowed/stolen from Austin Kleon)
- Celebrating the first day of the new year (2019) by walking on the beach (at Carkeek Park) with my two little ones. I even set up a tripod so we could get a picture! Success.
- The view from our little cabin at Alderbrook Resort – overlooking the Hood Canal and watching the planes land on the water there. Also that entire babymoon.
- Hiking to Colchuck Lake with Tim during our day date in Leavenworth
- Eating at a German restaurant with Lilly (so she could tell us what to order)
- Listening to live music while eating outdoors in Leavenworth at Nudeln
- Thrifting
- The crazy amount of snow we got in Seattle in February – and playing in it for weeks on end
- Walking Ozzie around the neighborhood
- Laughing with Tim (mostly at ourselves)
- Prenatal massages and acupuncture
- Girls’ nights out
- Seeing Clara learn to ski for the first time
- Rolling our eyes as Isabelle learned to skate and spent most of her time trying to eat the ice
- Watching the girls during their ballet class together
- Celebrating birthdays
- … And baby dedications
- … And new additions to families
- … And friends moving away to embark on new adventures
- … And holidays
- … Basically, all of the celebrations
- Getting to know the people working on our house remodel
- And seeing them give the girls all of their snacks
- Deciding on when we would have Phoebe, and finally picking her due date – April 8th
- Dropping Isabelle off at her first day of preschool
- … And then seeing her make so many friends those first few months
- This sling
- And this baby carrier
- Walking through the tulip fields
- Adults only small group dinners, where we had time to really connect and finish our sentences
- Buying Isabelle ice cream on her birthday
- Feeling Phoebe roll around in my belly
- Strolling and biking along the Burke Gilman Trail on day dates with Tim
- Witnessing my girls become even closer friends. They were the sweetest besties all year.
- The moment I saw Phoebe for the first time
- Tim telling me that we had a third daughter
- And then being able to tell our family and friends the happy news
- Seeing my older girls meet the youngest
- Snuggling Phoebe in the newborn phase
- Celebrating Phoebe’s birth with my best girlfriends at my sip n’ see
- Watching the girls play in the mud at preschool
- Running on the beach at Cape Disappointment
- Meeting our new little friend, Griffin
- And meeting Reeve, who visited with his family from Portland
- Road trips and seeing the beauty all around us in our state
- Our first trip to the Washington coast (at Long Beach)
- Seeing a psychiatrist who validated me
- Watching my dad play with the girls on the beach
- Eating dinner with my family, Tim, and the girls the night before I was to be induced
- Watching Clara kick the soccer ball for the first time in a game
- Sitting by the fire with friends at summer barbecues
- Taking Isabelle to get her first pedicure
- Seattle thunderstorms
- Our church – and a few other churches we tried out and enjoyed
- Seeing the small town Independence Day Parade near Mount Baker – where we vacationed with friends
- Sledding near Mount Baker on the Fourth of July
- Walking around Green Lake with Annie (consistently)
- Spending the weekend with Laura during her visit to Seattle
- Witnessing Phoebe’s firsts
- Changing leaves
- Attending a neighborhood bonfire with the ladies in the area
- Crossing the bridge from Washington to Oregon, near Astoria
- Seeing a shipwreck on the Oregon coast
- Dance parties with my girls
- The Bible study I joined
- Sipping cocktails (outdoors!) with Tim during date nights in the summer
- Meeting new friends at my MOPS table
- Taking a boat ride on Lake Sammammish
- Sitting on our deck, talking to friends
- Hosting our community in our house (Superbowl, baby shower, casual dinners, playdates…)
- Playing card games with the girls (this one is their all-time favorite)
- Watching Schitt’s Creek and laughing a lot
- Figuring out my personal (home) style
- Dressing Phoebe in the cutest outfits – some of which her sisters wore
- The view at Pearrygin Park
- Outdoor movie night – when we watched Moana
- Swimming with the girls
- Reading almost 100 books
- Watching the girls eat s’mores
- Lattes
- Roaming around bookstores (and ALWAYS buying something)
- Eating dinner with friends in a floating house
- Welcoming Lilly (our au pair) into our family/lives/chaos
- Seeing Diablo Lake and the Northern Cascades during a drive to Winthrop
- Staying at our first KOA campground with the girls
- Getting a part-time job (for the first time in 5+ years!)
- This vacuum
- Hiking with friends to the Big 4 Ice Caves
- Learning to curl my hair – kind of
- Paddleboarding on Green Lake
- Spending time with our families when they came to visit
- Getting professional family pictures taken by Ashley Scheider, whose work I just LOVE
- Visiting with my good friend, Lisa, when she was in town for work
- Working out at the YMCA at classes my neighbor Katie was coaching
- Hiking with the girls and pointing out all of the bugs, slugs, flowers, etc we would see along the way. One time we even saw a baby bunny!
- Planning so many (hypothetical, and sometimes real) trips for the future
- Watching Isabelle do her first gymnastics class (by herself) and jumping joyfully on the trampoline there
- Getting to know other moms at the preschool a bit better
- Soaking in a hot tub under the stars in the summer
- Soaking in a hot tub while it was snowing in the winter (in Bend, Oregon)
- Spending Thanksgiving in Bend with best friends
- Ice skating outdoors at a resort in Oregon
- Singing along with Caspar Babypants (who we saw live quite a few times)
- Trying new recipes out of a few different cookbooks
- The girls’ preschool festivals
- Seeing the girls in their Halloween costumes and taking them trick or treating
- … And also getting dressed up
- Laughing as Isabelle fell asleep in the most random places
- Listening to Christmas carols for the entire month of December
- Finding our Christmas Tree and then decorating it
- Taking Clara to pick out Isabelle’s Christmas presents and seeing her excitement to give a great gift
- Getting serious about my health and finally figuring out why I’ve been sick for years (I’m fructose intolerant)
- Catching up with friends during phone calls which lasted hours
- This documentary
- Reading to my girls before bed
- Being in disbelief when Phoebe started easily sleeping through the night
- Taking Clara to VBA/VBS and watching her sing/dance on stage
- Hearing Clara recount that she got on stage in front of all the VBA participants to talk about what she learned about Paul (in the Bible) and being so stinkin’ proud of her
- My new (mirrorless!) camera
- Watching some great (Seahawks) football games on TV
- Christmas markets
- Attending The Nutcracker Ballet with the older girls and Lilly
- Allowing the girls to pick out their own outfits, and seeing what they put together
- Listening to podcasts. All of the podcasts.
- Coordinating MOPS (with my friend, Renee) and getting to know a great group of women through that
- Playing with the girls outside, riding bikes and scooters and just running around
- Our church campout, where the girls got to play with their friends and even go ziplining
- Sledding on Christmas at Hyak for the second year in a row
- Eating a German Christmas dinner with Lilly’s parents, who hosted us
- Wearing matching Christmas jammies
- Feeling my love for the girls and Tim grow and grow and grow!
2019 wasn’t perfect, but it was good. I hope you’re able to look back on the past year and list a few things that made your year great, too!
