2015 in Review...

Love this picture even though it is a bit blurry.

2015 turned out to be an amazing year for us!  In January we decided to start getting rid of daily toxins from our house that you don't normal think about.  We decided to see what these Young Living oils were all about!  Since then I have started making my own laundry soap, deodorant, snot and cough rub for colds, chapstick, sunscreen, bug spray, and the list goes on and on!  I am learning more each and every day.

This is what we started with and have since added to our oils.

In March, I (Michelle) started the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) way of eating full time.  From Dec. 2014 when I started cutting flavored creamer out of my coffee to July 2015 I lost a total of 30 pounds and four pants sizes.  Take note that is just seven months.  Since then I have maintained my current weight and will continue to eat this way the rest of my life!

Love this book!

During 2015 I dedicated my time to helping out with the Awana program at Aviano Baptist Church, doing child care for our PWOC group, helping out with PTA at the kids school and chaperoning on almost all the kids field trips for school.  It was a great year!  I ended the year with a job offer at the school for being a substitute teacher in 2016!  I continue to be a runner, I still love taking pictures of my family as you can see, photo book making has been my new thing over the past few years as I really find it hard to find the time to scrapbook.  Although, I still have everything organized and ready to go for scrapbooking!  Now if I can just make some time to do it!!!

Nerd night at AWANA!

Bill got another deployment under his belt.  He left in April and came back home to us in November.  We missed him while he was gone, but were still able to see him through facetime a couple times a week.  Bill has continued working on getting his bachlors degree and is very close.  It will be some time this year that he completes it.  Bill has also used some of his free time to help out with the Awana program.  He continues to support our family by proudly serving in the United States Air Force, we are very proud of him!

Bill's picture in Bagram

Alyssa had another great year!  She participated in basketball, softball, football and soccer this past year.  She continues to get awesome grades.  She got the A/B honor roll the first semester then from there on out she got the A honor roll, getting the Principals Award at the end of the school year!  She still loves art and math and now spends some of her free time reading, which was new this past summer!

Hannah continues to amaze me, she is not my sporty kid, but still played both baseball and football this past year!  She does a super job in school and is a great role model.  This year she was selected for Student Council by her teacher.  She is in Cooking Club, Baton, and is even trying something new.  She tried out for the Alice in Wonderland play and will be part of the ensemble, pictures to come in February 2016.  Hannah is our toy kid and loves playing with her American Girl dolls and Monster High dolls!

Hannah on her "wedding" day!

Daniel is always looking for a challenge and keeping up with his sisters!  This past year he was in basketball, baseball, football and soccer.  He tried music club this past year and was not a big fan of it, but at least he gave it a try!  Daniel excels in school, his teacher is always challenging him.  He loves to play card and board games along with his iPad mini.