I'ts hard to believe that another year has passed us by. 2017 has brought many amazing things to our family, and I feel like my kids have grown so much this year! Here are a few of my favorite pics from this year, get ready for photo overload.
January
Spending time at the park
Making the most of our Disney passes and savoring a kiss from the princess
I said goodbye to everyday chats with two of my besties and started a new job, primarily working from home
The Costco near our house finally opened (by the end of the year, we have upgraded our membership, which basically means we spend too much money at Costco!)
February
We celebrated loving the Seminoles
Spent time reading books at the book store
Arianna went to her first yoga class with Mommy
We celebrated Arianna's first birthday!!
My brother and his family came from Texas for a visit and we took Camden to Disney for the first time
My husband had his annual excellence event for his brokerage
I went to Oklahoma City for work #yogaeverydamnday
Vincent finished his soccer session
Sarah and I ran the Gasparilla 8k
We celebrated my Dad's birthday on the 26th
We started treatment for moluskum :(
March
We celebrated Mike's cousins and their new baby on the way #verarose
We documented Arianna's first year in pictures
We celebrated my mom's birthday on the 9th, but I have no pictures :(
We went back to Disney and Vincent rode his first roller coaster
We went to see Disney on ice and Arianna matched Mommy
Arianna finally started to walk
Sarah and I went to yoga in the park
April
We celebrated spring-time in Florida
Colored Easter eggs
Hunted for Easter eggs
Arianna got her face painted for the first time
We spent Easter at G's house
Celebrated Mike's grandmother's 102nd Birthday!!! She's doing great and we'll be celebrating 103 soon
Made messes all over the house with our new-found freedom
May
We started the month at Hollywood Studios
Went to a fun durby party
Just becasue she's cute and this was one of my favorite outfits, that she wore ONCE
Went to the splash pad
Spent time by the pool
One of my favorite memories of the year happened this month as Mike and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary with our cousins who celebrated their 10th on the same day. We took a trip from Las Vegas to California for the weekend, and it was nothing short of amazing! Here are some of my favorite pictures from that trip.
June
We made popsicles
Celebrated Mike's birthday on the 4th
Took a trip to the beach with our neighbors, the Dangs! (ps, we already miss them so much!)
Celebrated my friend Taylor and her little one on the way, Brooklyn
July
We started out the month by taking a trip to finally meet sweet baby girl #VeraRose
Celebrated the 4th
Renewed our Busch Gardens passes
Celebrated 7-11 with free slurpees
Went to see Sam Hunt
Went to see NKOTB
Spent time at the park
Took two work trips this month, one to D.C. and ended the month in New Orleans
August
We celebrated Vincent's besties 4th birthday
Arianna celebrated her 1/2 birthday on the 9th
Celebrated my besties little man, Archer Jasper
Went to see some cool legos
Vincent started VPK
We took a fun family vacation to Orlando
Visited the Bucs training camp
Celebrated Vincent's 4th birthday with friends and family!!
All Vincent wanted for his birthday was to do Jedi training academy, so we spent the hottest day of the year at Hollywood Studios celebrating with our boy!
September
I went to NYC with my girls to see the US Open, such a fun trip!
Arianna got to go on her first bike ride
Irma missed a direct hit to Tampa
With school canceled, due to hurricane Irma, we took an impromptu trip to Disney on my birthday!
Went to visit with Elmo again
Had fun in our 'hood
Donation sunset yoga to help those affected by the hurricane
I took Vincent to a baseball game and he left with a foul ball. One of my favorite memories was him saying he wanted to go back again the next day and catch a ball again...
Uncle Matt, Papa and Grammy came for a visit
I closed out the month in Kansas City graduating from a leadership development program
October
I finally got to meet Archer, born on the 25th
I fell in love with mums
Matching jammies make my heart melt
Date night with our close friends
Back to Busch Gardens
My little girl grew so much!
We ran our annual Great West Chase
Vincent ran his first kids run!
We pumpkin patched
Had a great Halloween 2017 with Minnie and Darth Vader
November
We started the month back at Disney for Wine and Dine weekend
3am wake up for a 5k run
Great finish by everyone!
This boy!!
These girls!!
Finished the Kids Run
Celebrated their love of Star Wars
Celebrated Thanksgiving with the kids at school
Spa day with my bestie!
Spent Thanksgiving in Coral Springs
Finally got to see the Wynwood Walls
Said goodbye to our dear friends for the first time...their departure to Australia would be delayed and we'd have to say goodbye a few more sad times!
December
Chichi came back and told the kids they were heading on the North Pole Express to see Santa!
Arianna got hand, foot and mouth virus :(
Annual cookie exchange with my girls
Disney during Christmas is magical
Santa, maybe next year she'll like him?
Dixie Chicks!
Vineyards holiday party with train and all
Christmas with my babies!
2017 has been a year to remember! As I go back through all of these pictures, it makes me emotional seeing how much my kids have grown and how lucky we are to have experiences so much! I am so lucky to have Mike by my side and look forward to our future with our two beautiful babies. Cheers to 2018 and all of the magical things that it will bring. Happy New Year to you and your families!
XO
Shari