Where'd 2014 go?

It blows me away that the end of the year is already here. Pete and I talked about all the things that have happened in the last year, good and bad, and if we'd do the bad ones over again, or if what we learned from them. It's been a tremendous year of growth for all of us, in so many ways.

The kids were home all last week for Thanksgiving break and we ended it on a bang, with head lice. Sad trombone. I was super breezy about it, then I realized (after talking with Mary) just how extensive the treatment is, and then I wasn't so breezy anymore. Lucia's hair is down to her waist when its wet, so imagine trying to comb through that with the nit comb. Good lord.

Otherwise, we had a good break, with a sleepover (ahem, we think that's how she got lice though), a trip to the zoo, a belly-popping Thanksgiving with Mattias and Cindy, which was so wonderful because we basically just let the kids lose their minds for 6 hours, a trip to an awesome museum near our house, and the biggest news of all -- WE NOW HAVE CABLE. We're lowering our IQ daily with TV, but man it's been great. Really great. We have a new Internet service provider and cable was free with it, so I thought why not. Pete was less excited, but I think even he will agree it's been pretty damn awesome.

Here are some recent pics of us.

Clown hair and new dress