Dear Family and Friends!!
We hope your Holiday Season was wonderful and getting back to the grind has left your rested, energized and grateful for the life we all are lucky to have! I know almost two weeks off of childcare was rejuvenating but I'm ready for my littles I missed greatly! We had a lot of fun family morning outings to Chucky Cheese, Science Museum, and the golf dome. Staying home fun included sledding, Nerf gun trophy battles, movie/picnic nights, Candy Crush, and coloring time.
2017 was a wonderful year with our boys becoming older and much more independent. They are the best of brothers with full on forgiving fights (Evan usually "wins"!) but then protecting each other from Dad's wrestle attacks and Mom's strict food and tv rules. Evan is very efficient at cutting open packets of raisins and cereal and he has attempted some microwave popcorn once! Ahh! He has an amazing sense of humor and keeps us on our toes... Literally too with his working golf ball obsession all over the house! Though most days he says "I do it myself", our favorite line when he is struggling with something is a LOUD "Need a little help here!" And of course, he is very aware of his emotions. "I'm MAD... I'm FRUSTRATED".
Declan has become a young man overnight. After starting preschool, he has looked forward to learning, writing, cutting with scissors and reading. Though his favorite thing to do is conquer games, Nintendo and over break we reintroduced Wii Sports and he legitimately sword duels/jousts Andy and me right into the pond!
Some favorite memories of 2017 include an adult only weekend getaway to Denver, boys trip to Michigan in June, our Fourth of July vacation to Fox Hills Golf Resort in WI, including Bay Beach Amusement Park, Cousin's weekend at Whiteface, and the Renaissance fair.
2017 was a full year of fitness adventures for me. I trained and competed in my first Speedgolf tournament, but I became a runner... Something I never thought I would say I was. I ran the TC10 mile and the Mankato half marathon. I coached with Beachbody and online wellness challenge groups throughout the year. Though Beachbody and my wellness tribe will always be one of the biggest components of self care and training for new challenges, I'm not actively coaching this year to focus on childcare, 80 Day Obsession and future speedgolf training! I am still happy to plug any of my friends and family into my community, Beachbody and support them with any health journey's though! Andy has gotten back into racquetball and tournaments again as well!
Happy New Year!!! Here's to 2018!
Love, Brooke, Andy, Declan & Evan
