Did All of 2016 Really Slip Past Me...?!

Yes. The answer is yes, all of 2016 really did slip by without a single post from me. To be fair, I was in grad school full time, working, running a busy photography business, buying our first home, taking on a new career, mothering, wife-ing, traveling and in general just trying to keep ahead of it all!

I'd actually gamble to say that 2016 was the best year of my life (who has the best year of their life at 32? such a random age!) but it's true. Things are really wonderful in our house these days.

Even if this is my only post of the year, it will be one more than last year, so I suppose that's an improvement? I always meant this blog to be a running diary to my dearest Eva so I don't want to let it fall to the wayside completely.

I'll kick off 2017 with a post from our most recent family photos done by the utterly amazing Shalom Imaginative out of Joshua Tree, CA!

2nd Grader in the House

Blogging on here this year has taken a total back seat to everything else going on in our lives but I have some updates that I'll be sharing over the next few days and to kick it off I wanted to share Eva's 2nd grade school photo from this year.

Such a big kid!!! I real big kid! My heart is so full from this girl I could cry most days.

Oh hello 2015...

I know, I know.... I know. I fell off the blogging bandwagon. If it helps at all, we still do tons and I still capture Eva's life, I just usually share it more on my website now. You can keep track of us by going here: http://www.rebeccahparksphotography.com/category/personal-projects/

Okay so let me try and share what we've been up to since August :-)

1. We switched to a new school and made lots of wonderful new friends!

2. We went to the theater! 

3. We got a new big girl bed 

4. We celebrated Halloween like royalty! Or, for me, like a lobster ;)

5. We swam... a LOT

6. We played at the park... a LOT

7. We started svenska skolan (Swedish school) at ASI (the American Swedish Institute)

8. Are sang in our very first Lucia Choir!

9. We spent time with family

11. We went shopping

12. We met baby Max and spent time with Jack

13. We celebrated turning 7 in Cinderella style!

14. We wore fab-u-lous outfits

15. We danced and were silly and in general just had an amazing fall and winter