It's been a while...

This blog has been sorely neglected and it makes me sad.  I often have fantastic ideas about what I want to write about but the ideas always seem to come when I'm in the shower or the car which are not the most convenient places.  By the time I get to the end of the day I am exhausted and have either forgotten what I wanted to write about or just too tired.

I have SO many things that I want to record and share.  Here is a quick list of things that have been happening or I have been thinking about a lot.

1. I deactivated my Facebook account about a month ago.  Best decision I have made in a long time.
2. I've read several of fantastic books in this last month.  4 to be exact.
3. I've been really struggling with some personal things and I have been feeling prompted to share publicly in the hopes that it might help someone else.
4. I have been studying a lot and have become passionate about education.  In 18 months my Abigail starts Kindergarten.  Yikes!
5. I have become really passionate about healthy eating in the past year.  I have learned so much and want to share some things.  Not the "if you eat this you are going to die" type of post but just a few things we have done to transition to more "whole foods" diet around here.  We are far from perfect but we have made some really good changes.
6. Along those same lines I have some super yummy recipes that I've been dying to share with my friends and family.
7. And last but not least I just want to post some general updates about our little family.

I really hope that I can make the time to do some short posts soon.  Now that I'm not on Facebook a lot of my friends and family are asking for updates and pictures.  So until my next post here is a fun impromptu photo we took at the beach in January after attending my Grandma Wini's funeral.  It was a beautiful, sweet day full of family reunions and sharing of wonderful memories.

January 2014, Newport Beach, California