2015 Top Twelve

Oh, what a year! It was a difficult task to choose just one photo from each month to post here. So many events and memories were captured t his year. I think that's one reason i love photography so much. It catches a moment in our fast and full lives that is passing and lets us hang on to it a bit longer. Many times looking back at a photo all the emotions and feelings surrounding that moment come back.

January:
~We celebrated Ethan's 6th birthday on the 15th

~Saw the Northern Lights dancing in the sky all around our Anchorage apartment

~Sledding, puzzles, winter hikes, games, late winter sunrises and early winter sunsets

February:

~The highlight was definitely having my sister in law Rachel come for a visit!

~Celebrating Elijah, mine, and Rachel's birthdays

~Driving to Fairbanks 

~Northern Lights over our hotel in Fairbanks

~Soaking in Chena Hot Springs

~Sledding and more winter hikes

March:
~We got a car!!!

~Freedom to go on adventures with the boys during the week while Geoff was at work

~Longer day light hours

~More Northern Lights

April:

~Library trips

~Warmer days

~Crisis Pregnancy Center Tea

~Geoff's birthday

~April 10th marked one full year in Alaska

May:

~Long days and sunshine

~Geoff's dad and mom come for a visit!

~Hiking in Hatcher Pass

~Train ride to Denali National Park

~Glacier cruise day trip around Prince William Sound

~Lots of adventures

June:

~Heat wave

~Cooling off in Campbell Creek

~Looong days of sunshine

~Camping 

~Alaska Botanical Garden show

~More camping

~Moose sighting

(one night a mama moose and two babies came and ate right off the raspberry bushes by our house)

July:

~Dip netting trip to the Kenai

~Geoff catching 35 salmon

~Learning to filet and process salmon

~Camping

~Walks, bike rides, and hikes 

August:

~Weekly hikes with friends

~Ohhhing and Ahhhing over Alaska's beauty

~Celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary

~Picking raspberries

~Playground visits

~Starting a new school year

September:

~Alaska State Fair

~Hiking in brilliant yellows of the changing leaves

~Shortening days

~Cooling temps

~Started hosting a bible study small group at our apartment each Friday evening

October:

~A weekend in Girdwood with Geoff's company

~Visit to the Alaska Wildlife Conversation Center

~First snow

~Babysitting 

(since school started we had one boy before and after school and then another one just after school)

November:

~Winter Sunsets

~this month went by in sort of a blur for me. I was pretty out of it for solid weeks dealing with Shingles.

~I was so blessed by my friends support and care through it though. They brought us food and took the boys out for some fun times. I'm so thankful for them.

December:

~Short days with dark morning and evenings

~Cozy reading and cocoa by the tree

~Taking it easy

~Books and blankets

~Game nights with friends 

~Sleeping in the living room under the lights

~Lots of hot tea and coffee

~Christmas!

What did your year look like? 

If you do a blog post about it feel free to leave your link in the comments below!