2016-The Vagabond Year (Or, an Average Year for a Military Family)

On New Year's Eve, I read Joanna Gaines blog post about looking back at 2016. I decided to do that same that night, to reflect on all our family experienced during the last twelve months. To help remind myself, I logged onto my Google Photos account. I pretty much record an image from every day so it was the perfect way to recap. As I began looking through the photos, I started a list of all our trips and major events that took place. In short, 2016 was an incredibly hectic, transient, and trip-filled year. I was exhausted once I reached the last photo from 2016. I can't believe all that we've been through and done, and now all I want to do is stay home in 2017! Below is a slideshow with captions to illustrate the list I compiled that made up the major events for our family in 2016: 

Ten vacations, three houses, twenty-some hotels, and a pregnancy later, I think 2017 needs to be a year of REST. Oh, wait, I'm birthing another child in May (the antithesis of rest). Maybe 2018 has sleep, permanence, and relaxation in store =). Despite the complete chaos that was 2016, I am thankful that God allowed us to stay together as a family and endure this year together. We sure have some stories to tell and sweet memories to appreciate. I wish you all a blessed 2017, filled with God's presence and peace. To all the hope that a new year brings, cheers!