2014 Year In Review

To be completely candid, 2014 feels like it just came and went. Life is a blur at the moment, and I haven't put much thought into evaluating this past year. It makes me feel pretty sad right now to think of what I used to do to lead our family and to purposefully learn more about the greatness of God in our lives. But as we have recently moved (again!), started a new school for Andrew and started gymnastics for Emery just to name a few things in 2014, life has only gotten faster.

Again, we did not have the Lee Family Retreat, and thus have no goals to evaluate from last year. I know that one of my major goals was simply just to heal from the past. I don't know if I've made much progress on that, but hopefully, we'll have the Lee Family Retreat this year and put some perspective on the last couple of years and start planning for the future better.

We did manage to accomplish some Bible reading and memorizing in 2014.
Books Read:

• Esther
• Proverbs
• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

Andrew's 2014 Verses:

• Jams 1:2-5
• Psalm 62:5-8
• 1 John 2:15-17
• Romans 11:33-36
• Deuteronomy 10:12-13
• Deuteronomy 7:9
• Psalm 84:10-12
• Psalm 37:4
• Psalm 7:24-27
• 1 Peter 2:11
• Romans 13:13-14
• Romans 6:12-14
• Matthew 5:27-30
• Philippians 3-4

Matt and Emery's 2014 Verses:

• James 1:2-5
• Psalm 62:5-8
• 1 John 2:15-17
• Romans 11:33-36
• Deuteronomy 10:12-13
• Deuteronomy 7:9
• Psalm 119:9-11
• Romans 12:1-2
• Romans 10:9-10
• Philippians 3-4

The Violin

Guess who started learning the violin?

After years of wanting to start playing, Emery finally got her wish. She's starting on a tiny, tiny quarter size violin, and she LOVES it. She practices every day and asks me for help. Now that's dedication. Well, for the first month at least. We'll see how long this lasts.

It brought back old memories of my violin playing days. I'm not sure if they're old memories or PTSD flashbacks! Ha! I'm over it now. It only took about 20 years though.

I didn't realize my own son was photo bombing us though until I posted this pic. Matt!

Roseville Meet

Emery has started gymnastics in earnest this year. She's part of Excel Silver in the younger age group (under 10). And last weekend was her very first competitive meet.

She practices twice a week and absolutely LOVES gymnastics. It's been a joy to see her work hard, discipline herself and overcome her fears through gymnastics.

The beam was her first event. She got a little confused as she accidentally started on the wrong side. But she recovered well and scored an 8.5 for 7th place (out of 12).

Next she hit the floor. She did AWESOME! And scored a 9.125 for 2nd place.

That looks fun doesn't it?

Next was vault where she scored an 8.7 for 3rd.

Last was bars. Unfortunately, dad fell asleep behind the camera and didn't get it on in time. It was a great routine though. Trust me. She scored a 9.2 for 4th place.

Emery's all around score was a 35.525 for 4th place. It was quite the day!

5 medals at her first meet. Great job Emery!

Happy 10th Birthday Matt!

I'm a little late in posting this, but we did celebrate Matt's birthday on time.

The highlight of his birthday was having his Cancun come to celebrate with him. It was definitely a low key party as we spent most of the day moving. But we went out to dinner at the restaurant of his choice which of course was Korean with lots of Kalbi and Kimchee. He got some presents from the family including a Geronimo Stilton book, a SF 49ers hat and what else, but a CHILLOW! Even though he worked hard all day helping us move without complaint on his birthday, he still said that this was his "best birthday ever!" Gotta love Matt. Happy birthday bud.

Shooting Gallery

One of the best things about having a little more space in our new place is that the kids have more room to play. Matthew set up his own little indoor shooting gallery and has been enjoying it quite a bit. Andrew couldn't resist getting into the fun. Boys will be boys!

 Top of the stairs: the stuffed animals await their doom.

Bottom of stairs: Matthew ruthlessly shoots at them.

Braces!

Well, we now have two people in the house wearing braces. Emery got her braces on this Monday. But in addition to just the braces, she has something called a palate expander which is to widen her actual jaw on top so that there is room for all her teeth. It is pretty big and is taking some getting used to. She'll eventually get used to it.

Thank you Grandma!

Emery received this very cute hat and scarf combo that my very talented mother in law knit. She LOVES it! She was screaming with excitement when she got it. She's already worn it out twice since receiving it. Thank you Grandma Lee!