Happy 2015!

The last part of December and almost the entire month of January has slipped away from me --- but here's what we've been up to. 

The first set of pictures are in no particular order (if I tried to arrange these photos, it might take me another month to publish this blog post!)  --- I took them with my phone over the last month.

 The house is full of moving boxes in Michigan!

 1st day of school in California! 

 making cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve --- packed a few cookie cutters in the suitcase so we could make some cookies.

 last training ride of 2014

 studying so I can get my CA driver's licence

 these girls help me out so much with babysitting over the last 3 years! 

 mmmmm... Holiday Inn cinnamon roll!

 yes, it's a cookie on top of a cupcake

 last dinner in our MI home -- no table, we'll sit/lay on the floor

 it's a rare occasion --- but yes, my drink contained some alcohol!  Hard Rock Cafe Chicago

 family bike ride to the grocery store

 changing a flat tire  - sigh

 yikes - a garage full of boxes

 a great training run :)

 dinner @ Hard Rock Cafe Chicago

 oops!  forgot the reusable shopping bags!

 Hard Rock Cafe Chicago

 Helen marking off moving sticker numbers

 my sweet Helen waiting for her swim practice to start

 Helen @ Hard Rock Cafe

 Hiking on the day after Christmas in CA

 Swim Team Hot Chocolate night --- Every Thursday ---- Jillly's in heaven :)

 took my birthday boy shopping

 excited to hand out birthday treats to his swim team

 I can't believe I bought this --- Jayden's request for lunch on his birthday

 Hard Rock Cafe Chicago

 Super Fast Swim Flippers for Jilly

 More hot chocolate

 my sweet Jilly

 Jilly rockin' @ Hard Rock Cafe

 The.Last.Moving.Box is uppacked ... only took 9 days to get everything unpacked and put away!

 Leg Lamp in Chicago

 Lego Movie at Benicia Public Library

 All our stuff -- will it fit in the car and then the airplane?

 saying goodbye to the mini

 early morning swim

 my new CA car?

 gotta love it when the moving people pack some trash for you - sigh

 jilly chillin' on some moving blankets

 ahhhhhhh - packing paper!!!!!

 making pizza with the last of the items in the fridge in MI

 New Year's Day Swim

 loving the outdoor pool

 reading with Jilly with the other kids swim

 waiting in line to recycle cans/bottles/plastic

 Slurpee Sunday!

 sunset Sunday

 my superhero

 kids swam in Niles on our way to the airport

 eating dinner at the pool in style with our table --- can you tell we spend a lot of time at the pool?

 no pressure here?!?!?!  registering the kids for their first swim meet!

 another pool pic

 last swim meet in MI

 rode so much I split my tire - haha!

 my view from track - beautiful

 treats for the kids last day of school in MI

 making soup - only brought a very small saucepan on the airplane until our moving van arrived

 who brings veggies as a going-away treat for the swim team - ME, of course

Helen, where's Jillian? 

 Helen's cocoa cabaret concert in MI

 Jayden's 3rd grade teacher

 I helped Jillian's kindergarten make treats and a craft @ her Christmas party

 Ready for Santa

 making cookies for Santa

 Yes, we even packed our Night Before Christmas Book!

 mmmmm - very carefully decorated cookies

 Christmas Morning

 THE My Little Pony Rainbow Dash Sweatshirt - she said it was the "BEST GIFT EVER!"

Christmas Dinner