Exactly one year ago I made my New Year’s resolution to get back to blogging at least once a week. And guess what? It’s the first and only resolution that I’ve actually kept – and I’m sure glad I did. Looking back, I have no major complaints about the last twelve months. In fact, 2015 has been pretty wonderful to me and my family. Even the downs had turn arounds. Here’s a look back at my favorite moments of 2015 and here’s to hoping 2016 is just as great, if not better.

+ We went on some pretty amazing trips. For work I went to Tucson, Dallas, and Detroit (where I even popped over to Canada for the first time). And we took family vacations to St. Louis, Rosemary Beach, Kansas City, Silver Dollar City, and a weekend of camping. I’m hoping 2016 takes us on even more travel adventures.

+ Todd built Iris quite the playhouse.

+ He also built a front yard swing!

+ We swam (a lot).

+ The support of my dad was pretty spectacular.

+ We went VIRAL thanks to Iris’ CVS birthday party.

+ On Halloween, Iris dressed up as Iris Apfel.

+ And someone else dressed up as IRIS GILL!

+ Iris had her first dance recital.

+ We ate a lot of donuts.

+ We hung out with new friends.

+ And with old ones.

+ Todd stayed busy running two companies (if you are in NWA and are looking to buy/sell real estate – Flyer Homes is where it’s at).

+ Let’s not forget that this year, Iris got bangs.

+ AND fed a goat.

… See how can I complain? What a year.