2014 Comes to a Close

Certainly a year of milestones and transitions!
- Beginning of 2014: Erin gets used to begin back at work after maternity leave with Colton
- Feb.: Erin business trip to Shanghai, China (always especially challenging as a nursing mom) and Grant holds down the home-front on his own with 3
- April: Erin promoted to Senior Director over Communications and Change Management
- May: Grant's law firm celebrates a successful first year, Erin weans Colton and Erin goes on business trip to Madrid, Spain
- June: Our nanny, Sarah, commits to going back to teaching and so Brittni begins serving as temporary nanny. We are thankful that Brittni was flexible enough to be the temporary nanny for almost 6 months!
- July: Move into our new yellow house - moving in the heat with 3 littles is not for the faint of heart
- Aug.: Cadie starts Kindergarten at her new school, UP Elementary, and Jack Ranger starts 3K at his new school, Scofield Christian
- Sept.: Family trip to Disney with the grandparents, Gallet's leave Dallas and Erin business trip to Istanbul, Turkey
- Oct.: Grant supports his brother, Preston, through rehab. Since neither of our houses on the market (Mimosa and Club Meadows) received firm offers after 2+ months on the market, we decided to rent them and thankfully had great renters moved in quickly so we weren't paying 3 mortgages for too long.
- Nov.: Pretty quiet and with limited travel so we can be together and rest (finally!)
- Dec.: Peyton starts at new nanny and Hamm Family cruise

And this doesn't include birthdays, domestic travel or firsts (Cadie reading, Jack Ranger's awesome dance moves, Colton walking, etc.)! Kinda made me a bit tired just documenting our year! But also made me proud of how we love each other and work together as a family.

I am so thankful for my every-supportive, ever-loving teammate, friend and husband. I rely on him for encouragement, advice, fun date nights and keeping our checkbook balanced. He is reliable, generous, hard-working and loving. I love how he belts out broadway musical songs in the car, how he works so hard to make our house a home and how proud he is of me and our children. Thank you for walking through another year with me Grant Walsh. I love you forever.

My prayer for 2015 is that we settle into our yellow house and that everyone who walks through our door (including all in our family) feels loved and feels the peace, grace and acceptance that truly can only be given by our Savior.