So long 2015!

2015 was a BUSY year.
A LOT happened.
So here's 15 highlights from 2015, in no particular order:

1- bought a house!
2- got a dog.
3- ran very first half marathon. And a month later ran the second!
4- Nate turned the big 3-0!
5- started back to school to finish my bachelors I started almost 10 years ago!
6- my brother got married.
7- started working 25-30 hours a week.
8- went to Disneyland!
9- Nate started back to school for his masters.
10- pulled up carpet and put down new floors in our house.
11- had our first garden that overflowed with tomatoes!
12- Nate got a new job with the Bureau of Reclamation.
13- made my first baby quilt!
14- Spencer ran a whole mile.
15- Nate got his second elk in 2 years.

Here's some more reviewing of our year:

The most memorable moment...
Lindsey: buying a house!
Nate: signing the paperwork on our house.

The hardest part was...
Lindsey: going to school full time and working was hard for me, especially having to leave Spencer with a babysitter.
Nate: Starting my graduate program.

I will miss...
Lindsey: Watching Spencer reach new milestones (before he learned to throw 2 year old tantrums)
Nate: Spencer's growth.

The happiest moment...
Lindsey: 2 weeks off work and vacationing in California for Brayden's wedding was pretty awesome. Eating Rubios 2 days in a row was pretty happy.
Nate: There were tons, finishing our races, fishing at Hanson Lakes with your dad and Jake, going to California for Brayden's wedding, getting Callie.

The best thing I did...
Lindsey: Ran a half marathon and started working on my bachelors again.
Nate: Finished 3 half marathons...and shot an elk.

Most looking forward to in 2016...
Lindsey: GRADUATING!!
Nate: Elk hunting!

There was a lot going on for us last year, we are looking to things slowing down a bit in 2016, we think it's going to be a good year and we can't wait to see what's in store!

Bob the Builder

Can he fix it?

Spencer was Bob for Halloween. Of course he loved his toolbelt and hard hat up until it actually came time to wear them. Then he threw a fit and really wanted nothing to do with them. Fortunately he let me get one picture (though I wouldn't call it good), before my parent ward's trunk-or-treat.
Then on the REAL Halloween we went to an afternoon trunk-or-treat at a burger joint by my office. Lunch and trick-or-treating which was perfect. He refused to wear his toolbelt there, but everyone still knew who he was! He loved walking up to all the different people and looking at the "pooky" decorations and costumes. He especially loved when they let him pick his own treat. He favorite this year is definitely "sticker" (suckers).
One of my favorite stories from this Halloween season is that there is a house decorated on the way to his babysitters. They have a pretty scary looking werewolf along with some spiders, spiderwebs, a witch, and some pumpkins. Well everyday on the way to the babysitters Spencer would get so excited for "the pooky werewolf!!" We would slow down and look at him every day. We're gonna miss seeing that "pooky" werewolf!
After that, everything became "pooky". "pooky" spiders, "pooky" ghosts. Spence also loved passing out candy on Halloween. Trick-or-treaters are still alive and well in Nampa and we loved passing out candy and seeing all the "pooky" costumes.
It was so fun to see Spencer get the idea of collecting candy this year, and see him in awe at all the decorations. He was always the one pointing out the "pooky" things to me.
I love this age, I can't believe we almost have a 2 year old, I really can't call him a baby anymore!