Welcome to 2015!!

Welcome to 2015!! (Geez, 2015? How the heck is it already 2015??)

Seeing that it's a new year, it's time for goals. (I don't do resolutions, but I do set goals... less pressure with goals. More long-term thinking.) And one of my goals for this year is to update this blog more. Lots more. So much more that a year from now (January 1, 2016) I can click "ORDER" on a book made from this year's posts - photos included! Something I can keep forever. A journal for this year.

I also want to read books. Lots of them. (I read 215 in 2014!) But I don't have a number goal - instead? I have a reading challenge. A list of topics/ideas/items to check off.

So with those goals in mind? I suppose this post should be a jumping off place. A Who are we? What are we doing? What's going on in our lives? (So we can measure progress, right?) 

I am working on Ali Edwards One Little Word project - At this point? I can't really tell you what all it entails!! The workshop/project was a Christmas Gift from a friend! And I chose my word "Action" because it kept popping up in my life. So 2015 is the #YearOfAction (for those of you following my social media!) 

If I'm not at Skyler's Hockey Practice, or working on school work at home, or leading Girl Scouts? I'm probably at church, in the sound booth. The past year I spent a good chunk of the year learning how to run the sound board, and then the past few months I took over the computer in the booth! 

Honestly? A few years ago I never would have imagined I'd find a church I loved, let alone one I would be wanting to spend all my time at! But I have most definitely found that!! 

I'm still running (and loving) All Things Pueblo - although it's been a bit of a burn out lately! So I'm hoping to jump in feet first and revitalize the site this month! 

"Dancing is my talent!"

Skyler is full of energy - as every six year old should be! She loves to dance (and tonight, she announced that it is her talent, then promptly asked if I would take her video and post it on Facebook. I guess I spend a bit too much time on the computer!)

So here goes 2015!! Hope it's a good one!

Skyler's First Year of Hockey!

Well, it's November and hockey season is well underway!! Skyler is loving it just as much, if not more! And tonight I was looking at videos to see just how far she has come and decided to compile so you can see too!

The Bell Rings Red!!

Tonight Skyler and I went to our first Bell Game (http://bit.ly/1ATBrV4, for the curious) and Centennial (our neighborhood high school) won 28-26 for the fifth year in a row!!

Here are a few highlights!

Giving Up Facebook

I am on a self-imposed Facebook Ban with no real "end date" in mind.

I find that I am constantly checking the darn site, reading through status updates of people I haven't seen since high school, and honestly have no desire to see in person. I spend hours each week "liking" baby photos and writing status updates - which I need to think carefully about before posting. Will my pastor approve? Will it be too nerdy for my ultra hip friends? What about that guy I had a crush on in 7th grade? Or the girl who I worked with at summer camp 15 years ago? (You know, the one I never really liked anyway?)

So I am spending some time focusing on other things - not having my phone with me constantly (or at least not "needing" to check it.)

I deleted the App from my phone at about 7pm last night. But by 9? I was begging my sister "Hey Kate, check and see if anyone commented on my post about deleting Facebook!" She rolled her eyes and explained that it defeated the purpose, but I begged her again and she checked. Proof that I am positively addicted and need this break!

Fishing!

This past week our church (Fusion Ministry) hosted a "Family Fishing Trip" - Carrie and I decided to take the kids for our own fishing trip and then meet up with the church group after our own adventure!

Five hours at San Isabel (my favorite place in all of Colorado) and three rain storms later? Our whole group caught 1 fish!! (After we left the guys caught 2 more.)