Christmas Top Ten ish of 2014 list...a little late....

Now that we are stylishly late the the Christmas greeting party or maybe now that most of the Christmas things to get done are done I am finally getting to write the Weight family 2015 top ten ish list.....This year was a long year in some respects but we were really blessed in many ways. Learning how to flip pictures on the computer was not one of the ways I was blessed so turn your head and see what we have been doing....

Christmas Top Ten ish 2014 Edition

1. We are all in one piece and relatively healthy. This is a huge blessing after Taryn's little chop off most of her finger incident. It is still healing but the pins are out and it is still attached to her hand so we are all good.
2 Brent's businesses are growing and doing great. Cannibal Cycles grew enough to necessitate moving into a new bigger office/warehouse space. Witting Innovations has more consulting than Brent can get done and CP 500 is also doing great. Currently Brent and his partner are starting another business involving some medical engineering for an oxygen device and got grants from the National Institute of Health and from the State of Utah to kick it off.We know owning your own businesses can be a risky business and we feel really blessed that slowly but surely things are growing.
3. Amy survived camping with 20 something teenage girls for a week in the mountains and Brent survived a week at home playing with our kiddos.
4. Cami read the Hobbit and any other book she could get her hands on. She played in several soccer tournaments and has continued to work at kicking soccer bum. She also won her school reflections contest with her entry "the world would be a better place if we all knew self defense" (a video about fencing) and did well in her track meet. She is growing up WAY to fast. She has proved on occasion to be an excellent baby sitter and is one of the most responsible 5th grade student council leaders ever.
5. Taryn started sewing classes and is taking her fashion designer aspirations very seriously. She has read all the Percy Jackson books and many others that I can't think of. It has been super fun to watch she and Cami read the same books and then discuss them and learn from each other. Taryn also has spent hours being an amazing school teacher for Jocelyn and teaches her all kinds of interesting things....Taryn feels her true success this year was keeping the whole family in fashion...(as much as we would let her...)
6. Jocelyn is loving preschool, her two wheel bike, is picking up reading, and has the happiest laugh in the universe. She cuddles like there's no tomorrow and she teases Creed (usually in a good way) relentlessly. She still loves her dance classes and can be a fierce soccer player when motivated properly. In the first game of her season she sat on the ground messing around the entire 2nd quarter. After talking to her and letting her know it was not OK to let her team down and that she only got a doughnut if she worked her hardest she got up and scored 4 goals in the 3rd quarter.....Love that funny kid!
7. Creed has, knock on wood, potty trained. He loves superhero underwears,Thomas the train, and action figures. He says some of the funniest things ever and is still bffs with the garbage man. He is constantly moving and climbing and pushing limits. Recently he has decided to have strong opinions about clothing. If it is not green he is NOT interested in wearing it.
8. Brent, Cam, and Taryn survived what was supposed to be a 13 mile 1 day hike...It was really a 17 mile very loooong day hike. There were a few blisters, seriously funny walking with sore muscles, and a uti incident due to not wanting to pee in nature but overall they conquered Zion National Park....
9. Brent was able to spend Mother's Day with his mom. She was awake and talking and it was good quality time. She passed away the next morning and it was such a tender mercy for Brent to have had that time with her.
10. Amy kept up with all the kid taxi driving, and cooking meals, and occasionally the house was clean. Every one's bums got wiped, their mouths fed, their owies kissed, their feelings cuddled, and hopefully they remembered everyday that they were loved inspite of also occasionally getting busted for not making their beds or picking up their junk.
11. Amy and Brent decided to get healthy and have been working on eating a lower sugar, healthier diet. Both of us have lost weight (still more to go) and feel so much better. Hopefully in 2015 we can get back to exercising and kicking bum....
12. We got to spend a lot of time hanging out with extended family and feel very lucky to be a part of  both of our families. We laughed,cried, played practical jokes, and enjoyed being with both sides of the family a lot this year.

May your 2015 be happy, healthy, and filled with remembering that the Weights think you are awesome!