This past year has been especially busy for our family. For this reason, I chose to scale back  on certain things (like blogging and taking pictures) to make sure I had the time and energy needed for my first callings and business deadlines.It's crazy to think that I started 2016 with a post on Kaiden's struggles with his dad's deployment. A few months later, Ethan came home and all our energy was focused on spending time with him. However, there was a lot that happened that wasn't posted. I spoke at a conference. Another Deeply Rooted issue released. We bought a farmhouse. Our dog passed away. I attended a TGCW16 in Indiana. Kaiden started his first year of real school. Ethan coached his soccer team. We hosted our first Deeply Rooted Retreat. And then another DRM issue was released. Holiday sales fell immediately after and all of that left me working nonstop from August until recently. Scatter in several of Ethan's work trips where he was away and now things are finally slowing down enough for me to post here!I feel like I'm beginning to catch my breath and I've made a commitment to myself (and to Ethan and God) to slow down next year and gused my time so I'm not so spread out. I do hope to be able to update more in the upcoming year as I love having an outlet outside of Deeply Rooted to share what the Lord has been teaching me. So here's to finally getting some sort of a post up! These are just a few random pictures I took around our property yesterday. The temperature warmed up slightly and while I was letting the puppies clock in some extra play time, I decided to grab my camera.They loved getting out of the house!He needs a good brushing but, even still, his winter coat is so beautiful! There is so much history in these buildings. We've really enjoyed the space so far, and I'm hoping to, Lord willing, finally get around to share some sort of a house tour in picture form soon.