Reflecting on 2015...

Last year we started a new tradition in the Ney household. I was inspired by a friend who, as a family, set goals and aspirations for the next year. Think New Years resolutions for the family. I sat down with the boys - Addi didn't have much to contribute at 3 months old - and asked what they wanted. They wanted to eat chocolate and watch TV. So I may have kinda steered the conversation a bit.

Our goal for 2015 was to get outside more. 

Simple. Doable. Healthy. Inspiriting. Connecting.

We went for walks on rivers...

 

...and tobogganed in the backyard and stayed out till our cheeks were red.

 



We cottaged...







(Where one of us 'communed' with nature)

    

...and "camped" (okay it was just the backyard, we had bigger goals for this but worked with what we had).

 

We gardened...

                        

....where we tasted the fruits of our labour.



We - okay just some of us - took off on an adventure,


 where we brought ourselves,


our whiskey,


and our old Camrys


to the shores of James Bay (like the really really north part)!



We just generally hung out in the backyard...

                          


... and front yard...

     

... and in the creek out back.

 


Boating, and oh boy did we boat!

                                                      
    

    

The end of this year brought us our 1st real and artificial snow fall

     

Oh....and we drank from the hose!




After a successful year - I didn't know how successful until I started writing this blog - it is time to set our family plan/ambitions/resolutions for next year. Stay tuned!