2025 Reflection and Highlights
Settle in and enjoy this very long, final blog post of the year! A few nights ago, Brian and I were discussing how this year has felt much slower than normal. When thinking back on some memories, we were like "wait, was that this year?!" Building our garage, going to Costa Rica, sitting down each night to work on my painting. These things feel like so long ago, but in reality were only a few months back. I guess, in a way, time is moving exactly as it should. Several possible reasons come to mind to explain this slowness; this shift in the perception of time. First, I think having our "big" vacation to Costa Rica on the front end of the year somehow made the year go by slower. My plan was to do a big trip every other year since we've been on that cadence since 2021, but now 2027 seems like a long way off! Secondly, without really intending to, we added novelty throughout the year which shifted family routines: Brooke eating dinner with us (we moved dinner int...
