even the kids have noticed how quickly the days go by, they sometimes get frustrated when they feel like they have wasted an entire day. They dont realize that the days where nothing seems to happen sometimes are the est. We have had years where it felt like we were living on a roller coaster, riding along on the highs of weddingsm, and new babies and then plunging in to the valleys where we comforted each other threw grief and loss. 2012 was not one of those years. we followed a more steady path. and took the time to make some tough decisions. we thought  more about what was important and enjoyed the small moments  a dated night at the shitty barr listening to charlie parr, or the project lodge seeing the steel wheels, a mother son lunch to see ann and chris and try thai food. a theatre show, long summer days spent at the pool, or indoors avoiding the heat, or reading harry potter, lots and lots of harry potter. the kid keep on keeping on at school, and jak and annika started piano lessons, and everyone joined swim team. Annika started and contines to work on her first big community service projecct, Building free little libraries and we closed the year swimming at the ymca, ignoring mass quantities of political robocalls, exploring our creativity and spending time with our faily. These may not be the days captured in our photos, or the doing things that will change the world but i think 2012 helped us build an appreciation of our frined and family. and taught us that time well spent is offten captured in the small mommets.