The year ended just right with an inaugural visit to the snow up in the San Jacinto mountains near Palm Springs. It was the first time the boys had ever seen, felt, or tasted it, and what a sight it was. Nico rolled around literally like a pig in mud, giggling, burying himself, and eating so much snow that he got the hiccups. The joy of watching your children discover something new never, ever gets old. 

{Nico eating his collard greens for money, and his black-eyed peas for luck on New Year's Day.}

{The last sunset, and was it a beauty.}

I have been reflecting much more, it feels, on the year 2010 than I have any other. The night of New Year's Day, I was up to almost two in the morning, thinking and replaying back all the sweet, intense, challenging, life-changing moments that our family experienced. It was a full and adventurous year indeed.

For 2011, my hope is that we continue to get closer and closer to our truest and best selves. That our transition into our new home in the next few months will be as smooth and joyous as I imagine. And that the four of us will continue discovering the world together as passionately as possible. 

And I also want to thank each and every one of you for being on this journey with me, with us. I'm so glad you're here.