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Sarah Halstead

You are here: Home | Family | Memories, Dreams and Reflections | 2015

January 6, 2016 By Sarah Halstead

Memories, Dreams and Reflections | 2015

Filed Under: Family, Photography Tagged With: memories dreams and reflections

I have been doing a memories, dreams and reflections post each year since 2010. It is my favorite thing to do at the end of each year. You can see all the past years here. I love looking through my photos from the year and picking out my favorites for each theme.

Me!
me

I didn’t take this photo but I love it. You may see a few photos from our family shoot with Whitney Norko.

I Love You
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I love my three sons so much! I was definitely meant to be a boy mom. Prestyn is so chunky compared to my two skinny minis. They both eat all day long and still so skinny.

Still Laughing…
Still-Laughing

Dustyn makes the best scared faces anything he sees a shark. lol.

Winter Wonderland
Winter

Snow from January 27, 2015.

Birthday
birthday

Carsyn’s cow birthday at Chick-fil-a. Which I still need to blog about. Oops!

Friends
Friends

Dustyn hanging out with his friends during his birthday party.

I Was Inspired…
inspired

I was inspired by the movie Big Hero 6 to make these Baymax Cookie Balls.

Spring Fever

Spring flowers are my favorite!

Travel or Vacation
Vacation

We just got back from our vacation last week. We went to Sea World and Busch Gardens in Florida. I took my DSLR but I ended up using my phone the whole time. It was just easier.

Summer Days
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Dustyn swimming in the hot tub.

A Day In My Life
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Prestyn loves to be held all day long, so he gets worn in a baby carrier a lot.

All Smiles
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Prestyn giving me huge smiles with his new Elephant toy he got for Christmas.

Autumn Harvest
Autumn

Love taken photos of changing leaves in the fall. The bokeh at sunset is always so gorgeous.

Family or Home
lifestyle

My favorite photo from our shoot with Whitney.

Celebrate!
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I had another successful VBAC, definitely a reason to Celebrate.

Let’s Do It Again…Do-Again

We went whale watching and I really want to go again. It was so much fun.

I Miss You
Miss

I lost three people close to me this year. My granddaddy James, where Prestyn gets his middle name , my grandma Cokie (pictured above), and my Aunt Joanne. I miss them all so much and only wish I had more photos of them. We also had to say goodbye to our dog Dudley. 2015 was a rough year for my family.

Beautiful
Beautiful

A beautiful sunset in our little town.

Dress Up
Minecraft-Costumes

Dustyn dressed up as an Enderman, and Carsyn was Steve riding on a pig, both are from Minecraft.

Macro
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Love this shot of the mushrooms. Not technically macro I guess. I already know what may be my macro next year though. I took amazing photos of snowflakes yesterday with my phone and new macro lens.

Holidays
joy

My three boys on Christmas morning.

My Favorite
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The boys on their first day of school. Still one of my favorites.

Don’t Ever Change
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Dustyn is the best big brother to Carsyn and Prestyn. He always watches out for them and I hope that never changes.

Just Because…So There! 
Just-Because

Just because he is so cute. Carsyn really is such a happy guy most of the time. As long as all of his basic needs are met he goes with the flow and has a great time. The only time he is not happy is in the car. Not sure what it is, but he has never really liked it.

Hopes and Dreams
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I hope that Prestyn will grow and develop well this next year. We had a scare the first week of his life and I just hope that it doesn’t affect him in the future.

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Comments

  1. Eden Hills says

    January 6, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    I love this glimpse into your year. You have a beautiful family.
  2. Jessica says

    January 6, 2016 at 9:20 am

    Lovely post. Thanks for sharing.

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I'm Sarah and I am the writer behind this blog. I love sharing recipes, DIY projects, photos and about my everyday life. I married my high school sweetheart Kenny. We have three boys and one baby girl - Dustyn, Carsyn, Prestyn, and Annelyn. Thanks for stopping by, can't wait to get to know you more. Read More…

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We have a high schooler!! Can not even believe he We have a high schooler!! Can not even believe he is a freshman. Dustyn is going to the early college. Which means he will be able to graduate high school with an associates degree.
Recap of our week. Swipe to see my hibiscus. It fi Recap of our week. Swipe to see my hibiscus. It finally bloomed! 🙌🏼
Encouraging unstructured, outside play has always Encouraging unstructured, outside play has always been my goal.
July was an amazing month for the most part. Kenny July was an amazing month for the most part. Kenny and I celebrated being married 18 years in the mountains, and the kids had a lot of Summer fun. Unfortunately we did lose Kenny’s step dad, the kids Grampy, Billy. I’m so glad I decided to do project 365 again this year. I really do love looking back on all the photos, even if most are taken with my phone. Just want to take more photos of the kids with family members. 

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Catch up of photos from this past week. Not much f Catch up of photos from this past week. Not much fun since Annie and I have been sick. Hoping we are on the tail end of it and will be back to feeling 100% soon. She painted the wooden unicorn all by herself and did a pretty good job. Swipe to see my newest monstera leaf open. Carsyn went swimming and Prestyn and Annie had fun lining up dominoes. 

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Almost time for back to school. The Summer is wind Almost time for back to school. The Summer is winding down.
Catch up from the last photos from July. Meant to Catch up from the last photos from July. Meant to post this last night but got wrapped up in my book. Annie still sounds rough and my throat started hurting. Hopefully we will be all better soon. 

Also is anyone else ready for fall? Getting major fall vines from the first photo.
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Annie had a great morning swimming at our friend’s house.
If two people love each other, then nothing is imp If two people love each other, then nothing is impossible…. except when it is time to pick where we want to eat. 🤣

Eighteen year anniversary. Kind of crazy to think about. Married at 19 (me) + 21 (him). Four kids later. Life is wild at times but we try to live in the moment each day.
Back to your regularly scheduled program. Summer f Back to your regularly scheduled program. Summer fun and lots of photos of Annie. Today was her friends birthday. Yesterday was a gorgeous sunset. Thursday was Grampy’s funeral. 😢 Wednesday she dressed up like @krysten.anderson.
Sorry, I lied… One more. I forgot I took some wi Sorry, I lied… One more. I forgot I took some with my DSLR and wanted to share at least one here with the rest of the photos. 

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This is the last mountain post, I promise… for n This is the last mountain post, I promise… for now. 🤣 We hardly ever go anywhere so I can’t help but share them. This was our last day at @themountainviewlodge. It was a rainy and foggy morning. Both beautiful on a sunny day ☀️ or rainy day 🌧.
Some relaxing sounds for you on this Wednesday mor Some relaxing sounds for you on this Wednesday morning. In the second clip you can see a bee buzz by. 🐝 🏞
The rain was so calming and beautiful. I loved the The rain was so calming and beautiful. I loved the mountains in the sun and the rain. I left the rain noise in this video. Can you hear it? 

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Monday ended up being a relaxing day. We went to c Monday ended up being a relaxing day. We went to check out another waterfall and it ended up raining. So we grabbed some coffee, dinner, then headed back to @themountainviewlodge. 

#mountainview #themountainviewlodge #rainydays☔️ #rainyweather☔️
Sunday evening we had a camp fire at sunset. #cam Sunday evening we had a camp fire at sunset.

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#firescreekfalls #creek #waterfall #mountainsnc #bellmountain
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#mountainview #mountainsunset #themountainviewlodge

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