Price family 2014

I have loved receiving holiday/end of the year emails and letters from friends and family updating us on their lifes, and while we don't really have much going on, I thought I would write. A quick 2014 price family recap.

Wesley will be turning TWO next week on January 8th. It has been an incredible and crazy two years with this kid. He had so much life in him and I think he is the greatest kid to ever walk the earth  :)  This year he started having behavior issues, just throwing lots of tantrums and nothing we did seemed to help. After talking to lots of moms who I trusted, and after a particularly long and hard tantrum with lots of bumps and bruises we took him to a behavior specialist. Dr Fields was great and answered all of our questions and gave us a lot of tools to help Wes. We saw a huge improvement in just a few weeks and while he still has tantrums, I feel it is more "normal" for his age. Dr fields said Wes is likely just headed into his 'terrible twos' early and that as he learns more words and more ways to communicate it will continue to subside. Wes has always been an old soul and wants to be older than he is. He has learned lots of new words and ways to communicate his wants and needs with us and is a much happier kid now.  He has so much personality and heart. He is so loving! He likes to give lots of hugs and kisses and is truely just a big sweet heart. He loves singing and he is OBSESSED with cars and automobiles. He is a quick leaner and he really enjoys talking.  He had chicken pox and croupe and plenty of colds, but otherwise is a healthy little guy.

Chuck is still working for the Logan City Parks department, but hopefully not for much longer! It has been a great job for him over the past 5 years, but we finally figured out that he needs to shift his work and school schedules to get through school a little faster. He has been studying with Weber State University online  part time and working full time, and it's time for him to be a full time student and work part time. He has really found his niche  in political science  and we are confident that with passion about his studies, he will get through school in the next couple of years. We had some health scares with his dad earlier this year and it was a good. Reminder that life is too short not to pursue the things you want. Chuck also had the opportunity to travel to New York to visit his sister Emily and support her on opening night of 'The Last Ship', the broadway musical she is in the orchestra for. He loved New York, the show, and of course getting to see his sister.

As for me, I've enjoying learning how to be a mom and how to balance that with work, being a wife and fitting everything else that needs to get done. I had a slow start to my year because of my cancer diagnosis in November of  2013. The radiation really wiped me out for a few months and chuck really stepped up to take care of me, Wes and literally everything else. It was so sweet to get to see him bond with Wes and watch their relationship grow as he became Wesley's sole caregiver. I would love to tell you I am back up to full speed, but I still get pretty tired sometimes. Mostly I am back to normal and I've been very blessed with lots of love, support, and all good news from tests regarding the cancer. I am still working full time with Rocky Mountain Dermatology as the medical assisting supervisor and around September I was lucky enough to get to switch my schedule around so I can still work full time, but be home more with Wes during his waking hours. I didnt realize how much we both needed that! Spending more time together was actually a little tough at first, but it has been sooo good for our relationship and we are best buds :) My photography business had some big changes with a new website, logo, ect. I got VERY busy with photography towards the end of the year and honestly spread myself a little too thin with trying to take on so many shoots, but id rather have too much work as opposed to not enough work, and ultimately it helped me figure out my limits and set better boundaries.

I went back to Philadelphia with my dad in March for a check up on my eye. The appointment went well and the Doctor said that my cancer was looking good, and that I was developing a cataract, but it probably wouldn't bother me for another couple of years. In April we were feeling a little overwhelmed with so much going on with my cancer diagnosis, my dads cancer diagnosis, Chucks dad was having health issues and had a couple 'mini strokes', school, work, and lots of other stress inducing life events, so we took a spur of the moment trip to Disneyland with two of my siblings, Missy and Christopher, and we had a blast! It was a quick trip, but so fun and so needed! We also had the opportunity to go to Jackson Hole for the weekend in September on a work retreat with Rocky Mountain Dermatology. We did white water rafting on the snake river and enjoyed hiking and canoeing around lake Jenny. Chuck also took me to Tony Grove lake for the first time this past summer and I absolutely fell in love. We took lots of day trips as often as we could and even took the canoe up a couple of times. We camped in Logan and Green canyon a few times and just enjoyed the beautiful outdoors. Another highlight of our year was attending the Banff film festival when it came to USU in February. We both absolutely loved it and we plan to make it a tradition to go each year when possible. It inspired us to spend more time outdoors and be more adventurous.

I hope your 2014 was as good as ours. Heres hoping 2015 will be even better!