Ranking the TV We Watched in 2019

Each year Jenn and I compile a list ranking the TV we watched over that past year. This year we just watched more TV than any other year. Part of that is that we stayed home more both because of Frasier and we traveled less in 2019. The good news is it was a phenomenal year for TV and I can speak for both Jenn and I when I say that ranking this year was harder than ever.

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2018 A Year In Review - The Big Move

Each year when I sit down to write my year-in-review it is as much about looking back as it about looking ahead. Of any year I’ve written one of these years-in-review, 2018 is a year that I want to make sure I capture, because it was a time of incredible travel, major milestones, small simple moments and tremendous life altering change. And so without further ado I give you our 2018 year in review. 

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A Tale of Two Years - 2015 A Year in Review

I began writing these year-in-review posts in 2007. It's the longest running tradition on my blog and remains one of my favorite posts to write each year. It's an opportunity for me to sit down and reflect on the year that was. It's also an opportunity to go back and read about previous years and compare. Before writing this post I read all of my year-end posts and I can tell you that each year has its fair share of peaks of valleys. And yet what I found even more interesting was not those moments but the days, weeks and months following those peaks and valleys. 

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2012 – On Top of the World

I’ve been writing these Year-End posts for a long time now and I am extremely grateful for it. Before writing this years post I went back and read the past couple of years. One thing struck me loud and clear, every year you can see how truly blessed we are. God has been with us through some serious lows and incredible highs. Through it all we have learned so much, grown together, and had an incredible journey.

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