As I look back on the past year I am amazed at how much has happened and in another sense how little has happened. My
resolutions from last year. With the exception of reading the New Testament (I changed to reading the Book of Mormon which I finished last night) I think I got them all!! this would be a first for me. I liked how last year many people just picked a word and focused on that. So I have decided that my word for this year is "HONESTY." I tried last year, and hopefully will be better with it this year.
We still are camera less so sorry no photos just words. and no photos of Christmas either.
High Lights from the past year
January - A trip down to AZ. We went hiking and I realized again how much I hate heights and how much worse it is when I'm trying not to freak out while hiking with 2 kids. Oh yeah I also discovered Facebook this month too. Still trying to decide if this was a good thing.
February - Annmarie becomes the First of our kids to get stitches. She slipped on the bleachers at swimming lessons and got a huge gash on her eyebrow. We also took our first (and last of the year) full family hiking trip. It was fun and we should do it more often
March - I guess nothing happened this month since I blogged about nothing. It must have been a little too addicted to facebook. Jeffrey Turned 2. his party was at the park. I love the spring in Vegas (since the spring starts in Feb here). We also went down to AZ for a Spring training game. The kids had a good time. I remember it being hot hot hot.
April - Chris ran in his first Ragnar relay with people from our stake. It was down in LA so we decided to stay a few extra days and take the kids to Disneyland! They had a great time. It will probably be a while before we go again but hey Will still talks about it.
May - I Started taking classes again, stinking license, I have to keep it active. So what I remember most about this month is that Chris did an awesome job of picking up a lot of the slack I left around.
June - I went to WY with the youth from our ward and stake on the Trek. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had in my life. I also got to see my parents. I finished up my online classes, so glad to be done with school again. I have another 5 years to take 6 credits.
July - This was a busy month. It started off with our 8th Anniversary. We went and saw Phantom of the Opera. I forgot how much I love doing "cultural" things. We then went to Colorado and spent some time with my parents and Chris's sister Michelle. We also saw Becca Brockbank and her kids. Then we headed on back to good ole Victor, NY for Robin Aparo's wedding. We had a blast and the kids still ask to this day to go to sister Clark's house. they loved the bikes and being able to play outside in the summer. Oh yeah and Chris went up to WA and ran another Ragnar relay with Kris my sister. He is really loving this running stuff.
August - This month was filled with more days playing at the water park (splash pads), grinding wheat by hand. Eating wheat bread. Birthdays and Will starting Kindergarten. How can I have a kid in school already!!! I feel so old. He loves school and has been asking almost everyday this break when he gets to go back.
September - This was the month of the temple. I think we went about 5 times for different things. Ward temple day, stake temple day, people being sealed. It was a great experience. We got in the last of the swimming for the season and continued to run everywhere. Will turned 5 and now thinks he is old enough to do anything.
October - Wow where to start with this month. I figure if you have held on reading for this long you deserve the truth. It started off With Chris and I running the Vegas Ragnar with random strangers. Who thanks to facebook we still chat with. It was a wonderful experience. One I am so excited to do 3 times this year!!! (LA, UT, and Vegas). We had a party for Jed the same night we finished the race. On October 24th. I found out I was pregnant!!! yeah. then Tuesday I started having some issues. We went to the temple that night and got the feeling that Heavenly Father would take care of everything. The next morning after a sleepless night I went to urgent care. Yes I was still pregnant, but if I had anymore blood I needed to go to the ER. Well at 5:30 the next morning I had a lot more blood. Off to the ER I went. Thanks to wonderful friends Chris was able to join me just after I was admitted. As it turns out I was having a miscarriage. Thankfully Heavenly Father took care of everything and I did not need any medical assistance to help with the process. I have learned so much these past few months. First off how much my Heavenly Father knows me and what I need. How much he loves me. Also how much other people love and care about me. My testimony has grown so much. I can honestly say I am grateful for this experience. Hopefully I have learned what I needed to learn and will never have to repeat this again.
November - This was a month of coping for us. Coping with the loss and becoming thankful for so many things. I think I have never been more thankful than I was this holiday season. Carmen and Angie came up for Thanksgiving and we had a blast.
December - For Christmas we had both of Chris's parents, Angie, and Michelle here. We had a great time and loved seeing family.
We have had an Amazing year!!! There is not a thing I would not change. Our goals for the next year. Be in a different home by 2011. that's the main one. Hope you all have a wonderful new year!!!
