A Year In Review

I decided that I would post a summary of big events in the lives of our family.

January:

Shortly after the New Year, my baby boy turned 5 years old! His party had a Mickey Mouse theme since he was (still is) a big Mickey Mouse fan.

February:

We received a big snow and was out of school for several days. We went over our snow day limit so I had to work on Presidents' Day. We celebrated Valentine's Day with our sweeties and tried to stay warm.


March:

Miss Carleigh's birthday was this month and she turned 4 years old. My toddler has been transformed overnight into an independent, strong-willed preschooler! She loves anything Princess so her birthday party theme was Princesses (of course!).

April:

We celebrated Easter and went to our church's Easter Egg Hunt. Matt turned the big 4-0! Eek! And we started to enjoy the warmer temps of Spring!

May:

Cody's big K meeting with his entire team met to devise a plan of action for Cody in the new school. Cody got to meet his new teacher and visited her classroom twice a week during this month!

June:

Matt and I celebrated our 11th anniversary! I gasp when I think we have been married that long! We traveled to Gatlinburg as Matt's sister was married. We had a yard sale to de-clutter our home, plus raise funds for our trip to the Sand Dunes of Michigan. We traveled to Silver Lake, Michigan for the last week and part of July. It was unseasonably cool and we had to wear pants and sweatshirts during the majority of the week. The sights and sounds were breathtaking!

July:

We had our friends over to celebrate the 4th of July and went to see fireworks. Cody had his 3 day test to check if he was having seizures. Those were the most LONGEST, boring days of our lives! Praise the Lord that he was not having seizures!

August:

I was crazy busy getting my classroom ready for a new school year as well as getting the Codeman ready for his first day of Kindergarten! Carleigh started her final year of preschool.

September:

We traveled to Kentucky for a family reunion for my dad's family. We came back changed people as what we witnessed in KY was like a scene from a horror film! It took months to get over the images in our heads. Plus we were hounded by the media! In the midst of this ordeal, I celebrated my 33rd birthday.

October:

Matt started his new job! We enjoyed corn mazes and a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick the best pumpkin. Cody dresses as the Scarecrow and Carleigh was Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz." Pumpkin carving and trick or treating was loads of fun!

November:

Jen started her lifestyle change and began walking, exercising, and changing her eating habits. Thanksgiving happened and the craziness of Black Friday shopping was fun!

December:

Cody returned to the doctor to discover that he needs eye surgery for the crossing of his eyes. I made a gingerbread house with Carleigh at her preschool party. We celebrated Christ's birth on Christmas. Cody and Carleigh began a research study to determine if they have a new X-linked Chromosonal Study and Jen was diagnosed with Pre-Diabetes.

And that is our year in a nutshell! I am praying and hoping that 2010 brings positive changes and blessings for our family and yours!