2009 Update

Can I say slacker? I love these blogs, I think they are such a great way to "journal", but I never remember to do it. I am thinking that I need to pick one Sunday a month to sit down and take the time...monthly updates are much less time consuming than 6-month updates. Yikes! Since I'm so far behind, I figured I would break things up into Seasons.

Winter 2009

Our big event in January was Jace's 1st birthday. It was a pretty "chill" day with our little guy and we had a nice family party at the house. He also decided to take his first steps after everyone left. He has been on the run ever since!



Shayn also had a birthday, in February. He turned the big 6! His birthday is kinda tricky because it falls so close to Valentines Day. We decided to have a weekday party at Chuck E Cheese, so it was a little more low-key than usual. It's tougher to get a bunch of people together during the week. It was still fun (except for the fact that I had a migraine that day). Ouch! Shayn also had a rough day...he was not feeling well either. We ended up at the Doc after his party. We made the best of it though, and he ended up having a pretty nice birthday.
*I can't seem to find Shayn's birthday pics...I'm afraid they might be lost with my lost camera. Doh!

Spring 2009

Well, I don't feel like we had much of a Spring with the crazy weather this year! We managed to keep pretty busy anyhow. We had a fun Easter and actually enjoyed some sunshine. We also went to some birthday parties, hit a Bees baseball game, and Shayn graduated from Kindergarten! We also made some great "every day" memories as a family.







Summer 2009

I can't say that we've had a very exciting summer. It's been HOT, so we haven't spent a whole lot of time outside. We've enjoyed evenings outside on the deck and playing on the trampoline. That's a family favorite! We've also enjoyed some great BBQs! We had a fun 4th of July at the fair and watched lots of fireworks with some of the fam. And, we just enjoyed a fun 24th (Pioneer Day). This time we had our own fireworks, but patrolling police put a damper on our show. We still enjoyed the ones we were able to do. The dogs, however, went CRAZY!!!

Now we are counting down to the new school year. It is growing so much out by our house, that they are building a new Elementary school, even closer to home. Shayn is excited to be a first grader and to be able to eat lunch at school. We'll see how long that lasts!