Thursday, December 31, 2009

Highlights from 2009

January

Ray & I rang in the new year with a very low-key evening at home



Sisterly Love



Kate tried a bottle for the first time &, of course, Addison had to help!



I got together with some of my old girlfriends & our growing multitude of children - out of our small group three of us are pregnant right now!



I got my hair cut again! I loved it!!!



I made the girls and I coordinating "chick" shirts



My grandmother met Kate for the first time!






February

Chuck in 3D with Renee & Paige- woohoo!!! (such nerds)



Target Time!



I did a little makeover in my craft room & I still love it!



Caroline came down for her annual "the-northern-winter-is-driving-me-crazy-&-I-must-go-to-Florida" trip!



Addison and daddy flying a kite



March

Cuddles with daddy



I started craving drinking chocolate & made some at home - that's an easy way to pack on pounds!



Yay for friends! Ruth, Ernie & Karine came down for a visit & Addison & Karine had a blast playing with each other! Here they are cleaning off from the beach.



I gave Addison her first hair cut!



My sweet girls



I did my own taste test for the new Starbucks Via brew - I liked the instant!



Ruthie turned three with a magnificent polka-dot party!



A few days after Ruthie's party we went to build-a-bear & Ray was one of the kids!




April

Ray & I both started job training for our new job




We went to Orlando & I just love this picture of my mom & Kate!



Our nice neighbors who's dog was killed by the not-so-nice neighbors distributed this flyer around our street:



Easter! (With the girls in the matching Easter dresses I made for them)



We saw some of our great-aunts whom we hadn't seen in eyars! Can you tell she & Megan are related?



I made some toddler bibs for a commissioned order



May

I caved to the trend and painted my toe nails a shocking orange!



My dad was in town & made a quick visit



Mother's Day!



On May 18 Ray & I celebrated our 7-year wedding anniversary



June

We made a trip to the farmer's market in Ybor



Kate tried solid foods for the first time



I turned 26 & was given this card that Ray & Addison made. And, "Kate just cried."



We also got to spend about half of a week at camp helping out!!! Yay!



July

Ray's old friend Geremiah came to town for a visit - we hadn't seen him in over 5 years!



Baby play date!



We went to the free summer movies!



VBS was also a lot of fun



I love my girls



August

I saw Lindsay for the first time in years!



Beach trip! We went to Ft Desoto with some of Ray's family



Addison started "checking her e-mail"



All of the goodies I purchased on my trip to Ikea



New dress, new shoes. Love!



September

Addison got sick and miserable



I made some updates to the girls room



Kate found out she loves rice krispies



Ray turned 34!



October

My parents came over for a visit early in the month



We went on our big two-week vacation through the northeast, visiting friends along the way!







On our first day of our vacation we got quite the surprise!



The girls were a butterfly & a ballerina for halloween




November

I started preparations for the girls butterfly birthday party



We went on a family night out to dinner at Olive Garden & to the Christmas tree lighting at the mall



We hosted Ray's family for Thanksgiving



December

We heard the heartbeat of the baby for the first time!



We celebrated the girls third and first birthdays with a small party





Kate loves the cat, too!



And, who can forget our car cathing on fire & going up in flames?



Addison was to be in the chapel Christmas play for the first time this year but got sick instead.



Our friends came for an end-of-the-year visit!






1 comment :

Melissa Pflug said...

Thanks for sharing your "Year-at-a-Glance"! Wish we could've been more a part of it :-) I hope you are all recovered from being sick. Love to you all!

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