Wow, the year has flown by! I can't believe it is already December and we are counting down the days until we go to Nana and Papa's house! (Annette's parents).
Here is the Year in Review for us!
January~ We celebrated the twins 1st Birthday with a party and lots of cake!
February ~ The Ruth took off walking and Irene was walking around on her knees!
March~ We celebrated Dan's 37th Birthday. Dillon and Jennilyn started to Potty Train! Yea for Mommy now this next year hopefully we will see the twins also Potty Train! And Annette and the kids went to Ashton, ID to visit Dan's sister Marsha and her family over Spring Break, ended up driving in a Blizzard coming back home, thanks to her cousin Beau and his wife Joanne for housing us for a couple of hours while we waited out the storm.
April~ Dan took his first business trip to Kentucky, and there is at least two more scheduled for this next year! Irene took off walking, now with all 4 kids walking you would think I could walk to the van without carrying a child, but 9 times out of 10 the twins still want to be carried to the van!
May~Annette turned 32 in May and we had fun getting out for walks with the kids!
June~ Found us going to back to Ashton, Idaho for a quick trip to see Dan's parents and younger brother and play with the cousins. We also got to go to the Aquarium with Papa Jack and all of our cousins on mommy's side.
July~ Found us going on our first Airplane ride as a family! Dillon hadn't been on an airplane since he was 11 months old. And none of the girls had ever been on one. We flew to Minnesota for a special Family Reunion and for Dan's cousin Beckie's wedding. What fun we had spending time with the Great-Grandma's and letting Dan's grandma's and sisters who had never meet the twins meet them for the first time! Dan had to fly back early so Grandma Burke flew back with us!
August ~ Jennilyn turned 3. Dillon started his 2nd year of pre-school. We also went to the Church History Museum to see the "I am a child of God" exhibit, before it was taken down for good. We road TRAX for the first time. The kids seem to enjoy it.
September~ Just found us busy with Dillon in school and going to the park.
October~ Found us with our 1st annual membership to Thanksgiving Point. We went to the Dinosaur museum, the Children's Garden and to the Farm Country. We also enjoyed going Trick or Treating with our cousins. Dan and Annette celebrated 6 years of marriage.
November~ Dillon turned 5 and then the kids went and spent a week with Nana and Papa Jack. Dan and Annette got to go see their 1st movie in the IMAX, they saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 of course. Then Annette went down to spend the week with the kids and Dan came down the night before Thanksgiving. We had a great Thanksgiving at Nana and Papa Jack's house with Uncle Nick, Aunt Alysha, Uncle Josh, Aunt Wendy and cousins Leo, Cole, and Jack. We even went out with Nana and Papa Jack and Uncle Nick and Aunt Alysha hikeing in the woods looking for a Christmas Tree. We are thinking next year we want to do this for ourselves. It was so much fun!
December~ Has found us down to one car. We decided after Dan's car didn't pass the state Safety Test to sell his car. We sold it in 2 hours. It was sad for Dan to see it gone after having it for 17 years, but now he is getting his exercise in walking a mile to work and a mile back each day.
We have had a great year and are Thankful for all of our blessings. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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