Happy 2011

I just reread "the list" I wrote one year ago of my recap of 2009. Wow, we've come a LONG way as a family of seven. In 2009, God knit us together as a family and it was "new". In 2010 we grew from "new" to settled and "normal." Life feels settled and completely as wacky and crazy as any other normal family out there. =)





The list for 2010...





Thankful to have all of Mical's planned surgeries completed...

Mical's eye sight continues to improve so we have said goodbye to glasses, for now at least...

We have a teenager in the house...

We have a hunter in the house, who successfully got his first "trophy tom" this fall with grandpa...

Mical started school...

Moses embraced potty training...

Mical learned to ride a bike...

Nerf bullets and the unlimited places you can find them...

I am learning to embrace my roll as a taxi service...

Chlorine. Lyric spends lots of time these days working out in it...

Cole loved playing basketball and baseball...

Laundry...there is as much as in 2009 and I don't see this changing any time soon...

Doors no longer open and close as much...

Lights get turned on and off...but they are no longer a main attraction...

Dogs...we all like dogs now...

The penny horse is a big deal at Meijer for Mical...

Moses doesn't dare ride it yet...

Legos...they love to be where I step...

Dora. Someone in our house LOVES Dora...

Elmo. the youngest memeber of our family LOVES Elmo...

Running. When Lyric isn't swimming, she tends to be running...

Moses' favorite word...drumroll please..."MINE!"....It is commonly coupled with the word "NO"...

Gavin turned double digits...

Lyric was baptised!!!...

We grew our pet collection to include sugar gliders...

Everyone has accepted that we eat veggies and oatmeal in our family...

Adoption day!!! July 2010, we all finally share the same last name on paper...

I could go on and on....


Happy 2011!!! We look forward to all God has planned...