2011

the year ...

we

celebrated 4 weddings

welcomed 2 new babies into our extended family

paid $4.09 a gallon

had 2 monte carlo nights - but never went to vegas

ate gourmet at the food trucks

said goodbye to weekday preschool with heavy hearts

went to palm springs - twice

made tortillas and fresh squeezed orange juice

made friendship bracelets

visited 5 missions

went to summer concerts

upgraded to iphone 4s

he 

got 372 points in scrabble

performed one amazing wedding ceremony

was a guest lecturer for a university

didn’t get injured in softball - did i mention that half of the games were postponed due to bad weather?

wrote something that’s the talk of the town

turned 40 with style

he 

surpassed his goal in baskets

went to yosemite and inspired us to go

went to his first rock concert

made it through 3 rounds of mock trial

took 14 seconds off his butterfly

grew 5 inches and 2 shoe sizes

he 

played a lumberjack, an oompa loompa and a bully

learned a lot about the mayans 

took the field for the cardinals

pitched two innings

went away to science camp

had a baseball birthday party

made us laugh with his wit

she 

turned 6

lost 6 teeth

got 6 shots

was a flower girl twice

amazed us on stage

started kindergarten

made friends with ease

grew up way too fast

i

put life in focus

saw my little sister get married

read a book that will stay with me forever the help

ran my first 5k

and my second

wrote 228 blog entries this year

went to chicago for one of the last tapings of the oprah show

took some cool food photos

spent time with a faraway friend

had an amazing girls’ weekend

accomplished many of my goals

what a year.

what an unforgettable year.

looking forward to 2012 and all it has in store for us.