Year in Review

I'd love to say that I create and send a yearly Christmas newsletter to our friends and family, but I can't even get store-bought cards in the mail. So, reviewing my blog, and our family calendar posted in the kitchen, gives us this year in review....

January
>A New Years Day movie with the family, and a bonehead move that gave us the first of our major dents to the car.
>I made some friends through Meetup.com and did some scrapping. Well, for a few months anyway.
>Zak turned 15. Yeah, that means 16 is now only a few days away.
>I was 17 miles from the Inauguration of Barak Obama. I wanted to go just for the historical importance. I didn't because of the zillion crazy people.

February
>Yet another basement flood. I don't miss those.
>We lost our beloved Buttercup.

April
>We spent Spring Break in Gatlinburg with Nana and Pawpaw!

May
>The van door shut on Aly's fingers and we hung out in the ER.
>We took some weekend trips and did lots of family stuff.

July
>As soon as the kids were gone to Nana's for a month, Mike and I both started traveling.
>We also started talking about moving back to Boonville.
>Then we did it!!

August
>We moved just before the kids needed to start school. It was an adventure.
>Moving back to Boonville means the travel stories will begin again.

September
>If there's school, there must be drama.
>If there's school, there must be germs.

October
>More travel, weekends with family and a road trip with my momma. Less blogging.
>Started homeschooling Zak. He takes shop class with Beau and Pawpaw, English and History with Dad and Math and Science with Mom. He is SO much happier.

November
>Mike and Zak decked the house with thousands of Christmas lights. I'm pretty sure you can see it from the air. You can definitely see it from the highway.
>Attended the Warrick County Senior Citizens Center fundraiser auction and bought some really cool stuff like a game table and a party for twenty at Show Me's.
>Went to a Tupperware party and had fun. Does that make me old?
>Thanksgiving at Nana's, the way it should be.
>Mike and I had a romantic few days in Gatlinburg after Thanksgiving.
>Jamie and Matt moved home with my neice and nephew!

December
>Zak took a driver's ed class and got his permit.
>Mike and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary.
>Mom helped me get some pictures and decorations on the wall. It's beginning to look a lot like a home!
>We have plans to spend Christmas Eve with family at our house this year.
>We are leaving Christmas Day for Gatlinburg. We have plans to visit the aquarium, the Black Bear Jamboree and various hiking trails. This might be our last family vacation since Zak is only tolerating us at this point.

So that's our summary. And we saved a tree by not printing it.