2010 what a year

Well 2010 has not been our year at all.  We had a very rough start to our year then it evened out for a while only to give us 1 more big blow at the end of the year. 

January :  Always seems to be a month of illness for us.  Between three kids we had strep with scarlet fever, bronchitis (x2 kids), ear infections (2 for 1 child), and pneumonia.  We did celebrate our 7 year anniversary and got to spend a weekend as a family at Splash Universe in Dundee.

February:  We went through Ear tube surgery with Arianna, ambulance ride with Arianna that was struggling with breathing.  Spent the last week of February at doctors offices.

March:  Was a pretty good month.

April:  My niece had surgery to fix her heart on April 1, Braxton fell and broke his collar bone on April 1.  We were able to spend Easter as a big family! 

May:  My baby girl turned 2.  We opened up the cabin!!  Makenzi started her 2nd season of t-ball.

June: Arianna had her big fall.  I spent a weekend in Chicago for a bachelorette party.  My best friend got married.

July:  We spent a week camping at the cabin for our vacation!  We had the kids big triple birthday bash that we do every summer.

August:  We just relaxed and enjoyed the rest of our summer.  Started getting the kids ready for the school year.

September:  Makenzi started first grade.  She got a wonderful teacher!  Braxton started preschool and also got a wonderful teacher!  I celebrated my birthday!  We also got to celebrate the 2nd birthday of a very special little girl!!

October:  We had an awesome time trick or treating!  Scott was able to be home with us and we had a couple extra kids along for the fun!

November:  I got to spend a girls day with my mom, and two sister in laws.  We spent the day shopping and just having fun!  Thanksgiving was a wonderful time.  Spent time with family.

December:  Is always an exciting time of year at our house.  We have a nephews birthday, a niece's birthday, Makenzi's birthday, and Scott's birthday.  We had our big family Christmas party on Saturday which was fun.  We discovered that Arianna wasn't very fond of Santa until he gave her a candy cane and a present.  12/11/10 we got news that no family every wants. Our 2 year old niece has been diagnosed with leukemia.  Please pray with us for to have no side effects from any of the drugs and that she responds quickly to chemo. 


WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 2011 AND PRAYING THAT IT IS A MUCH BETTER YEAR FOR OUR FAMILY!  WE WISH EVERYBODY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 

Welcome December...

December is here already and it doesn't feel like it should be.

My husband calls me a scrooge.  I love the reason of Christmas I just hate all the "stuff" that comes with Christmas.  I even enjoy getting together with family and having parties...it is just the shopping, the tree, the baking, the school parties, etc etc etc. 

Scott and the kids put the Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving...while they did that I locked myself in the bedroom and wrapped a few family presents.  Now that the tree is up it looks great and I don't mind it as much. 

I thought I had my shopping done until I remembered a few people to buy for, and realized a certain person in the family was going to be shorted unless I did some more shopping for her.  I hate shopping after November because the crowds are horrible and people are rude. 

I put a few outdoor decorations up and that is all that will go up.  We already start with Christmas parties next weekend, then we have birthday parties as well!  December is always a busy month for us but we have a lot of fun too!