1.01.2011

A Look Back at 2010

I wasn't planning on doing a year in review post but as I was sorting through and organizing pictures from this past year,  I realized there were things I had almost forgotten about this year.   So, I decided to put together some highlights from the last year.


Here is what highlighted our seasons:


Winter:
- saturdays in the gym at morgan's gymnastics meets and landon's basketball games
- playing outside riding bikes, playing in the yard, or enjoying the few times it did snow
- doing school and celebrating our 100th day
- attending our neighbors annual murder mystery party
- organizing rooms
- morgan and i went flew to coeur d'alene for one of her meets and a little girls only time
- mauryn cut her own hair
Spring:
- more gymnastics
- snuggles in bed
- being sick
- playing games
- more time outside
- more school work
- landon turned 6 and had a fun party at the zoo
- morgan's first concert experience
- dying easter eggs
- doing lenten activities and raising money for clean water in africa
- easter sunday
- landon playing rookie ball and trying his hand at catcher {isn't he so cute!}
- planting our garden
- soaking up the sun
- hiding in the trees
- playing 4 square in the driveway with the teens
- mauryn playing with her babies and taking them everywhere
- landon experimenting with a knife and cutting a hole in our couch
Summer:
- wearing sparkles
- swinging
- going to the splash park with friends
- driving to MN and spending time with grandparents and cousins
- landon and lance taking in a game at the new target field
- visiting the american girl store
- attending derek and leslie's wedding
- tractor rides and 4 wheeler rides on the farm
- trip to bass lake
- a day at yosemite
- celebrating the 4th of july
- days at the waterpark
- swimming lessons
- a trip the fair
- campfires and eating s'mores
- vacation bible school
- shakespeare festival
- outdoor movie night at the park
- lance and two of his business partners participating in a triathlon as a team and taking 3rd place
Fall:
- the bounty of our garden
- the hot air balloon festival
- landon playing flag football
- field trips to the police station, discovery center, and flying pie pizzaria
- feeding the ducks on the greenbelt
- carving pumpkins/our neighbors annual halloween party
- trick or treating
- gearing up for chores at home
- jumping in the leaves
- focusing on being thankful
- playing games on the wii
- mauryn turned 4 and had a mod monkey birthday party
- morgan turned 11 and had a tie dye birthday party
- going to see tangled
- making lefse
- baking
- thanksgiving dinner with our neighbors
- our first snow day
- starting advent
- drinking hot chocolate with friends
- making gifts
- more snuggles
- finding new crafts we enjoyed making
- celebrating Jesus' birthday
- playing hide and seek
- having the teen girls over for a sleepover
- sneaking tastes of some treats we were baking
- mauryn getting her tonsils and adenoids removed

2 comments:

Janelle said...

I love the pictures! Sounds like you had a very busy year! Mind if I copy your layout for a review of my own? How did you make your collage?

Your family is beautiful!

Lynn said...

Great review. What a full and memorable year.