Monday, January 16, 2012

There's a hole in my blog between our beach vacation and Halloween, so here's my attempt to fill it in.  This is what happened in between:
Melissa turned 7!  And Nat decorated her cake.

Josh turned 11!

Jessica broke her arm! (going down our hill too fast on her bike)
Jessica turned 9!

Natalie got an adorable but insanely feisty kitten and named her Bella

We stayed at a beautiful cabin that belongs to our amazing friends and had a picturesque family vacation
Natalie babysat a lot-- our kids and others. 


The kids got to ride a horse!

School started!  Missy 2nd grade
Jessica 4th grade
Josh 6th grade (middle school!)


Natalie 8th grade

Jessica got her cast off!
Mandie started preschool!

Nat turned 13 and had an epic slumber party
Josh fixed the dishwasher

We headed up to the cabin again on the wrong weekend!  It was only October but it was cooooooold!   It was very exciting, but we came home a little early.

My baby became old enough to make her own sandwiches.
 And I went to my last semester of college!  Which I did not take pictures of.  It was a very cool semester.  I got to train a pigeon and design a research study, and I did internships with the local women's shelter and DCFS.

And here I am again at the end of a blog post not knowing how to end it.

Good night, and good luck.

3 comments:

Erin said...

Wow, what a great catchup post! But now, you have to promise to blog more often so I can see what is going on in your lives. I'm gonna miss you!! (Sniff sniff.)

Jana said...

Um.....I feel really awkward that I may have never known that Jessica broke her arm. Either that or I have completely wiped it from my memory since it traumatized me so.
Every time I don't know how to end a blog post, I feel like taking a page from my friend's...blog...and just saying:
Abrupt ending.
Usually I end up saying something like, "It was great, and I hope to do it again!" or something cheesy. It's like coming up with a conclusion for a paper.
In conclusion, I had several important things to say regarding your blog, of which I have always been a fan.

Bryce & Cherise said...

They ARE all so big and grown up! Bah! What is happening??!!! :) I love them . :)