Well as 2008 comes to a close, I sit back and think about everything that we have done and been through this year. It really hasn't been an eventful one, just a pretty normal year. Here are some of the highlights with pictures if they apply -
January - Ryan's 11
th birthday, here he is opening presents from Mom and Dad. Notice the basketball shorts, and Jr Jazz uniform. He had practice on his birthday.
January also is my Moms birthday, I remember we dined at
Chez Red Lobster. (YUCK fish!!)
February - This month of course is Valentines, the day of
LOVE - what ever! We were going to a from Jr Jazz games and
Aynsley was performing down at the High School at half time.
March - This month started out OK - finished up Jr Jazz games, Mom, Dad and Nan and Shane left me here all by my lonesome and took off for Florida, and
DisneyWorld. The month ended really
sucky - My sister, Nan and her wonderful husband, lost their beautiful baby boy, Markham. What great and marvelous things he needs to do on the other side? We wont know till we all get there. He must be some great warrior for the kingdom of god, to only be gone for such a short short time, from our heavenly father.
April - The flowers started to pop out, the birds were singing. And the kids got a trampoline!
Yes - they jumped and jumped and jumped, and Ryan can do a front flip! Took all summer to master it but he can do it. Baseball started as well, we had try outs, and then opening day. I love baseball!! I love that my son loves it ALMOST as much as I do!
May - The school year came to a close and with that comes - the
LONG standing tradition here in
Grantsville of the "1st grade circus". YES YES, I know what you are thinking, "what the??". This is such a tradition here in
Grantsville, that it is like a 1st grade prom! The kids perform a circus for the parents. Clowns, Ballerinas, you name it they had it. Here is
Aynsley out in front of our house getting ready to go the first night. Right after this - Grandma an Nanny took her to get her hair chopped off!
June - Summer time!! YEA - kids are out of school - they split their hang out time between Grandma's and home with Dad.
Ryans baseball season finished up, my birthday came and went. I spent my birthday
rescuing Leo at work. The car broke down on his way to work! SO I got to go and pick him up and follow him home.
With summer time comes time for my favorite thing, besides baseball, FLIP FLOPS!! I live in flip flops - love them, and I bought a couple of way cute ones this year! Well to have good feet in flip flops you must have a pedicure at least a couple times during the summer - more if money allows -
Aynsley got her first pedicure this summer -
July and August - I tell you these 2 months just seemed to fly right on by!! August is when I started to Blog! The kids went to and from the pool. I have to tell you, when
Aynsley is at the pool, she NEVER takes off her goggles. It is quite funny to watch her at the pool! I have already blogged about her birthday, I cant believe she turned 7!
School started and Football started - Ryan started 6
th grade - yes I have a stinky 6
th grader! And
Aynsley started 2
nd - it is sad that my kids will never go to school with each other - out here in G-ville, the kids go K-2 in one
elementary, and 3-6 in the other, and Jr high is 7 and 8, high school is 9-12.
September - We started the month with Swiss Days - LOVE IT!! Football games on Saturdays, practice throughout the week, the fall months are the busiest for our family. We also went to the State Fair and had a fried PB&J! You think gross, but it was good!
October - The leaves start to change - the weather starts to turn chilly and Halloween comes!
This year
Aynsley and Ryan kinda matched again, like the good
ol days - (they were Sully and Boo one year - the cutest ever!) We finish up football, time changes!
November - Thanksgiving came and went - and we took off for a family vacation. Disneyland. Phoenix to see Leo's Aunt and cousins. It was fun, although I wish I could have had a couple of more days at Disneyland!
December - now we are current - no reason to tell you about Dec. just scroll down and you can read all about it.
I cant believe that 2008 is coming to a close - I hope 2009 will be good - I am a little scared with a new administration going in - and the economy on
shaky ground. But there is one thing that I am grateful for - my family - I love them all so much and I am so glad that we have each other!
HAPPY NEW YEAR ! See you in 2009!
I am missing, blue skies, and my clear view of Stansbury Island from my back windows!
I am missing my FLIP FLOPS! I am sick of wearing socks and shoes! I want to wear my flip flops, I am missing it so much, I started shopping online for new ones! Hey - you have got to get a jump on the cute new Toegoz and Croc Flip Flops before the good colors are gone!
I miss GREEN grass! I want to hear the sound of the lawnmower - please note I didn't say I want to mow the lawn, I just want to hear the sound of Leo out mowing the lawn.
BUT most of all I miss the WARM weather! I miss sitting on my front porch in my chair, I miss watching and waving to my neighbors. I have to keep telling myself that Spring will be here soon enough and we will be in the middle of baseball enjoying the WARM weather in my flip flops!
Cooking our Christmas Eve FEAST - yes my mother puts on the whole she-bang, turkey, ham, mashed 
