The Gauger Family: 2011 Review

Crazy that we are ending 2011. A jam packed year for us! We had some good, some bad, some sad but ended with a GREAT thing :)

Here's a little recap:

We had a crazy winter- as normal. We actually got quite a bit of snow. The first snowy pic was in early January. Wonder if we'll get some this year???? We went from cold to warm and spent lots of time outside.

Then we got hit with a HUGE ice/snow storm and missed 4 whole days of school! It was awesome!

I'm not sure if I ever posted this picture. It's right when I found out I was pregnant. I hadn't even told Kelly yet. Only I knew. It was kinda fun to be the only one to know. I was super excited and totally surprised. Sadly I m/c a few weeks later. One of the sad-lights of the year.

March came and it was a nice change of pace. Our house was picking up with showings and we had some disappointments there too!

I did get to spend a fun weekend with Baylor friends. We went back to campus and walked around then went to a basketball game.

Kelly had to have his appendix out after having a rough few days of not feeling well. He had a week to recover then was good as new!

Kelly's family came down for a few days during spring break. We had nice weather!

April came and brought really nice weather. Our house continued to show but no luck. Finally we got an offer- contingent offer and we accepted. We were happy!

Lots of sunshiny days!

Teacher of the Year banquet for Kelly and Gracie's end of year program.

Finally it was summer! Our contingent contract ran out and we were back at square one.

The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA championship and we watched every.single.play off game!! It was awesome!

We had a very busy summer but made it to Nebraska for a few days.

Swimming lessons, birthdays, 7th anniversary, and our house was made "home of the week" finished out July!
Beach fun in Galveston was next while we had more than 12 showings on our house!

On our way home from Galveston, we got our offer we'd been waiting for and then things really got crazy.

We started school in a brand new building and did nothing but unpack at school and then pack up at home. It was a crazy August!!! And we bought a HOUSE!

We somehow made it to Labor Day then a few days later it was officially our house :) But first we had to say goodbye to our first home.

September fell by with Balloon festival then it was Gracie's 4th Birthday on Oct. 2nd!

Grandma Gauger and Grandma Sawyer came and we took them to the Arboretum for Gracie's birthday.

We made it to the State Fair and Gracie loved it.

She was Super Gracie for Halloween and loved getting all the good candy.

We had a great Thanksgiving and our friend, Ji, moved in with us.

December was a great month with lots of holiday fun! We saw Santa, went ice skating, G's holiday program, went to Nebraska, and just had fun in our house!