Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts

Saturday, December 31, 2011

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!



We also celebrated Papaw's 91st Birthday!!


Wow! What a crazy year we had. Lots of memories made and many more in store Happy New Year Everyone! Here's to a great 2012 :)




Friday, January 01, 2010

10 Years

It’s 2010! These 10 years have really gone by very fast. I have really enjoyed reading blogs that did a 10 year review so I thought I’d do one too!

2000

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I graduate from Baylor, start teaching 3rd grade in Plano, and buy my first place. I also get my first baby, Jack.

2001

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Kelly graduates from college in Minnesota and moves from Nebraska all the way to Plano, Tx to start teaching 5th grade. (old pics of Kelly are limited here!)

2002

We start talking a little at school and he asks me out in January of 2002.

july

We spend a lot of time together and hit it off!

may

2003

We visit San Antonio during our Spring Break.

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We get engaged in June!

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We ring out 2003 in Omaha.

2004

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We get married, honeymoon in Switzerland and move into our house in McKinney.

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2005

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I leave Plano and start teaching at the elementary school in our neighborhood. We enjoy married life! Our nephew, Maxum, was born.

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2006

We visit some of Kelly’s friends in Las Vegas.

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We get to visit my friend Hillary in Washington, DC.

2007

We start off 2007 by watching the Nebraska Huskers lose at the Cotton Bowl. A few weeks later we found out…

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I was pregnant!

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Our sweet angel joined us in October!

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2008

Gracie sees her first Texas snow. (It snowed 2 separate times in one week!)

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We love our family of 3.

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Gracie turns 1. I get to teach part time Special Ed. Kelly graduates with his masters in Education. I turned 30!

2009

Gracie starts walking all over the place and her little personality comes out!

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We take our first family trip to the beach.

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Gracie turns 2. Kelly turned 30. We said good-bye to my Nana.

Here’s to a great 10 Years! Filled with lots of memorable moments and some sad times too.

2010?

What’s in store for us this year? We’re not sure! I have a few new adventures and options to consider for myself so we’ll see. I do know that we are enjoying our life and making each day count! Happy 2010!!

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Happy New Year!