This year so far in a flash

Instead of trying to catch up on posts for the past 6 months, I am just going to make a list of things we have done or that have happened to us this year.

January-

Ammon's 3rd birthday. I had help from a friend for a party. We did "Ammon's Favorites" It was lots of fun! Janie's 4th Birthday. Meg did a fantastic job and the kids had a great time!

February-

Abbie's first birthday. Pretty low key, because I got burnt out with Ammon's, sad huh? We had two get togethers since Matt's parents and brother were in Hawaii on her birthday, so we got to celebrate twice! We were concerned about some of her development. We contacted Early Intervention and found out that she qualified for a teacher to come out twice a month to play with her and help her communicate, clap, wave, immitate...

Disneyland in March!

We got to take my grandma who had never been to Disneyland! We celebrated our 4 year anniversary while there, and it was a great trip despite two very sick kids. My 24th Birthday

April-

Matt's 26th birthday, My mom's birthday-we all went in on a Nook for her and she was so surprised!

May-

Mother's day and Sue's birthday we celebrated up at Wolf Creek. We stayed one night and it was great weather!

June-

Father's Day for my dad: we went up Millcreek canyon for breakfast. It was great except when Ammon slipped on the picnic bench and bit almost all the way through his lip when he bonked it on the table.

My sister gave us passes to Discovery Gateway for Christmas, so we took the kids up there and they had a great time!

Janelle and I got a zoo pass and went a few times with Meg and the kids. Had lots of fun swimming in Grandma Sue's backyard

July-

We found a house! Since looking in February we put an offer in on the second house we looked at in West Jordan. Not too far away, pretty much everything we wanted, affordable, and perfect size yard for our lack of experience. Everything went so smoothly! The seller let us take all of the appliances, and she had replaced the carpet, the furnace, painted and done many other things, which is great because we are newbies and would have had a rough time if we would have gotten into a fixer-upper. We moved in July 19. Love the ward and the neighborhood! We got some family pictures taken and had some fun times bbqing.

August-

Lots of fun play groups with the great moms in my ward. We went to Donut Falls, Cecret Lake, Bingham Copper Mine and Copperton Park, Twin Lakes, Temple Square. It was great exercise and Ammon was a great hiker!

My dad's birthday. What an adventure! We were supposed to have foil dinner and roast marshmallows up the canyon, but we didn't go up high enough-thought we couldn't find them, went up and down 4 times, and finally went home. Sharon came down to the mouth so she could call us and we at least made it up for cake!

We also bought a car! Our Kia kept having problems-we think it was a lemon that couldn't be proven a lemon. Instead or forking out more money and dealing with an incompetent dealership we decided to trade it in for a mini-van. We splurged and got a brand new Honda Odyssey. It gets better gas mileage, has room for growth without sacrificing trunk space. I LOVE IT!!!!!

September-

Another Disneyland trip-this time with all the Cases! It was filled with lots of memories, some good, some bad- but that's how most vacations are, right?? We got to visit some good friends in Oceanside and Matt went body-boarding. We ate at a cute restaurant on the pier and got to watch the sunset and see a beautiful full rainbow. We watched the World of Color which is amazing, ate Breakfast with the Characters, and enjoyed an unseasonably hot, but fun Disneyland vacation!

I know I'm forgetting things, but it's a pretty good summary. It's been a fun year and we are so happy to have great family, friends(old and new), and a house that we love and feel at home in.

I look forward to more great memories!