2009 - The Year in Review!

JANUARY I am ready to pop and have to take it easy because I had started to have some contractions.  Jed and Nancy came to babysit me in late January because Jay was out of town and I was so close to having the baby. Bryan finishes up his Basketball season.
FEBRUARY

Baby Reagan suprizes us all by arriving early and on her own!  Thanks to a tornado that blew through town, my water broke and it was off to the hospital. She was born on Feb 11, 2009.  Later that month, Sam and Maggie and Grammy came from Seattle to visit and enjoy the baby.  We had a great visit and my mom was a HUGE help.

Jayme celebrated her Birthday by going to the spa with her BF Stephanie.

MARCH

Bryan turns 10.  He gets a new bat and glove for his birthday.  Spring Baseball is starting and he is excited!

Reagan gets blessed.

APRIL

We celebrate Easter.

Reagan gets RSV. Luckily it was a very mild case. We were able to treat her at home with the breathing treatment. She was only sick for about a week and bounced back really well.

   

 

Bryan catches a baseball with his face.  Not the most ideal method.  Luckily lips heal quickly.

With the arrival of Reagan - we were faced with many challenges.  Probably the most painful for Jayme was having to let Riley go to a new home.  We found him a new home that could offer him tons of love.

Bryan earns his Bear and moves on to Webelos scouts.

April

The girls show off their talent.  Andrea and her 2 friends tryout for the school talent show - and make it.

At the beginning of the year, Jayme tried our for a girls "pop group" choir for her school and made it.  At the end of the year, the showed off their talents with a fun medley.  We enjoyed watching Jayme's solo.

We are busy with 4 kids and doing a lot of running around.  Poor Reagan hated her car seat at first but by now she finally succumbs and learns to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

Reagan begins to eat cereal!

May

School is winding down.  The kids enjoy the end of the year parties!

JUNE

Andrea performs her dance recital to the Miley Cyrus version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!"

After school is out, Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Jed come for a visit. Along with Jerry, Cathy and Nicole.

Mom takes Reagan in the pool and she loves the water!

Cathy, Nicole, Bryan and Andrea in the pool.

JULY

We celebrate the Fourth of July at a ward brunch and then in the evening catch a fireworks show with friends.  Texas is really hot on the 4th of July.

AUGUST

We take off on our summer vacation to Newport Beach and then up to Seattle. We have a great time!

We had some friends from Texas meet up with us in California. While in Newport Beach, a huge storm comes in.  We travel to the "Wedge" to see 25+ feet waves.

In Seattle...

We picked raspberries at the farm,

 

Went to dinner at the Country Club,

 

Went to the skate park with friends,

 

Went to dinner with friends,

Went to the zoo with friends,

and rode a camel,

hung out with friends,

 

spent time with cousin Maggie,

and had the time of our lives!!

SEPTEMBER

Reagan is diagnosed with PLAGIOCEPHALY which is a crooked head and gets a doc band to straighten her up!  Reagan's was due to a restrictive intrauterine environment.  For more information you can look up this website http://www.cranialtech.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=79

We were very grateful for the people at cranial technologies that helped treat Reagan.  She wore her Doc Band for 3 months and now looks great!!

The girls get some pink paint and decorate the band.  They callled it "pink camo."  You can be the judge!

Andrea is awarded "Leopard of the Week."

 

OCTOBER

Andrea turns 8 and is baptized!! We have lots of family fly in for the occasion.

For her birthday, Andrea has a swim/slumber party. 

Reagan turns 8 months.

For Halloween we go to the church's "Trunk or Treat" party.  Jay and I go as Jon and Kate Gosselin.  Jayme is a zombie prom queen, Bryan is Jason from Friday the 13th movies, Andrea is Tiger Lily, and Reagan is a pink butterfly.

NOVEMBER

For the Thanksgiving Holiday, we head to St. George, Utah for a family reunion.  It was so much fun getting to see everyone.  Almost all of Jay's family was there and the kids had a blast with their cousins.  We visited the community pool,

 

the Christmas tree festival,

ate a huge Thanksgiving dinner at the church building and participated in the games including the bubble blowing competition.

We also went to the lazer tag place.

Reagan took it all in and was never in need of any entertainment!

DECEMBER

We celebrate the season with singing!! Bryan goes to the mall with the school's choir and

Jayme goes on a choir tour too.

Then we torcher Reagan by taking her to see Santa.

That brings us to today....still trying to get cards out for Christmas, get those last gifts purchased and in the mail, attend neighborhood parties, trying to finish up the year end things at home and at church, etc....  and still trying to remember the reason for the season!  I recently heard this beautiful song called, "Do you have room?"  You can listen to it too at  http://songsbyshawna.com/Site/Home.html  I hope we can all find room for the Savior in our schedules, in our lives and in our hearts this Christmas. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!