2008...a year in review

What did we do this year...we all went to Lake Powell and the Sand Dunes...Jenner turned 1, got a new car seat, ate her first cheeseburger, learned to crawl and walk, said Mama and I love you...Grady turned 6, started 1st grade and actually likes it, he got to go deer hunting with Chris and Byron and Tyler, got to pick a nut cracker from grandpas collection to keep someday, got a snake for Christmas, learned some new breakdance moves, lost a ton of teeth...Rhett turned 8 and was baptized, got glasses, lost glasses, found glasses and lost again and found again, got to pick a nut cracker from Grandpa collection to get one day, started 2nd grade, started reading chapter books and can't stop, started scouts...Taylor turned 10, started 4th grade, got Mia for her birthday, grew about 2 feet, got to pick a porcelain doll off of Grandma's tree to keep on the tree every year until Grandma says she can take it home (see picture below) got really sassy, started making money babysitting (for us), threw multiple temper tantrums, surprised me many times while babysitting by cleaning the house, broke her wrist and didn't cry (WHAT?)...Chris turned 38, started kindergarten again, took the elk down and put it in storage only to have it completely ruined by a leak in the roof...sucks...broke his wrist and cried, went all sorts of hunting, went on several fishing trips and caught some great fish, one of them was a human that we like to call Hook Face...see below, he took me to Bret Michaels concert, put house up for sale, broke down in car several times on freeway...Amy turned 29 again, started working for Tick Tock Collection, became a mom of a toddler again, won the Hawaiin Tropic bikini contest for the 3rd time in a row, started this blog, became obsessed with this blog, bought a big Nutcracker on clearance after Christmas to start our own collection with the kids...won a food network baking contest and made millions, painfully put house up for sale...all in all it was an exciting year and we can't wait to see what's in store for 2009...okay, I already know because I'm physic...yes, I'm gifted in many ways.