January
We had to say good bye to Bryan's brother, Joe, and his wife, Bethany, and our nephew, Devin, as they moved to San Diego! We know they are enjoying the wonderful weather in California but Christian sure misses his playmate!
My niece, Phoenix, continued to be hospitalized for health problems but I am happy to report that she is doing amazingly well and she has grown so much this past year!
February
We had a weekend getaway to Appleton and had a great time with the kids at the Children's Museum!
They also loved swimming at the hotel!
And we can't leave out the big PACKERS SUPERBOWL WIN!
March
Bryan and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary on March 17!
I participated in the rally to protest against ending nearly all of the collective bargaining rights for state union workers, which eventually was passed. Now I am proudly supporting the recall of Governor Scott Walker!
The kids enjoyed spending the day out at the cranberry marsh with my sister and her family!
Phoenix had surgery on her stomach and since then she has been doing so much better! I'm so proud of my little niece!
We had our family pictures taken for the first time since Bryleigh was only a couple of days old!
April
Bryan and I took our 4 year long awaited "Honeymoon" to Riviera Maya, Mexico from April 1-9! We had so much fun but to say that we missed the kids was an understatement. I learned the hard way that you should have a trial run before leaving your 16 month old over night for the first time, let alone for 9 nights. It was the hardest time for me, but looking back, we did have a lot of fun between my tears!
We celebrated a wonderful Easter!
May
I celebrated another great year as a mother on Mother's Day!
Christian ended his first year of Preschool! Look how much he has grown!
The kids joined me on my business trip to the Dells for my Annual Brain Injury Conference!
June
We made our first trip of the year to the Dells and did some mini golfing and went to Mount Olympus for some waterpark fun!
Christian started his first sport...TBall!
We went to see Thomas the Train!
We finally finished landscaping around our house!
July
We had our first and only camping trip of the summer!
Happy 4th of July!
Our baby boy turned 4 years old!
We shaved Christian's head for the first time!
Grandma turned 81 years old!
August
Our sweet friends, Jenna and Andy, got engaged while we watched their two boys for the night!
Bryan and I went on a little weekend getaway to the Dells with our friends!
Bryleigh became quite the little model!
September
We took our first trip of the year to the pumpkin patch.
Phoenix turned 2!
October
We took a weekend trip to the Kalahari in the Dells and it turned out that Christian had Hands, Foot, Mouth Disease the whole trip :(
We threw Jenna a bridal shower/bachelorette party!
Christian was a firefighter for Halloween and Bryleigh was a pretty little peacock!
November
I celebrated my 25th birthday on November 7!
I was chaperone for Christian's Pizza Hut field trip.
We finished our living room wall remodel!
Jenna and Andy got married on November 26!
We celebrated Thanksgiving with all our family!
December
Our beautiful baby girl turned 2 year old! Where does the time go!
Bryan turned 25 years old and we celebrated with his surprise "quarter of century" birthday party!
And we celebrated the birth of our savior which you have heard all about! I also found out that I was accepted into the UW-Madison Master of Social Work Program for Fall 2012 and I will be an auntie again in late July!
So many exciting things to be thankful for in 2012! I hope everyone had as great of a year as I have had! Thank the Lord for all of your blessings! Have a safe and Happy New Year!
