At the end of every calendar year I like to look back at some of the highlights we had over the last 12 months. It amazes me how much the boys grow in that time, and it also reminds me that my favorite moments with my family come in the simple times, not the extravagant. 2019 was a great year for us. We added some new pets to the family and had a lot of fun together. I can honestly say that we love each other deeply, and when you have a lot of love to give and receive, not much else matters. I'm truly am so grateful that God has blessed me so immensely... I'm completely undeserving. I pray that our 2020 is as great as our 2019. Happy New Year, friends!
January
We enjoyed some warm weather downtown.
We enjoyed the zoo.
Clark became a kindergarten sight word superstar!
February
We enjoyed more unseasonably warm weather at Miss Libby's playground.
Cooper was saved!
Abel turned 3.
We spent a few days in Myrtle Beach.
The big boys went to watch UTC play basketball.
March
I went on a field trip with Clark.
The big boys put on a magic show at school.
Cooper got baptized by Andy.
Cooper started playing tennis.
The boys had an art show.
Abel showed some interest in potty-training.
April
We spent the day at Dollywood.
We had a Sonic night.
We went to Rock City.
We played by the lake.
Clark rocked his sight words again.
We celebrated Easter.
May
We had a family driving-range date.
Andy and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary with a quick trip to Pigeon Forge.
I got a new car!
We celebrated our anniversary again downtown.
We had a fun field day at school.
I finished up my first year of teaching 4th grade (and 8th year teaching).
We celebrated Andy's 34th birthday with a day at the lake.
Cooper finished up his first tennis season.
The boys finished kindergarten and 2nd grade.
We celebrated the last day of school with swimming and Sonic.
We hung out with our friends.
We went back to Myrtle Beach.
June
We spent a full week in Myrtle Beach with Andy's family.
Abel officially potty-trained.
We saw lots of Disney movies!
We went hiking.
We had a great week at VBS.
July
We went to Dollywood Splash Country.
We took Bear to the vet.
We celebrated the 4th of July.
We tie-died stuff.
We went fishing.
We spent a week in New Smyrna with my side of the family.
We hit up a sunflower field.
We hit up the zoo.
Clark turned 7!
August
The big boys started 1st and 3rd grade.
We did a lot of reading.
Dad, Andy, and I went to our first PGA Tour Championship event.
We played at Miss Libby's playground.
September
We had a Chick-fil-a date.
Clark started soccer.
Clark was a sight word superstar.
We went to Dollywood.
We had our annual church picnic at Cloudland Canyon.
October
We had a school spirit day.
We went to Andy's childhood church.
We went to Rock City.
Clark loved playing soccer with his best friend, James.
We went to the corn maze.
We went to the zoo.
We enjoyed some beautiful weather downtown.
We went to Andy's work party at my in-law's house.
We spent the weekend in Pigeon Forge.
We celebrated Halloween.
November
Cooper lost a tooth.
We celebrated the end of Clark's soccer season and then the big boys started wrestling.
We had Family Reading Day at school.
Birdie was born!
Clark bought Cooper a book for his birthday.
We decorated for Christmas.
Cooper turned 9!
Cooper got a new crested gecko, Sticky.
We celebrated Thanksgiving.
We visited Santa.
December
We went to Rock City.
We did our Christmas light scavenger hunt.
We had some snow.
The boys put on a great Christmas performance at church.
We celebrated Christmas at school.
Cooper had his first Christmas chorus concert.
We celebrated Christmas with the Smithsons.
Abel got a leopard gecko for Christmas that he named Fishy.
I picked up Birdie on Christmas Eve.
We had a fun Christmas Eve night at City Cafe and opened new pajamas.
We got a sweet puppy for Christmas!
