Tuesday, December 31, 2013

2013 in review

To say that our lives revolve around our children would be an understatement. They will be gone in a blink so we wouldn't have it any other way! Here are the highlights all in one place...and I tried to * my top ten but ended up with 17 (perfect!)

1-Wil's cast off
2-Kate's last year St Paul basketball
3-Wil back in a cast four weeks out of a cast (and here I thought we went through 2013 without a cast and looking back we had TWO!)
*4-Kristen's 16th birthday BASH
5-KRISTEN Renaissance award
Sledding In a BLIZZARD
6-KATE's first successful time snow skiing
7-Kate and Wil spring break in Scottsdale
8-Freezing cold Soccer, windy soccer, snowing soccer, foggy soccer, and more soccer
9-Kate's ears double pierced
10-Kristen's choice award
11-Wil's baseball team taking first in their division
*12-Wil winning high jump in track
Flooding of soccer fields
*13-Kate's St. Paul basketball team district champions
14-Kate's 8th grade graduation
15-Kate's confirmation
16-Wil singing at Cardinal's game
17-Kristen's jv letter for soccer
18-Kate's first formal
19-Wil setting the middle school sit up record
20-Kate seeing her first professional soccer match
21-Kate seeing her first Mizzou softball game
***22-Kate AND Wil BOTH winning Norco tournament CHAMPS! Really?!? What family can say that!!!
23-Kristen race for the cure (and the dozens of commercials I have seen her on since then)
24-Kristen's week at cheer camp and winning a dozen awards
25-Working the fireworks stand (yikes!)
26-The butt tree coming down
*27-Kristen's RYLA leadership camp
****28-Wil WINNING STATE CUP SOCCER (what?!?!)
29-Boating at mark Twain, of course rock jumping
****30-BABY JACK born July 11
*31-Kristen's cheer team making it to STATE!!
32-Kristen and Wil's trips to the ocean with friends
*33-Wil's CYC championship
*34-Tamara's school trips to Louisville and Columbia coaches clinic
*35-Out of town tournaments and trips to Columbia
*36-Fixing Sara's house to get ready to sell
37-Kristen's cheer for cancer fundraiser
38-Kate's SENSA volunteer work
*39-Kate and Kristen HOMECOMING
40-CARDINAL's trip to World Series fun October
*41-My inspiring TEACHER award
*42-Wil's St. Paul CITY-COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
43-Wil's academic All-star award
*44-Kate playing FRESHMEN BASKETBALL FOR MOM!!
45-Wil's parochial soccer championship
*46-Wil's 13th birthday!
And holiday fun galore!!

PHEW!! What a year!

Monday, December 30, 2013

Plaza lights

Ice skating at crown center

My model daughter ;)

Crown center

Kansas City Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa... BIG thanks for helping Kristen out with her senior trip. Super fun, but short trip.

Can't get enough of babyJack

Friday, December 27, 2013

Candy cane shots

Changes

Cousins and wrestling

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Columbia Christmas Eve 2013!!

Gorgeous drive to Columbia

Santa came early!! Such a good morning!

So fun!

It was cold on the carriage ride!
Lots of singing!

Carriage ride ❤️

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Steal and a goal for Wil!
Highlight reel

Second place for our boys!

Walk in the living room to see who is watching tv and this is what I find...Sonny wrapped in a blanket ... Hmmmm