Hello All -a not so brief year in review...
We had a very busy year this year. We bought a new van in January and promptly named him Oscar. I proceeded to smash him up in February but I won't go into that. The boys started taking snowboarding lessons and I definitely see the Olympics in Sterling's future. We had a leap day this year and celebrated by going out for supper and enjoying our time together. Valentine's Day brought heart shaped pizzas - a tradition I have with the boys. We celebrated Earth Day with our one hour of no power. Lots of candles and a game of Blokus. Fun but hard. Shocking how much you depend on electricity. Sterling finished grade four with good marks and moved into grade 5. He also made a huge change by going into an English class part way through his 5th grade year, which has been a godsend for him. Kaedo finished grade 3 having done very well and is happily enjoying grade four. The kids got to ride their bikes to school in 2007, which was very scary for me. They started riding the bus this fall and really love it. They took lots of trips to the dollar store by themselves and even picked up groceries on their travels once or twice. They spent their summer with family in the west and got a trampoline from anti, uncle ken and emma. They had 3 three week visit here at home with amma and baba. Kaeden finished up 2.5 years of TKD and started up playing soccer again. Sterling continued with bowling and added tackle football to his activity list. They both passed their swim tests and spent quite a few evenings swimming on their own at the local pool. We took part in our annual pumpkin picking afternoon and Sterling got braces. Kaedo got pneumonia and bronchitis and Sterling spent a couple of days at home with the flu as well. Craig played football and loved every minute of it. My company re-structured and unfortunately I lost my job aside from 8 hours a week. I got a new job working for Scotiabank and am busy training for my new position. Tree decorating was terrific as always. Christmas was great and the boys loved their gifts and we had a wonderful time with them.
Craig had holidays for the week before Christmas and we both turned 36 this year. Kaedo turned the big 9 and Sterling officially became a tween. We welcomed a new baby this year and we can't wait to meet him. Baba turned 65 and gramma turned 60.
Last night everyone waited up for me to get home and we brought in the new year watching the Times Square Ball dropping at the stroke of 12. My first kiss came from Sterling and was quickly followed by Craig and Kaedo.
The boys and Craig have gone off to shoot off rockets this morning. A great way to ring in the New Year.
I know this hasn't been in any sort of order and I am sure I have forgotten some important things, but for now, that's all I can think of.
Happy New Year to all of you. Here's to a wonderful 2009.
2 comments:
Happy New Year to you all, my four wonderful darlings. We had a wonderful year as we stayed healthy. At this point in our lives, that is the richest blessing. We are fortunate enough to enjoy wonderful weather and many new experiences, all of which we are grateful for. We have had a wonderful year being able to work a little so as to keep our brains activated and spent most of it travelling to keep all parts of the body content and at ease. We are not unlike most retirees, we have suffered the setback of this recession. We will let you know where to send your donations as soon as we figure it out. Love to all
Happy New Year to everyone!! We wish you all the very best in 2009!
Our 2008 was wonderful as well with many exciting things happening over the 12 months. In the Hendry family we had 4 new babies born and of course the most important one being on November 13th!! We had many important birthdays on both sides of the family (not that every birthday isn't important!) with some turning 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 & 85. Lots of fun. We are very grateful for our health, family & friends and hope we all continue to be healthy and in touch with family & friends in 2009. For our New Year's Eve we were invited to Linda and Sam's for supper and watched Canada beat U.S. and then played Horserace and lost again! On New Year's Day we were invited over to Robert & Barb's to visit with Curtis, Carrie and little Kalem. Friends Larry & Faye invited us over in the afternoon to play cards and then out for Chinese food for supper and back playing cards. New Year's Eve we didn't get home till 2:30 a.m. and then last night it was 1:00 a.m. - are we NUTS!!! I was up and walked to Curves by 7:30 a.m. Hopefully we'll get caught up on our sleep on the weekend. There's a hockey game tonight and tomorrow night and I thought I'd maybe take down Christmas decorations from downstairs tonight and the upstairs next week sometime. Maybe I'll go to the hockey game tomorrow night. I haven't been to one yet. Hope everyone is having a great day!! BIG HUGS TO ALL!
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