But before the new year, we really gotta talk about the old year. You know the one, 2017. The one where all that stuff happened and I didn't tell you about it? Well, now's the time and this is the place.
Let's start with the little one. Eclaire. She was up to fantastic shenanaginses and was our world traveller this year. She went on Trek in Wyoming.
She went to Girls Camp
She turned 16 and got this crazy idea that she was old enough to date and went to Homecoming.
She also was in a PLAY! Phantom of the Opera!
(that's her bottom left in the gold mask)
She went to Teen Author Boot Camp again, has continued writing SO VERY MUCH, continued her Hungry Bulldogs club at school, and scored SO high in her writing assessments that she nearly got kicked out of special needs. She did all mainstream classes this fall, has really struggled and will be going back to SpEd math so she can give her sanity a break. She is awesome and we love her!!
Jake has been hiding from everyone this year. If I can find a photo it will be a miracle.
90% of photos I have of Luke Skywalker, Con-man is on his shoulders...
Oh - he did leave the house to go to Comic-Con
He drove a sum total of two times.
And he went bowling. He had SUCH a good time.
He's taking a class at Institute and is supposed to be taking online classes, but he's been so busy with the napping and playing video games and carrying Connor around on his shoulders..... Oh, and that's right, he has a legit job where he makes pizza. He's loving Brick Oven and hiding in the kitchen making dough. I've tasted his work, and it is GOOD. Keep up the good work, young man.
Screamapillar and Han Solo are still living forever away. He's busy trying to get into med school, and she's is completely fixated on toddlers - seriously. She teaches Sunbeams in Primary, coaches Tiny Tot Soccer, and teaches almost full time at a local pre-school. So maybe they should have one of their own? Prolly not yet, because then she'd hate all those jobs. They came to visit a few times this year, and we wish they lived closer.
Thing Two and his Lovely Wife dontinue well. They are both gainfully employed and loving their work. Thing Two is in Marketing now, which means he moves product. Lemme share him moving product:
They go camping and hiking lots and lots and he has a new photography page (and he's REALLY REALLY GOOD!
Thing One and Hot Latin Guy are up to no good. They have raised a holy terror in Con-man, He's never safe unless he's on someone's shoulders (see Luke Skywalker, above). Thing One toils away endlessly in pursuit of electronics, and Hot Latin Guy really wants a new job he doesn't hate for a company that will pay him on time.
Most photos I have of the Con-man are out of focus because he rarely holds still...
Hubby and I had an eventful year. I did a gig as a personal chef. It was so much fun!
and hubby had a lovely colonoscopy...
I had three surgeries, two major falls involving broken bones, and still managed to do a 5K in July. If this post is boring, it's because I had a partial knee replacement last week and it is currently trying to kill me. Maybe if I took some painkillers this would be more interesting? Probably. Hubby's eventful year had him changing jobs so that he might live a little longer because he actually likes his job and the people he works for now. In fact, he's happier than he's been in five years. This is a good thing.
Running out of steam now. Here's what else happened:
Debbie's family came to visit
We had a fantastic family reunion
Josh got married!
Ana got married too, but I missed it because surgery.
Diane went to the temple!
El Guapo and Felicity had a new baby!
There was other stuff, but I don't have anything left to write with, I gotta move before I die of frozen knee. We hope 2017 was as good to you as it was to us!
Happy New Year - go out and have a wonderful 2018!
