Highlights & Lowlights of 2008

In keeping with last year’s tradition, I thought I would do a year-in-review of 2008’s Highlights & Lowlights.

January
Celebrating our friend, Tony’s, 70th birthday - Highlight

February
Finding & hiking to Holy Jim Falls with family, friends & dogs – Highlight
Dinner with Tony & his family at The Hobbit - Highlight
Our trip to Solvang & Pismo Beach, where we visited Monarch Gardens. – Highlight
Finding a short hike with a beautiful waterfall hidden in the back of Solvang – Highlight
Riding a motorcycle with my husband - Highlight
Riley turned 1! – Highlight
Learning someone very close to us has Cancer of the Esophagus – Lowlight (however he is still with us & is doing well – highlight)
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - Highlight

March
Crashing our new hard drive - Lowlight
Riley started walking – Highlight
6th year Wedding Anniversary - Highlight

April
Aaron & friends tried a colon cleanse fast – Lowlight & Highlight (makes a great story)
The beginning of our vegetable & herb garden – Highlight
Taking Riley to the LA Zoo with my mom & brother– Highlight
Visiting my Great Aunt Bettie & hearing stories of my grandma’s childhood - Highlight

Working part time, a blessing in disguise - Highlight

May
Finding out our friends’ the Gibson’s & the Lamphear’s were both expecting! – Highlight!
Our annual River trip – Highlight
Coming back with a horrible stomach flu – Lowlight
Celebrating my dad’s 70th birthday - Highlight

June
Damaging the screen of my laptop & therefore, crashing it - Lowlight
Visiting Jason, Megan & Christian in Fresno - Highlight

Chaperoning Saddleback High School's Senior day at Magic Mtn with my brother - Highlight
Buying an investment property – a scary Highlight

July
Finding out we were going to have a niece! – Highlight!
My dad going into the hospital – Lowlight
Having a nice talk alone with my dad while he was in the hospital - Highlight
My dad getting out of the hospital just a couple of days later - Highlight
Having the Gibson’s become tenants & neighbors – Highlight
Aaron winning honorable mentions & placing in the OC Fair’s vegetable & plumeria competitions - Highlight

August
Helping some of our closest friends find the home they will live in & grow with for many years – Highlight
2 Weddings in a month! (The Hayes & the Lenon’s) – Highlight
The Boeing Beach Party - Highlight
Staying in a B&B in Santa Barbara & bike riding along the beach with my husband – Highlight
Watching an Angel game from a VIP suite - Highlight

September
Getting great people in the front house of our investment property – Highlight
Celebrating Megan’s birthday in Fresno with a “Girls’ day” – Highlight
Sitting in on the 1st 20 minutes of My Best Friend’s Girl with Megan & my mother-in-law – Lowlight
Walking out on My Best Friend’s Girl & going to see Fireproof instead – Highlight
The Light the Night Walk – Highlight
Aaron joining a Volleyball Team - Highlight

October
Trip to Idyllwild – Highlight
Having Tea with my closest girlfriends – Highlight
Halloween events/Fall Harvests with the kids - Highlights

November
Performing in My Three Angels with my mom & several theater friends - Highlight
The Hope Walk – Highlight
Mexican Cruise – Higlight
Zip-lining in Puerto Vallarta – HIGHLIGHT!!
Hearing how great of a time Riley had with Grandma at the Sea Life Park in Puerto Vallarta – Highlight
Disneyland passes expiring – Lowlight
Aaron’s Volleyball Team placing first in the league! - Highlight

December
The Wild Fires that were so close to home & that effected many people we know – Lowlight

Performing in a 4 part drama series at church - Highlight
Seeing Roger’s Garden for the first time - Highlight

Spending Christmas with the whole family - Highlight

The economic recession - Lowlight

the blessings that God has given us this year - Highlight
More Baby Showers - Highlight
A year of many trips & great memories of Disneyland with the family – Highlight
Discovering parks, slides & playgrounds - Highlight

Watching our daughter grow every day - Highlight

Learning how to & when to discipline - Lowlight

Seeing discipline work & learning take place - Highlight

Playing with & being amazed by our daughter every day - Highlight

Thank you to all of you for helping us make such wonderful memories this past year!

We look forward to a great 2009!

We wish you all the best in this new year to come!!!