Highlights & Lowlights 2010

Every year our family likes to do a year-end review of our

highlights & lowlights of the previous year. So here are our Highlights & Lowlights for 2010… Thanks for letting me share! :-)

Highlights & Lowlights 2010

January

• Highlight/Lowlight – Started Riley at pre-school. Mommy felt nervous, guilty, etc., but Riley has done absolutely amazing & has learned so much. We are so thankful for a school that cares so much & is doing so well teaching her things I would have never thought of. Thank you Discovery Depot!
• Highlight - My mom retired!! She as worked so hard for so long...we are so thankful she gets to enjoys years & years of health & retirement! (She also watches Kaylyn during the week...which is such a blessing!)

February

• Highlight - Our niece Kate turned 1!
• Highlight - Riley turned 3! We had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed party & she loved it!

March

• HIghlight - Aaron & I celebrated our 8 year anniversary with a date night out to Roy's. The food was good, but the service was fantastic!

April

• Highlight - Aaron became a True Warrior as has completed his first Warrior Run!
• Highlight - Trip to Knott's with Nana, Papa & the kids.
• Highlight - Our first ever Back to School Night for Riley. It was so great to get to talk to her teachers & hear how she was doing.

May

• Highlight – Big Bear! We went to Big Bear with my dad, brother, Tim, & sister in-law, Brenda. Great family time & absolutely beautiful area. We saw a bear playing with water that shot out from a pipe, which was really fun. Thank you Dad!
• Highlight – Going down the Alpine Slide in Big Bear. ..even my dad did it!! Great Job Dad!

June

• Highlight - Daddy, Riley, Kaylyn & I spent a beautiful day together at the Long Beach Aquarium.
• Highlight - The beach!

July

• Highlight - Vegas Baby! – We traveled to Vegas for a real estate conference for Aaron. Aaron enjoyed the conference & obtained a new vision/passion for succeeding in his business.
• Highlight – Our friends, the Gibson family joined us in Las Vegas, so I would have company & friends to do things with, as well as to help me with the 2 girls. Love you Gibsons!

August

• Lowlight - Our dear friend Tony passing away. He lived a long & full life & we are very blessed to have been a part of it. He did pass peacefully though; for that we are thankful.

September

• Highlight - I performed at Long Beach Playhouse in a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Fundraiser called Audition for Murder. I met & got to work with some great people. It felt good to get back on stage again.
• Highlight - our friends Mavi & Parrish had a beautiful baby boy - RJ.
• Highlight - We moved!!! We moved into a bigger home super close to our works & Riley's school.
• Lowlight - We moved...packing & moving stuff acquired over the last 8+ years is not very fun...
• Highlight - Our home group, friend Dustin & our family helped us significantly with the moving process! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

October

• Highlight - Our trip to Zion – Riley & I zip-lined, Aaron took an awesome (& muddy) ATV tour with the guys, & our family all hiked in the beautiful red rock mountains, we stayed in a rustic lodge with 2 other amazing families!
• Lowlight – The day after day of rain while in Zion, which caused us to not be able to hike the narrows (due to flash flood warnings).
• Highlight – The cool & eerie thunder & lightening storms we had in Zion.
• Highlight – Seeing a shooting start while looking at the stars with my hubby in Zion on our last night there.
• Highlight – Treats in the Streets/Halloween with the kiddos. Every year, it is so fun to dress them up. This year was especially fun because Riley was super excited & is understanding so much more about the holidays.

November

• Highlight - our friends, Monique & Jesse welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world - Presley.
• Highlight – A night away with my hubby at a couples retreat. So nice to focus on our marriage. Love you Honey!
• Highlight - Aaron turned the big 3-0! Dinner at Roys & night out at Twisted Vine…both real nice. :-)
• Highlight - Our brother & sister-in-law (& the kids) surprising the family by joining us for Thanksgiving
• Lowlight – Aaron getting Strep, Kaylyn getting pink eye, an ear infection & teething all at the same time.:-(
• Lowlight – Not ever being able to do family pictures because everyone kept getting sick at various times.
• Highlight – Riley learning memory verses in Sunday school. So sweet… Thank you Jacquie!
• Highlight/Lowlight - Got to say good-bye to Oak Glen CCC, even if we were too sick to be there for very long

December

• Major Highlight - Brother-in-law Jason graduated college…with honors!!
• Highlight - Kaylyn turned 1! We had a Minnie Mouse 1 year themed party. She still loves the big Minnie Mouse balloon. Thanks Nana & Papa!
• Highlight - Christian turned 4!
• Highlight - Richard turned the big 6-0!
• Highlight - Christmas!

Other highlights that I am not sure when they exactly happened are:

• 3 new couples & their kids joined our weekly home group. We are now 14-13 (sometimes 14-14), adults – kids.
• Our dear friends, Nate & Sara welcomed Molly Grace into this world.
• More dear friends, Nick & Charity's 3rd daughter, Emily, was born! (See Aaron, some families are just meant to have girls!) :-)