2008 In Review (unblogged pictures only)

I have no pictures of January. Where did that month go? I suppose I was catching up from a busy December vacation and Christmas, then preparing for a very busy February.

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You know, they say journaling makes you a happier person because it helps you focus on the good things in life. I completely agree! Preparing this post has made me especially happy. There were a lot of tough times in 2008, but overall it was a great year filled with friends and family. We are very blessed.

February

Here are just a couple pictures from our trip to Disneyland with Keith's mom. The heart is from a primary lesson Luke got. He was told to put this somewhere in the house where someone could find it and he chose to put it on Megan's bed.

March

Can you believe we went to the Moon and Mars with Kim and Kraig? What a great experience!


Below are pictures from our annual Oaks Easter Egg Hunt.


April

Barb, come back to Utah! I loved skiing with you!


The kids first time skiing... Thanks for helping Erin!

I love this picture by Jamie Hamblin's husband (below). This is a picture of most of the people at our first ever Digital Scrapbook Retreat. It was so much fun!


May

Welcome to the family, Amy!


I always seem to get a lot of pictures in May because the weather is getting warmer and I can find lots of good light for pictures outside. I love May!




June

June was filled with lots of pool time. We also went to St. George with our friends (the Petersons) and watched poor Tanner cut his knee open at our house while playing in the sprinklers. A few stiches and several weeks later he was fine... poor kid.


July

I love this picture of some of our cute neighbor friends.



Fourth of July pictures. Megan didn't you get the memo to wear red?

Luke's sign below says "Clowns Hiring Megan". Luke thinks his sister is hilarious and PAID her to be a clown in his kid's club. Megan thought it was an insult at first but soon realized it was a compliment and got paid very well for her work entertaining the Luke's kids club.



August

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills...

The next two pictures were taken by Erin's photographer. Again, I forgot his name, but if you want his number I'll find it.



I'm so grateful my kids are able to make many of the same memories their dad made while he was a kid. We love visiting our "far away grandmas".



September

Rats. If you look close you'll see a third foot in the picture below of Megan's first day of preschool this year. I'm not going to fix it, because I don't want to take the time. The third foot was added on accident because I was resizing the picture and copied one picture on top of another. Oh well.
This is Luke's normal pose for pictures. He loves to make faces at the camera in protest.




October

We love our cousins. Here are a few of them.

November

More fun friends. These guys just moved in a few months ago and we are SO HAPPY to have them.

The Mighty Fine Mustang Award was a big deal to Luke. He got it from the principal for following directions. His name was called over the loud speaker and we got a personal call from the principal congratulating us on Luke's award!



December

Haha! I think this is a funny picture to end on because it's so bad, but I love the memory all the same. Also, this isn't my husband, it's my brother-in-law Matthew. Keith hates my blog so I can't blog about him much, I can only sneak a picture in of him once in a while.