2010 Will be a year to remember, a year that I feel defines our family. It is a year that I don't care to re-live again (unless completely necessary), but a year that gave us as a family and individually so much strength.
We were lucky to be able to watch all of many firsts from our little Payter Roo! He is such a wonderful addition and blessing to our family. He is such a cuddly and a happy baby.
Olivia had her first year of dance as well as started her first year of preschool. She is such a darling dancer and enjoys every aspect of school and the independence that it givers her!
Alec graduated from Kindergarten and started his first grade year. He grew so much! He played a few seasons of Soccer, he says Soccer is "his" sport! He is very talented, it is fun tow watch him. He is a great big brother and was a wonderful helper while our Big Daddy was gone. I was amazed at how strong he was while Carson was away. He was the one I was worried about the most, he is so attached to his Dad that I thought he would struggle the whole time he was gone. He had his moments, but he was so strong, he was such an example to me. He was courageous and strong!
This year for Marcus was a big year. He turned the BIG 8! When he was born I would think about all of his big milestones that he would hit, one which was 8, never would I have thought it would come so soon! He too also showed amazing amounts of strength while his Dad was gone. He was a big helper with the 3 younger kids. Nearly every morning during the summer he would hear Payton wake up in the morning, he would come get him and watch TV with him while the rest of us slept. After a week or so doing it Payton would here Marcus watching TV and then he would make nosies so that Marcus would come get him. He played his first season of comp. baseball and started getting ready for his first comp. basketball season. His problem is he enjoys all sports, but can't play them all, so for this upcoming year I believe he will be sitting out of playing soccer!
For Carson and I we did the unthinkable, something that never once when we were young and thinking about what our future would hold was this it. We spent over six months apart. It was hard, it was sad, frustrating at times, but in the end it was rewarding. We did something that was so hard, but we have been blessed by the choices we made. I feel like we both have become stronger for our family as well as for ourselves!
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{July '10}
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{Oct '10}
{12.24.10}
A year to remember it was. The good, bad, and ugly!
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