Needless to say, God has blessed our family with so many AMAZING events this year! #1 on that list, the birth of my sweet Reilly Alexander. I'm so very thankful that I was given this little boy as the most precious gift of all.
2009 had other interesting and exciting events as well. Here are some of my most memorable, in no particular order.
- Keely and Jeff's wedding-what a gift to see my sister beaming and so very happy on July 18th. Jeff is a great addition to our family!
- Dave and I traveled, (with his sister, niece and mom) to West Virginia. Not only did we endure an 8 hour car ride with his family (one who requested we stop at least an hour for a smoke break!) with me being pregnant, but we also survived having to fix three flat tires on the way home. We had a great visit with his West Virginia family, many of whom I got to meet for the first time.
- We welcomed a new baby cousin, Tyler, into our family.
- Grandma kicked butt at her knee replacement surgery and is now walking better than she has in a long time.
- Kim survived a freak accident falling off the step at Glenn's Grandma's house, broke her ankle in 5 places and underwent surgery.
- Dave and I celebrated 2 years of marriage and are hoping for 40 more, at least!
- Kim and Glenn celebrated 10 years of marriage.
- Brady and I went on a "Bee Boy" hunt at the Longaberger Bee and were victorious, so much so, that Brady was nearly speechless!
- Dave got a job at Puck Distributing, less than a week before Reilly was born.
- He also took a stab at selling vacuums...while good at his job, they weren't good for him!
- We welcomed 2009 in with Keely and Jeff, the same way we plan to welcome in 2010.
I could sit here all day and continue to put in some of our highlights. While there were many exciting things in our lives, there were some pretty interesting things going on around the world too...
- The Jet Liner that landed in the Hudson River-I remember being at Dave's Dentist and watching this breaking news.
- Michael Jackson went home to Heaven.
- Tiger Woods-nuff said.
- We swore in the first African American President...I sat in my classroom eating lunch with my kids watching this history making moment.
- Our economy is one of worst recessions we've ever seen
- President O'Bama came to speak at Notre Dame...never seen so many planes and protesters.
- Charlie Weis was fired from Notre Dame and Brian Kelly was hired to take over.
- St. Joe Medical Center moved 4.5 miles from South Bend to Mishawaka
- The College Football Hall of Fame announced it was leaving South Bend.
- There was a boy in a balloon...again, nuff' said.
- One of our own soldiers went crazy at Ft. Hood
- There was a huge outbreak of the Swine Flu which had many people sick and dying.
2009 has treated us well, we can only pray that 2010 is as good and even better!
Happy New Year!
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