It would be nice to look back on this past year and see many wonderful accomplishments, but nothing really comes to mind. Of course, it all depends upon your definition of "wonderful". Some days, just getting out of bed is a wonderful thing.
Going back through the year of posts, here's what I came up with.
January: The boys drywalled the closet. James had a concert. Deb had a birthday. James became a coffee addict.
February: The boys got new mattresses. Mary danced. Everyone worked on projects. Deb had a concert. Cheryl and I went to a Valentine's Day dinner. The family discovered Dutch Blitz.
March: The kids ate snacks. I got to help out with "Engineering Day" at the Middle School. James painted. I de-rusted the Corolla. James appeared on a Wanted poster (for unruly hair). Mary danced again. Adam drove to Muskegon. The bikes declared their freedom. The temperature went up to 74 degrees. Mary became Marie Curie for a class project.
April: We did some Spring Cleaning. It rained. The kids had Spring Break. Adam built a dice tower for his Heroscape gaming. James cut up cardboard. The girls played games. Then the kids got obsessed with chess for awhile. We drove to Frankenmuth. Adam got a Latin award. I made a big mess de-rusting my Subaru. Mary reprised Marie Curie. James showed off his luxurious hair.
May: We started prepping for Mary's graduation from Elementary School. We celebrated our Mothers. The boys went to see Iron Man 2 (and I reviewed it). The girls went nuts with braids. Mary got Hermione Hair. James had his 8th grade banquet. I did some wiring. James got the Director's Award in band, then had his luxurious hair trimmed. A spring storm came in. The kids practiced for the spring piano recital.
June: I went to the baseball game with Mary. She also had Field Day. Deb did her Capville project. Adam and Mary had their spring piano recital. I had a birthday. Mary had her hair cut. I built the Cataquarium. The sump pump failed and had to be replaced. We visited friends in South Bend. We visited the Dale Chihully glass sculptures at Meijer Gardens. The girls went to camp.
July: My cousin Mike got married, and we went down to see it. I did some CSI on the dead sump pump. James went on a a Middle School mission trip. I did a few home repairs (and we missed the family reunion due to lack of $$). James made apple pie. The Meyer grandparents dropped in for a visit. We went to an open house and saw tractors. Cheryl directed the family in some house painting.
August: We drove to Iowa to visit Sandra and see her new house. James found a Big Bug. The basement flooded on our Anniversary. The kids obsessed with a pirate ship game.
September: Mary got her glasses (and I got my straps). One of the living room chairs was "fixed". I built a mystery project. We lost power for a couple days. Mary built doll-sized tables. Cheryl continued with the house-painting project. I revealed the mystery project. James's basement room got a door. Mary had a birthday. Cheryl expanded the house-painting project.
October: Bill Snell went home to be with God. We hosted Super Start at church. The kids got to stay home from school one day because of a threat of high winds or tornado. Mary had her first choral concert.
November: James had his Fall Concert, then played for Santa Claus. Brother Kel had a birthday. We all took an on-line quiz. James had a birthday. We all talked about the books we'd read (or not read). We went to Aunt Susan's for Thanksgiving.
December: Cheryl showed her Pyro side. We went to a Christmas Madrigal. We started counting down the days to Christmas. Or was it the days til school was out? We took a trip to Seattle (and various other points of interest in the Pacific Northwest). We came back home safely, only slightly annoyed by TSA. We waited for the Ball to Drop.
All in all, not a bad year. The kids have grown quite a bit over the course of it. Quite a number of things have changed at work, at church, at home. We've all gotten a little bit older, hopefully a little bit wiser.
I'm hoping that a few things get better this year.
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