2011 Recap

What a year- a year of travel, growth and love.
January: Time to celebrate the New Year. Ella is 6 months old and thriving and Jack is learning his letters and counting higher and higher every day.
February: Katie turns 32 and is learning to spread her culinary wings. Cooking is creating and nothing feeds the soul more.
March: Jon turns 35. Ella gets her first tooth and Jack is learning to ride his bike.
April: We celebrated the Easter holiday with Jon’s family. We attended an Easter egg hunt at St. Andrew’s and pulled off a great surprise party for my mother-in-law. She was soooo surprised.
May: Party planning is in full-force for Ella’s 1st birthday. We celebrated Mother’s Day with a lovely breakfast and trip to North Park where I was spoiled with a new pair of Tory Burch shoes. We also took a trip out to Possum Kingdom lake for a little getaway weekend with Jen and Cody.
June: We celebrated Father's Day with a great breakfast with my dad. Ella Grace is 1- what? Can it be? Time really seems to go buy faster with the second baby. Grammie, Poppy, Uncle Josh, Papa Joe, Lala, Mimi, Aunt Virg and some extended family came in to celebrate our little girl. Jon and I celebrate 6 years of marriage (16 years together (that’s ½ my life!)).
July: Aunt Kim and UB came into town to visit for a few days and we bid adieu to Harry Potter with the 8th and final movie this month (tears).
August: Record heat has really put a damper on this summer. We had 41 days over 100 degrees. We took an amazing trip to Denver to visit Jon’s family. We rarely get to enjoy summer there and this year was a real treat. Jack caught his first fish, we went up to Breckenridge and rode the Alpine Slides and even saw a few patches of snow at the Continental Divide.
September: With September came a great vacation to Florida. Amy and Zoe joined us and we got to spend a week in the sun. It was Ella’s first time in the Gulf and we got to see some old friends. Fun, sun and beach…it doesn’t get much better.
October: Jack Ryan turned 4! He’s growing into the cutest little man EVER! Jon’s family, Papa, Lala and some friends helped us celebrate at The Little Gym. He had a great time at his Avenger’s themed party.
November: Jon worked Thanksgiving, so we celebrated the day after with a lovely meal. Charlie the Elf on the Shelf came into our home to keep an eye on Jack for Santa.
December: We celebrated Mimi’s birthday and decorated lots of cookies! Christmas was so much fun this year. Mimi came to visit and the kids got to hang out with her and Papa Joe for the day. They were completely overwhelmed by the gifts, but enjoyed every moment of the day.