2008 sure was great!
I can't believe it is time again to recap some of the highlights of the past year! We had a wonderful and blessed year. Most of it has already been recorded in our blog but for those of you who wish to read the cliff notes...this is for you!
Don't forget to check out some of our favorite family quotes from the past year at the end of this post!
January:
Scott turned the big "4-0"
March:
Trip to Salt Lake City for Sommer's (Scott's sister) wedding
April:
Spring Break in Salt Lake City.
We took the girls skiing - it was Karsyn's first time
We also took the whole family four-wheeling with the Dredges.
May:
Karsyn took first place in Beam at State for level 6 gymnastics.
Scott and Heidi went to France with the Parkers.
June:
Kennedy got her Driver's Permit.
Went to Sunriver with the Seal Family.
Gavin and Scott ran a half-marathon in Sunriver
We also went to Crater Lake and rafting on the Umpqua River
with the Seals during our week at Sunriver.
July:
We finally made it as far north as Victoria, B.C. where we
camped and went to Buchard Gardens.
August:
Scott took Layton to Colorado to visit his cousins the Thornocks.
Sept:
Heidi went to San Francisco with her sister and some friends for a girls weekend.
Layton was baptized.
Layton also started Karate lessons.
We went to Wolf Lodge with the Dredge family.
Scott went to Bandon Dunes for a Guys Golfing Get-away.
October:
Scott and his brother Shane met their friend, Earl in Knoxville to see
their favorite Volunteers play football!
November:
Took all the kids on a Disney Cruise and
Heidi is trying to find out if Brunettes have as much fun!
December:
A visit from all the grandparents and we finally joined the rest of
the 21st century and got TIVO!
Favorite Rushing Quotes from 2008
Quotes from Will
Will: Mom, I just want to be recognized, ya know, when your body turns all perfect.
Mom: You mean “resurrected”
Will: Yes, everyone in my school has been resurrected, but not me.
Mom: No one in your class has been resurrected
Will: Yes they have, they don’t have any coughs like I do.
Will trying to figure out exactly what his mom is...
“Mom, you are a person, but really you are a mom.”
“Mom, you are a little bit teenager but lots of mom.”
“Mom, you are almost like a nurse” (after putting a bandaid on his friend)
“Mom, you are so much like a nurse because you do so many things, but you are not like a doctor because you would need to do lots more things.”
“Mom, you are a person, but really you are a mom.”
“Mom, you are a little bit teenager but lots of mom.”
“Mom, you are almost like a nurse” (after putting a bandaid on his friend)
“Mom, you are so much like a nurse because you do so many things, but you are not like a doctor because you would need to do lots more things.”
Will out of the blue while driving in the car...
Will: Mom, when you die, can I have your wallet?
Will: Mom, when you die, can I have your wallet?
Will and mom seeing Layton off at the door on his way to the school bus.
Will: After closing the door, Will looks at me and says, “I love that boy.”
Quote from Kennedy:
Kennedy driving with her permit
Mom: Kennedy, you have to drive on the right side of the road!
Kennedy: I keep thinking it is the left side
Mom: No, that would be how you do it in London
Kennedy: I always knew I should have been French!
(yes, she did pass the AP World geography test last year!)
Heidi got a box of See’s chocolates from the Young Women at church for her birthday. Kennedy ate one that was coffee-flavored.
Kennedy: After realizing it was coffee-flavored she asked me very seriously and a little panicked, “Do I need to go repent for this?”
Quotes from Layton:
Heidi got a box of See’s chocolates from the Young Women at church for her birthday. Kennedy ate one that was coffee-flavored.
Kennedy: After realizing it was coffee-flavored she asked me very seriously and a little panicked, “Do I need to go repent for this?”
Quotes from Layton:
Layton and Will are eating breakfast together.
Will: Are boogers healthy?
Layton: No, but they are fat-free.
Mom: Layton, you get to go to Scouts now that you are eight!
Layton: You mean I have to go into the wilderness?
Quotes from Karsyn:
We were driving around in the car, noticing the drop in gas prices.
Karsyn to mom: What did gas cost when you were born? uh...I mean...oops, I forgot, they didn’t have cars when you were born.
I was telling Karsyn about how we went camping a lot while I was growing up, but we didn’t camp in tents, we camped in trailers.
Karsyn: That is my favorite kind of camping.
Mom: You have never been trailer camping.
Karsyn: That is why it is my favorite!
Combing out Karsyn’s hair in the morning after sleeping in braids all night.
Karsyn: My hair looks like a sperm!
Mom: I think you mean a perm.
Will: Are boogers healthy?
Layton: No, but they are fat-free.
Mom: Layton, you get to go to Scouts now that you are eight!
Layton: You mean I have to go into the wilderness?
Quotes from Karsyn:
We were driving around in the car, noticing the drop in gas prices.
Karsyn to mom: What did gas cost when you were born? uh...I mean...oops, I forgot, they didn’t have cars when you were born.
I was telling Karsyn about how we went camping a lot while I was growing up, but we didn’t camp in tents, we camped in trailers.
Karsyn: That is my favorite kind of camping.
Mom: You have never been trailer camping.
Karsyn: That is why it is my favorite!
Combing out Karsyn’s hair in the morning after sleeping in braids all night.
Karsyn: My hair looks like a sperm!
Mom: I think you mean a perm.
Comments
I may need to copy this idea even though I didn't put my blog address on my cards...I just like the idea for my own little review. Who wants to read through 100+ posts to find all the highlights? I like it!