Although 2009 may not have been as good to some people, we came away with several firsts and many positive things in our life.
Ean started school (which he loves), April reconnected with old friends, Dylan connecting with some gaming friends, Ean’s first dentist trip, Ella walking/running/eating/getting into everything/talking/laughing/feeding herself, Ean letting us eat at Rainforest cafe, Cocoa Beach, Ean riding a bike, Dylan working 120 hours a week to start up a major project, and April trying and liking sushi, which has become a regular item on our menu now and many many more things.
So as much as we enjoyed 2009, we also look forward to 2010. We get to work on Ella potty training, Ean and homework, getting the house ready to sell and many other projects.
For those that were in our lives this past year, we thank you and we appreciate everything that you have done to enrich our lives and our children.
For those that were not in our lives this past year, we wish we had more time together to share our lives with you and learn from yours. I hope that 2010 brings us more opportunities to be together.
Here are just a few major moments from the past year in pictures.
Well, our Christmas holiday is wrapping up and we are working on retiring the old stuff (clothes and toys) and moving the new toys/clothes into the rotation.
Other than the snowy and cold weather, our holiday was a good one. Ella wanted nothing to do with unwrapping presents, but loved pulling socks from the stockings. Ean, on the other hand, loves opening presents so much so that he was unwrapping his presents and not waiting for anyone to watch him.
We still owe a couple of gifts and should get them out hopefully by the beginning of the new year.
It’s funny – the kids never eat all of their food in one sitting. However, we discovered a place that the kids not only eat at all of their food, but they ask for seconds. Sakura’s japanese restaurant, which was previously a date night eatery,has been put on the lunch rotation. It has also been placed on one of the Fort Wayne favorites.
We didn’t think we were going to make it to Sea World on this trip after we started looking at the prices. Then we found some 50% off coupons at the condo where we were staying at.
The 4 McIntosh Apples all headed over there on Saturday for a very hot and sweaty day.
The kids all enjoyed the shows as well as the exhibits, especially the dolphin show with the aerial acrobatics and Macaws. Unfortunately, we didn’t get any video or pictures of the dolphin show because we were too engrossed in the show. April and Ean went and fed the dolphins as well although Ean got splashed in the face and wasn’t happy after that.
Here are some pictures, a slideshow of photos, and a link to the photo album.
The family went down to Downtown Disney one day last week to hit the Lego Imagination Center and let Ean go shopping. My Dad came down and joined us for the afternoon.
We ended up eating lunch at the Rainforest Cafe, which Ean did not like in a previous visit to the Nashville one. After several long minutes, we convinced him to sit down and at least try it. We made it through the meal.
Here are a few photographs from the afternoon as well as the slide show and link to the photo album.
