A year in review

2010 In Review

January- We rang in the New Year with Babe and Pops in WA; Papaw came to visit and meet baby Nora; Wilson and Chris flew to Ohio for Jeff and Laura's wedding; we took Nora on her first road trip (she was five weeks old) to Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR for Chris’ district meetings

February- Wilson turned 3; Uncle Rob came to visit and we explored Vancouver, BC during the winter Olympic Games

March- Chris went to Omaha for training

April-Papaw came to visit; we discovered Orcas Island in the San Juans; Wilson had his first ear infection

May- Chris turned 31; we took our first family camping trip to Baker Lake WA in the Cascade Mountain Range

June- scouting trip to Hope, BC; Jame and the kids flew to Florida to visit with Cici and meet up with Melissa, Clara Sue and baby Charlie; Nora started sitting up on her own and eating solid foods

July-we celebrated six years of marriage in Pacific Beach, WA on the coast of Washington and drove the Washington coastline home; Nora started crawling

August- Jame turned 31; we spent three days in Seattle exploring the city and catching up with friends; our niece Emma June was born (8-10); Jame and the kids flew to Ohio to visit family and friends for three weeks; Chris flew to Omaha for a week of training and then flew to Ohio to visit with family for one week

September- Flew back to WA from OH and our great friends the Wingerters came out for a visit; Wilson started preschool two mornings a week at our church

October- Chris and Jame flew to San Diego for a weekend for Chris’ work while Babe flew out to watch the kids (our first trip kid free); Nora had her first ear infection; we went Oktoberfest in Leavenworth and took the kids to their first hockey game in Wenatchee; Papaw came to visit; we found out that Kiewit was awarded a job in West Virginia and that Chris was (possibly) being placed on the job; Nora was a zebra and Wilson was an astronaut for Halloween

November- Wilson started soccer; Jame started another blog; Nora said her first true words- dada, mama, and all done

December- We took the train from Bellingham to Vancouver, WA for Chris’ district meetings in Vancouver, WA; Chris position on the project in WV became more definite, Papaw came out for Christmas and to help us with the dogs during our vacation; we vacationed in HI; Nora turned 1; Chris flew to OH for a meeting regarding the WV project and gained information about the project and when our family might be moving (tentative dates: anytime between the end of January or the end of February)