So l had started well, intending no actually promising l think to post at least once a month, if not every week (who are we kidding!) And then, I'm just not sure what happened, but here l am Monday December the 28th, 3 days till the end of 2009, and my last post was in August the day the kids commenced school! So much has happened this year, some good some not so good (l'd actually love to forget the bad stuff if l could) all that occurred this year has had some impact on our lives be it good or bad, it's what makes us who we are. So my intention is to sum up the year, not really fair l know, but then again, what can l do? except to promise that maybe in 2010 l will try harder to post more often? I mean l love reading back on what we did, experienced and felt that year, and god knows as l get older l need all the help l can get in jogging my memory :)
I could and maybe will blame it partly on Facebook, since at the start of the year l discovered and got into Facebook. Finding so many old school friends and Ansett friends has been a great joy and to be reconnected with some of these friends is amazing. So yep l think l'll blame it on Facebook.
Anyway without further ado, here we go, a recap of 2009, the good the bad and the ugly (well maybe not the ugly)
January as you can see was already summed up, and a little of February too.
MARCH
So March it is! March came and we were back into Liam's baseball season, his 2nd year with the Alliance Raptors. 
For Spring break we headed off to Taos for a Skiing vacation with our friends the Oakley's. This was the first time skiing for the kids and Darren and l had not been for years (well before we got married). The kids took some lessons, Liam got sick on the first day there. We think it could have been altitude sickness, but luckily it didn't last long and we were all skiing down the green and blue runs in no time at all! We had amazing weather, and the scenery was absolutely breathtaking. We stayed right on the mountain and ate some amazing German food, and l got some great pictures. Isn't that what it's all about? ;)
APRIL
So onto April, let's see, more baseball and the Raptors won their first 2nd place trophy.
Spring came and l enjoyed photographing my garden in bloom. The bluebonnets reappeared and we took the usual photos near Solana. This time l also took the kids to a field l had been admiring for a while. I just loved the soft glow of the light in the afternoon on the field and every time l drove past it l would comment to myself that l really need to take some pictures of the kids in it. So l did!
Then we had Easter, and our 2nd annual Easter Egg scavenger hunt which the kids loved. This year, mum and Tiz sent over a care package of Aussie chocolate Easter eggs, which we couldn't wait to eat.
Well that's it for now, I'll recap May soon, it was a busy/good month and requires a post all of it's own.
Today was spent mostly helping Maddy work on her school project for BCIS. She had to plan and organize a vacation for two to Rome, complete with Slide show.
Having always played baseball since we got to the States, Liam decided he wanted to give Flag football a try this season. So most of our Saturday afternoons have been going to watching him play. He's really enjoying it, although I'm still struggling to understand the game.
I felt like cooking today, so l decided to take out mum's pasta machine and got to work making whole wheat Fettuccine and pasta sauce.
A very wet and dark gray day, the lighting wasn't good inside so l ventured out to take some photos of the rain.
Working on my project life journal cards, I struggle with journaling in general and don't really like my handwriting, but this is good for me, to go outside my comfort zone, and learn to express myself with words.
In honour of Australia day l decided that we would celebrate by eating a home made Aussie meat pie complete with Tomato sauce (ketchup) and it was delicious! 
I am so thankful for my iphone, it comes in handy while waiting to pick up the kids from school and taxi them to their activities.
