A Year In Review

1. Making a Summer Bucket list, and completing so many fun activities.
2. The girls got their ears pierce along with their Grandma and Auntie.  
3. Making Peppermint Patties.  A Christmas baking tradition. 
4. Sleeping under the tree as a family Christmas Eve.
5. Having a Garage Sale with special friends.  
6. Having a lemonade stand.
7. Driving up to Canada to see Grandma and Grandpa.  The kiddos are great travelers.  We view it as 21 hours of captivated family time:)
8. Going to a Vikings football game as a family.
9. The kids got a Science Museum membership and loved exploring.  One of the favorite spots is the Omnitheater
10. Eating new foods.
11. Going to the cabin.
12. Having our baby chicks live in our dining room.  
13. Moving the chickens to the amazing coop my hubby built.
14. We were SO excited to gather our first egg.  
15. Loosing teeth (all kiddos lost teeth this year, including Annika’s first tooth)
16. Tubing behind the boat with friends 
17. Finding out my brother and sister-in-law are going to have a baby.  
18. Going to Glacier National Park.
19. Bree is enjoying learning how to sew.
20. Annika going to Kindergarten.  This is the first year all my kiddos have been in school together.
21. Finding baby mice in the sandbox.  (Not my highlight, but the kiddos loved it!)
22. Kaleb loved going to Yo-yo lab, and learning new tricks.
23. Both girls enjoyed dance class.  
24. Bree was in her first dance competition.
25. Kaleb played tackle football for the first time.
26. Making new friends.
27. Play dates.
28. Birthday Parties.
29. Going Ice Fishing and skating.
30. Skiing for the kids first time.
31. Riding horses.
32. Creating this blog.
33. Playing Just Dance on the WII.
34. Having an Anne of Green Gables marathon at the cabin.
35. Building gingerbread houses.
36. Playing with paper mache clay.
37. Tea parties.
38. Carrot cake pancake sandwiches at the beach.
39. Flying Kites
40. Rock climbing
41. Medieval Feast.
42. Playing croquet with Auntie Laurie.
43. Being in the Holidazzle Parade.
44. Winning a Halloween costume contest.
45. Picking crab apples.
46. Going to swimming lessons.
47. Rotten apple baseball.
48. Special friends visiting from out of county.
49. Watching fireworks.
50. Taking the chickens on a vacation to the cabin
51. State fair.
52. Wet and Wild days.
53. Valley Fair rides.
54. Paints flags on our toes.
55. Kaleb learned how to mow the law.
56. Painting and refurbishing furniture.
57. Bloomington and New Hope free days.
58. Easter party with friends.
59. Sledding and playing in the snow.
60. Making snow ice cream.

The list could keep just keep growing.  It was so fun hearing what the kids thought was fun and an important memory for them.  I loved listening to them remember what funny things happened or exciting moments we shared.  Love it!