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Well, 2011 is gone and I only made it to March with my monthly blog updates:) Maybe 2012 will be better...we will see! So, to catch up, here is a list of happenings from 2011. In addition to these things and because this is my blog, I will add that I completed six 5K races last year! Never ever would have guessed that to happen! Planning to do most of the same runs this year and maybe step it up a notch.
Many lessons learned in 2011, I am sure I have MANY more to go. However, I am a woman of strength. I read and then reposted on Facebook, the following:
"A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong."
I KNOW this to be true!! The journey - sometimes joyful, sometimes not, but alway good when I finally get where HE is directing me!
2011
Christmas cards were crossed from the ‘to do’ list in early December, but the Happy New Year’s card made it to you! Hope you reflect on your 2011 blessings and are hopeful for a 2012 of peace and joy! 2011 was a busy year for the Adamson family; the below 2011 Year in Review is for you to know what happened with us, but also to chronicle the year for our family.
January: It snowed. The boys played in the snow; it was Eli’s first experience in the snow. Mouse (our cat…who should have been named Willie ‘cause he’s a WILDcat!) turned 6 months old. Eli’s has his 4th pair of foot braces. Back to school…back to work!
February: Except for one freakishly warm day, it was COLD…a very long month. Rugby season started.
March: SPRING BREAK!! Amy, Blake and Eli flew to Biloxi, MS to join Grandma and Grandpa McManus for a visit with family in Ocean Springs, MS. Good visiting, good food, fun at the beach and a quick visit with our family in Sikeston MO on the drive home. Eli participated in roller skating and Hippo Therapy!
April: Easter!! We hosted the Easter festivities and were joined by Heather, Doug and Amy’s parents for church, dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It is getting warmer…finally!! Scott turns 43!!
May: Amy attended the Lighthouse Baptist Church Mother Daughter banquet accompanied by her Mom and Diane Ecklund. End of school concerts, summer birthday party for Eli at school (A bubble party…the kids LOVED it…especially Eli), rugby playoffs, hired a summer nanny (Catherine Gerstner) and prepared for Myrey Christensen to move in for the summer. Myrey arrived Memorial Day weekend.
June: NASCAR, KSU football camp, Heather & Doug got engaged, Eli’s 8th birthday lunch, CARS 2 and fountain playing party! Swimming lessons. Jasmine, a6 year old champion corgi, joined our family!
July: Visited Grandma and Grandpa McManus for July 1-3, Pastor and Denise’s July 4th picnic, Jr. High football camp, Myrey and Blake go to Youth Camp in Colorado for a week, Amy turns 41!!
August: We went to Denver for several days: visited Duanna’s family, hiked, ate fun foods, and watched BIG rugby…FUN TRIP! Back to school, then rugby and football seasons started. Eli’s new after school nanny, Bailey Smith, started working for us.
September & October: Lots of Jr. High football, Blues rugby and Hippo Therapy. Amy, Blake and Eli went on fall break to Salina, KS, then on to Kannapolis Lake to visit PawPaw and Joe at the rendezvous, then to Grammie and PawPaw’s for a night. That Rolling Hills Animal Adventure Park is much bigger than it appears!
November: The end of Jr. High football season, Blues rugby season and fall Hippo Therapy. We celebrated our 15th anniversary and took our annual anniversary/family trip to Big Cedar Lodge near Branson MO. Grandma and Grandpa McManus joined us. Biggest year yet for Operation Christmas Child at Lighthouse Baptist Church: 190 boxes! Kaytee Clark, a Baker Special Ed major, now helps with Eli a few days each week. BIG THANKSGIVING!! All 17 members of the Howle family were together for the weekend celebration. Amy’s comment, “It was my best Thanksgiving ever!”
December: Go CATS!! Amy traveled to Manhattan KS for the KSU vs. Iowa State game with college roommate, Tamara (aka Tammy) Butler Miller, Ekwensi Griffith and Eric Gallon…”A responsibility-free day!” BLAKE TURNED 13 YEARS OLD!! Amazing how the years have passed so quickly…he is a JOY and we are so proud of the wonderful young man he is! Christmas Eve in Lost Springs at Grammie and PawPaw’s house joined by Matt, Crysta, Isaac, Lily and Emma! Christmas at home. Blake traveled to Tulsa with the Youth Group for the T3 Youth Rally. Grammie visited for a few days. Happy New Year! Spent New Year’s Day with the Griffith family!!
2012
May the New Year be full of peace, laughter, growth and blessings! If you have any plans to be near KC in 2012, please contact us!
Christmas cards were crossed from the ‘to do’ list in early December, but the Happy New Year’s card made it to you! Hope you reflect on your 2011 blessings and are hopeful for a 2012 of peace and joy! 2011 was a busy year for the Adamson family; the below 2011 Year in Review is for you to know what happened with us, but also to chronicle the year for our family.
January: It snowed. The boys played in the snow; it was Eli’s first experience in the snow. Mouse (our cat…who should have been named Willie ‘cause he’s a WILDcat!) turned 6 months old. Eli’s has his 4th pair of foot braces. Back to school…back to work!
February: Except for one freakishly warm day, it was COLD…a very long month. Rugby season started.
March: SPRING BREAK!! Amy, Blake and Eli flew to Biloxi, MS to join Grandma and Grandpa McManus for a visit with family in Ocean Springs, MS. Good visiting, good food, fun at the beach and a quick visit with our family in Sikeston MO on the drive home. Eli participated in roller skating and Hippo Therapy!
April: Easter!! We hosted the Easter festivities and were joined by Heather, Doug and Amy’s parents for church, dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It is getting warmer…finally!! Scott turns 43!!
May: Amy attended the Lighthouse Baptist Church Mother Daughter banquet accompanied by her Mom and Diane Ecklund. End of school concerts, summer birthday party for Eli at school (A bubble party…the kids LOVED it…especially Eli), rugby playoffs, hired a summer nanny (Catherine Gerstner) and prepared for Myrey Christensen to move in for the summer. Myrey arrived Memorial Day weekend.
June: NASCAR, KSU football camp, Heather & Doug got engaged, Eli’s 8th birthday lunch, CARS 2 and fountain playing party! Swimming lessons. Jasmine, a6 year old champion corgi, joined our family!
July: Visited Grandma and Grandpa McManus for July 1-3, Pastor and Denise’s July 4th picnic, Jr. High football camp, Myrey and Blake go to Youth Camp in Colorado for a week, Amy turns 41!!
August: We went to Denver for several days: visited Duanna’s family, hiked, ate fun foods, and watched BIG rugby…FUN TRIP! Back to school, then rugby and football seasons started. Eli’s new after school nanny, Bailey Smith, started working for us.
September & October: Lots of Jr. High football, Blues rugby and Hippo Therapy. Amy, Blake and Eli went on fall break to Salina, KS, then on to Kannapolis Lake to visit PawPaw and Joe at the rendezvous, then to Grammie and PawPaw’s for a night. That Rolling Hills Animal Adventure Park is much bigger than it appears!
November: The end of Jr. High football season, Blues rugby season and fall Hippo Therapy. We celebrated our 15th anniversary and took our annual anniversary/family trip to Big Cedar Lodge near Branson MO. Grandma and Grandpa McManus joined us. Biggest year yet for Operation Christmas Child at Lighthouse Baptist Church: 190 boxes! Kaytee Clark, a Baker Special Ed major, now helps with Eli a few days each week. BIG THANKSGIVING!! All 17 members of the Howle family were together for the weekend celebration. Amy’s comment, “It was my best Thanksgiving ever!”
December: Go CATS!! Amy traveled to Manhattan KS for the KSU vs. Iowa State game with college roommate, Tamara (aka Tammy) Butler Miller, Ekwensi Griffith and Eric Gallon…”A responsibility-free day!” BLAKE TURNED 13 YEARS OLD!! Amazing how the years have passed so quickly…he is a JOY and we are so proud of the wonderful young man he is! Christmas Eve in Lost Springs at Grammie and PawPaw’s house joined by Matt, Crysta, Isaac, Lily and Emma! Christmas at home. Blake traveled to Tulsa with the Youth Group for the T3 Youth Rally. Grammie visited for a few days. Happy New Year! Spent New Year’s Day with the Griffith family!!
2012
May the New Year be full of peace, laughter, growth and blessings! If you have any plans to be near KC in 2012, please contact us!
