2018 Year in Review

January

We returned home from Christmas in TX and had lots of new toys to play with.

Luke was teething for several weeks. Such a rough time!

Oregon rain meant we spent a lot of time at the indoor McD's playground.

February

The boys and I flew to NM to spend a week with my family...

...before going to my 10 year LCU Reunion. 

I hadn't been back in 5 years and it was SO great to see college friends!

March

Kory was ordained as a pastor by our church and 

our Community Group all came to support him.

Luke got his 1st haircut. 

Peter moved to a big boy bed (and continued sleeping like a champ!)

I miscarried a baby in the early 1st trimester. 

April

We celebrated Easter in style...

and hosted several friends for lunch and an egg hunt. 

We spent a long weekend in Bend hiking 

and shopping and relaxing in the hot tub.

Pop and Granna came for a quick weekend visit. 

May

We celebrated Mother's Day in the park with friends.

Grandma came for a visit!

Kory and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.

June

We went camping at Whistler's Bend with the Harmons.

To prepare for a new playset, we began cutting down trees 

and clearing out blackberry bushes in the back yard. 

We spent a LOT of time at the splash pad and swimming pool.

July

An early ultrasound confirmed I was pregnant and baby was thriving.

August

Peter grew a LOT of zucchini...some bigger than others. :)

Pop and Granna came to watch the boys...

...so we could take a kid-free trip to San Francisco!

Right after we got home, Aunt Johnette came to see us.

September

I continued watching Zuna and Tzeitel every Tuesday so we 

took a 1st Day of School picture just for fun. (Ages 1, 2, 3, and 4)

We had a lot of backyard fires to burn branches and brush 

from the trees Kory cut down. (Picture by Peter)

Peter and I started Playing Preschool at home.

Peter started attending Awana every Wednesday.

October

The Harmon girls spent a week with us while their parents went to NY.

Peter was SO proud of his pumpkin he grew himself!

Baby kept growing and Luke got more obsessed with his pacifier. :) 

We spent as much time outside as possible. Fall in Oregon is perfection.

A fireman and his fire pup, Marshall, ate a LOT of Halloween candy.

November

Peter & Luke celebrated their 4th and 2nd birthdays with a dinosaur party.

 After 5 days in quarantine from Hand Foot & Mouth, we had to get out of the house and went for a drive to the Safari and had a picnic in an empty parking lot.

Peter and Luke added to their grateful turkeys each day.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our friends, John & Meredith.

We began the Christmas season by cutting down our own real tree.

December 

Kevin and Lauren came to the Oregon for a few days.

Papaw and Grandma made an early Christmas visit. 

A crazy windstorm helped clear out even more trees in the back yard, though it took down some fence and a shed and a window in the process. 

Pop and Granna and Uncle Andy joined us for Christmas at our house. 

We got a minivan in preparation of baby #3 arriving early next year!