Our Year in Review and Picture Fest….Almost 100 Pictures.

The new year has started and I have not updated this in awhile.  I have heard from several family members that I need to post the Christmas pictures and tell everyone what is new here.  This will not be just a Christmas post since I never posted pictures from the kids birthday or the family pictures we took while visiting Dave & Margie in Davenport, FL.  Here is our year in review….

 

This was taken in January. We usually never saw daddy in the morning but we were having van trouble and had to share the good van for about a week or so. I was working for the home imporvement company and Brad was working for the temp service at GE.

Look at Lexi and Mommy’s matching shirts.

Easter 2008

Lexi playing in the pool May 2008

Lexi finally has enough hair to pull up into cute pig tails.

Lexi learned how to swim in the big pool this summer.

I think she may be part fish. She loves the water.

Summer 2008

Gabe loves being outside.

He is a tough guy with a tattoo.

Gabe started VPK in Sept 2008 (Pre-Kindergarten)

Lexi also started in a new daycare.

Gabe’s first time mini-golfing.

Daddy is the golfing expert showing Lexi how to putt.

Look at Gabe’s form.

He has great follow through.

Lexi was climbing up the course that went down.

Gabe explaining the rules to his little sister.

It was such a bad round we had to lock them up.

Lexi feel asleep with her head almost in the night stand.

Lexi was so tired after a day of playing.

Gabe walked around the block with this dog every evening of our vacation.

She loves doggies.

Baths right before family pictures.

The Bailiff’s 2008

Brad & Carmen

Gabe & Daddy

Lexi & Daddy

Lexi & Mommy

Gabe is a Packer fan.

Gabe should be swimming with no floaties by next year.

Lexi found a new love…watermelon.

After about 3 pieces she was done.

Lexi’s first nightgown.

Lexi just being herself.

I think Lexi is more like her daddy in both attitude and looks.

Gabe dressed as a scary skeleton for Halloween.

Gabe’s skeleton pumpkin

Lexi was a cute fairy.

The Tinker Bell Cupcake Cake.

Look at all the presents.

Uncle Butch helped unwrap a gift.

That fish plays the most annoying song, but she loves it.

Gabe turns 5.

Gabe’s Incredible Hulk Cake.

Lexi wanted to help Gabe open his presents.

They built a tower out of the boxes his leggos came in.

New outfits Gramma bought them for their birthdays.

Waiting for Gabe’s Cristmas program to start.

Gabe is in the corner on the back row.

Christmas Eve at Nana’s – Opening the first present.

Daddy helping Lexi keep track of all her gifts.

Gabe opening his Incredible Hulk Movie from Nana.

Lexi was playing with her princesses.

Christmas morning….opening the first present.

It is an Ironman from Gramma & Grampa.

Lexi’s first present of the morning.

Gabe got the cartoon movie “Scooby-Doo Meets Batman”

A brief nap after breakfast and then more presents.

The already opened presents got removed from their boxes.

More toys for Lexi that can be left on the ground for daddy to step on.

Lexi opened her Cinderella doll she got from Gramma & Grampa.

Lexi reading her new book to Daddy.

The last present under the tree.

January – Lexi learned how to walk.

February- We celebrated one year in Florida

March- Brad had a birthday and I got laid off from my job.

April-I got unemployment.

May-The kids got a pool in the back yard and the whole world got to see Lexi count on youtube.

June-We started to worry about life my unemployment was about to run out and Brad was approaching his year at Landrum.  That ment he would have to be laid off 3 months from GE unless he got hired.

July-Brad got hired at GE.  We have health benefits and he has a decent wage.

August-Gabe started Pre-Kindergarten.  Brad & I celebrated 6 years marriage.

September-Visited Dave & Margie in Davenport, FL.  While there we took a new family picture in typical Wisconsin fashion, wearing our Packer gear that Vicki (Gramma or Mom) sent us.  Gabe went mini-golfing for the first time and I took a nasty fall.

October-I had another birthday and the kids picked out costumes for Halloween.  Gabe picked out his we picked out Lexi’s.  Their pumpkins were designed to matched what they dressed up as.

November-Lexi turned 2.  Gabe turned 5.  I found a new job and should get hired as a regular employee by the end of January 2009.

December-Gabe had his school Christmas program.  We celebrated Christmas Eve with my Mom and family and spent the rest of the holidays at home as a family.

2008 has been an interesting year full of ups and downs.  Some of the downs have been really low but things are really starting look up. 

The only real resolution I have made this year is to get Lexi off her pacifier or “fire” as she calls it.  Gabe will start kindergarten and Lexi will continue with her terrible 2 & 3.  We have palns to visit our family in WIsconsin in July 2009.  We already have our place stay, Thank You Auntie Donna!  We just have to figure out how long we are staying.  We have tons of family to visit and there never seems to be enough time. 

I hope 2009 is being nice to everyone.  Have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Love, you all,

Carmen & The Family

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