Looking Back at 2011!!

I love looking back at the past year...it helps me remember and count all our blessings:)
-Started the year off with Parks turning 3!
-1 month after Parks turned 3 he got his two front teeth knocked out:(
-My Mom flew out for a visit at the end of February for a week and a bit.
-In March our nephew Tyler returned home from Mozambique, Africa after serving a Mission for 2 years
-Grace learned to crawl at 9 1/2 months old
-Early April we lived at Grant and Sue's for a week to babysit Seth and Lance while they were in Hawaii
-In May, Matt and I celebrated being together for 12 years!!
-Mid May we bought our 1st wakeboard boat!  1999 Malibu Response LX...and sold it in 1 week/3 days!
-Also, built a new deck in our backyard:-)
-End of May we flew out to Ottawa for 2 weeks...and celebrated Grace's 1st birthday! 
-Grace took her 1st steps a few days after turning 1!!!
-Beginning of Summer is when Parks' bug obsession started;)
-June we drove out to Cardston and showed the kids the Temple for the 1st time.
-Mid June we bought our 2nd wakeboard boat!  2001 Malibu Wakesetter VLX and sold it mid August!
-End of June Matt and I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary
-We spent most of our Summer at Tie Lake and enjoyed every second of it:)
-In July Parks started swimming in a floaty boat in the lake...
-By the end of July he was jumping off the dock in his floaty boat:)
-In August he was swimming in the lake by himself with only a life jacket on!!!
-Grace started to walk full time and stopped nursing in July
-August we had the annual Hill Family Reunion at Tie Lake
-By August I was able to run up to 6k!
-End of August we bought our very 1st Truck!  2006 Sierra Duramax GMC
-We started our love for hiking at the end of August
-Hunting Season started Sept 1 until Nov 30th..1 bull moose and a record book buck for Matt!
-September my Mom flew out for a visit and stayed with us for a week:)
-End of September we went to Aunt Alex and Jerome's Wedding...where I learned the art of baking cupcakes...
-Matt turned 27 years old:)
-Also at the end of September Parks learned to ride a 2 wheel bike with no training wheels!!!
-In October Matt completed his training and is now specialized in HAZMAT...I guess he's called a HAZMAT Fire Fighter now:)
-Cooked my very first Turkey for Thanksgiving
-I celebrated turning 28 years old on October 20th!
-One day later Ammo celebrated turning 4 years old:)
-Halloween was fun! Parks the Fire Fighter and Grace was Tinker Bell
-Beginning of November Matt had a week of holidays to hunt, so the kids and I flew to Ottawa for 2 weeks...which later turned into only 10 days...
-On November 15th our beloved sister-in-law, Jacquie passed away.
-The Kids and I flew home and than drove to Alpine, Utah for her Funeral and stayed for a week.
-Early December Matt flew to California for 5 days to spend time with his brother Paul and 6 kids at DisneyLand and Sea World etc...a paid for trip that Paul and his kids got from Fire Fighter friends.
-To back things up a bit... at the end of October we found out why Grace had been sick with diarrhea on and off since beginning of September...beaver fever! 1 day after finishing her 7 days of antibiotics she got a double ear infection and strep throat...on more antibiotics.  Almost 2 weeks later she caught an awful chest cold from cousins while we were in Utah and was severely sick for 2 1/2 weeks afterwards.  She got better for about a week...than while Matt was away in California, beginning of December, Parks got (what we were told at the time was Pinworms) so we treated Grace too to be safe.  At that same time she had a minor yeast infection that was keeping her up at night.  Runny noses continued...Parks bum was getting worse with itching and severe redness that kept him up at night...Meanwhile my parents flew out here for Christmas!!! Stayed for 1 week.  During that visit Grace caught yet another very scary virus that had her coughing non stop day and night for 2 whole days...she than over that week slowly got healthy again!!! We brought Parks back to Urgent Care just after Christmas and found out it was not Pinworms but instead psoriasis eczema.  After just 2 days of using cortisone cream his bum is practically all better!!!
-New Year's Eve Night Matt had to work and I stayed home...in bed by 10pm:) and brought in the New Year with HEALTHY SLEEPING KIDS!!!