February Made Me Shiver

I'm talking about reflections of everything my family and I did this year. I was going through all of our photos, trying to pick out only 6 for the year. I got it down to 12. I had to cut photos of people who came to visit, sorry to Karen and Cynthia, they were great photos next to the Lucy statue inside of the gift shop at Snoopy's Home Ice. I try to bring all of my out of town guests there, it's such a special place. It's where Charles Schulz worked on Peanuts, and he built the ice rink. There's now a new Schulz museum. Come and visit, I guarantee a visit there.

So, here's some of the highlights of the things we did this year.

*=photo sent in my Christmas cards - if I ever send my Christmas cards

December 2007
1* Owen jumping on the trampoline while a hot air balloon lands behind him

January
2*My brother got married at our house.
Trampoline gets wrapped around a tree in a wind storm the day before the wedding.
Friends Karen and Rob visited from Phoenix
3*Mike's 40th birthday celebration at Yosemite

February
4*Amgen Tour of California - kids ride in the kids race

March
Disneyland, Legoland, 5*Priscilla's 100th birthday celebration in SoCal.
We got to visit with 55 visiting family members from out of town
Also visited with my Uncle Norman and Cousin Jeannie

April
-6*Boys start hockey class and continue once a week, for the rest of the year
Bryce and Owen perform in the school talent show

May
-7*Cub Scouts and more Cub Scouts - marched in the Santa Rosa Rose Parade
Mike and I drive to San Jose to attend a Sharks playoff game

June
School's Out for Summer. Boys go with Mike to Kids Kamp. Melanie goes to YMCA Preschool camp

July
- family camp at Camp Masonite Navarro. The camp is northwest of us, and camp was during the time of all the wildfires. They fires were becoming contained, but there was still plenty of smoke in the air and firefighters all over.
*8 - Camp is only a few miles from Husch Winery, and Mike and I got to enjoy some nice wine tasting on the way home.
-Sonoma County Fair

August
Cynthia came to visit - same weekend that Mike and Bryce went to Cub Scout Camp
I got to meet Jon Provost in Napa, after I read his book. Who's Jon Provost? The actor who used to play Timmy in Lassie back in the 60's.
Surprise visit by Tony and Cindy for my and Melanie's birthday
School starts again - Melanie's first day of Kindergarten
Howard and Nancy came to visit, they like to visit for our dad's birthday, 86 this year.
Trampoline is replaced, thanks Howard and Nancy!! It's now secured in the backyard with a safety net.

September
Dad moves to the Veteran's Home in Yountville, California, the heart of the Napa Valley. I now go there every other Sunday. When he lived in Petaluma, I went every Sunday. Yountville is a 1.5 hour drive each way, Petaluma was about 25 minutes from our house.
Bryce starts taking violin lessons through the school band program. All three kids take piano through Move Over Mozart after school.
Owen loses his 3rd ever tooth.

October
My goodness, what did we do in October? Trip to the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco with Fred, LaVerne, Jon, Regina, Mike, me, Bryce, Owen and Melanie. We all had a great time.
Went to a few pumpkin patches, too.
Went to Fort Ross.
Owen loses his 4th ever tooth.

November
I'm sure we did something. Can you tell, my mind is a blank!
10*Thanksgiving at Fred and LaVerne's
Owen loses his 5th ever tooth.

December
11*Family cooking class at Ramekins with Fred, LaVerne, Jon, Regina, Mike, me
Uncle Norman passes away at age 92, we will miss him, but we will never forget him.
Will Owen lose another tooth? He looks like a new person!

*12 - kids playing

Mike continues to play hockey twice a week, and World of Warcraft in between
I continue to roast coffee beans, go to the farmers market every week, and cook.

I need to thank our babysitter, Megan, because the kids really love her and she is the best.

Somehow, we manage to keep our sanity.

Blessings to all of our friends and family because it is you who really keep us sane.

Happy New Year!
Love,
Bonnie