Yearly Memories - Part One

It's my birthday week!  I thought I would try something one of my favorite BLOGGERS does, and do a favorite memories over the past year post.

Because I am turning 29 again, I will give you 29 favorite memories with a bonus 4 memories.  A total of 33 favorite memories over the past year! 

1.  Rams basketball game with Cameron and Lindsay.  Cam and I were recovering from the stomach flu, it was Leap Day, it was a last minute decision.  But we did it.  We drove to Fort Collins where Lindsay met us from Laramie, and went to one of the most exciting Rams basketball games ever!  We had a blast.

2.  Going away party.  While I cried a majority of the time, and ugly cried the rest of the time, it was a great party.  All of our friends and family came to wish us well and we got to see so many smiling faces before we left.

Noah and I at the going away party.

3.  Collie's blowout on the ACTUAL DRIVE to Omaha.  Poop a good memory?  Not the poop itself, but the hysterical laughter Megan and I had as we confused the guy at the gas station bringing in one twin and then the other.  Also, I had to buy Collie his very first Nebraska shirt because in all of the packing and haste, I didn't pack extra clothes for my kids.

Collin's 1st NE shirt.

4.  St. Patrick's Day Nonsense! Megan was still here from the move, my parents and Noah were here, and Megan told us that Lucky the Leprechaun had to make a naughty mess at our house.  She put everything together, and it was worth it!  Cam and Noah freaked out and Cam STILL talks about the naughty leprechaun who ruined my crochet (he pulled a bunch of yarn all over the house from an extra roll I had).


5.  Exploring new parks.  We moved here on March 14th.  The next day it was 70 degrees and spring was here!  We were wearing shorts and tank tops in April.  It was great!  The boys and I explored tons of new parks almost on a daily basis.

6.  1st Birthday Bowties.  I ordered them from Etsy, and they were perfect!  Everyone loved them, including the boys, and they still like to wear them every once in a while!

Collin

Casey

7.  Twins 1st Birthday Party.  I had a family birthday party for the twins the weekend before their birthday.  Both of our families came along with Lindsay and Megan (the twins nannies for the first year).  The food was delicious, the decorations were awesome and we had a blast.  The weather did threaten us with tornadoes and hail for a while, but it passed!  

8.  Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.  We knew before we moved this place was legit, but now that we are frequent visitors, it is amazing!  We took Rian with us on a Sunday last spring, and had an absolute blast.  We haven't been so much over the course of the winter, but we have plenty of trips planned for spring and summer.

9.  Cam get's new "Sport Shoes".  Rian and I finally decided that we needed to spend a little bit of money on Cam's shoes.  We had just been buying whatever sports shoe Cam preferred at Target.  Cars, Toy Story, whatever.  But the kid has super high arches like his Daddy and I do, and the Target shoes wear out in about 2-3 months.  So I bought him some Nikes.  He put them on in the store and proceeded to run up and down aisles because he thought he was so fast.  

10.  Cam HATES swimming.  We signed Cam up for swim lessons for the summer.  It was awful.  Crying, shivering, more crying, negative attitude, even more crying.  That was just me.  Poor Cam was even worse.  Things turned around though, stay tuned.

11.  The Safari.  The zoo here also has a Wildlife Safari Park that you drive through!  It's awesome!  You see elk, bison, tons of birds, deer, etc.  We literally went there 8 times over the spring, summer and fall since we moved here.  It is a perfect place to go when Rian is out of town, the boys need to get out, but I want them contained as well.  You only drive 5 mph through it, and Cam loves to sit in the front seat, tell me where to go as he looks over the map, and take pictures of all the animals.  This fall, later in the season, we went one more time before they closed for the winter.  We may have been the only ones there, and the bison must have known.  As our car was coming down the hill towards them, the entire herd ran down the hill and blocked the road for 30 minutes!  Cam and I were in heaven.  It was too funny thinking we might be able to drive finally, and then a bison would just stop. look at us in our car, and then take a giant bison poop.  



12.  Cam's Summer Sports.  We signed Cam up for summer baseball and soccer.  The parks and rec department here is awesome, and for the little kids, it is more like a summer sports camp.  It goes for 8 weeks.  The first four weeks they practice one day a week and learn different skills.  The last four weeks they play little games against the other "teams".  Pretty funny, and Cam loved every second.

Cam's team was the "Twins"!

13.  Papillion Days.  This is the annual fair that our little town puts on.  It is so fun, and so much more than we expected.  It kicked off with an outdoor concert on Thursday.  The fair started the next day and we went that night.  Cam loved the rides and we loved watching him.  They also had a giant parade down the main road in our town.  Just writing this is making me excited for next year's!

14.  Cameron's 4th Birthday.  We knew we would be in Denver for Cameron's birthday, so I asked him what he would like to do.  He said, "I want to eat nuggets at Chick-Fil-A and go bowling."  That is exactly what we did.  Our friends and family met us at Chick-Fil-A and then we went bowling.  Cam had a blast and that is exactly what a 4 year old should be doing on their birthday.

STAY TUNED FOR MY YEARLY MEMORIES - PART 2