2007 Rearview Mirror
We've gotten our fair share of holiday mail over the last few weeks, and it's always great to find one of those extended "family newsletter" write-ups inside a card - offering photos and some elaboration on what people have been up to. I've been thinking of doing a similar compilation for our family for the last few years and just have never gotten around to it.
But thanks to the wonders of Blogger, and the power of hyperlinks, I can take advantage of the fact that our year is basically already written up. So here - as I wander off to pursue carpal tunnel therapy after all the clicking and pasting required to produce the effort that appears below - was our 2007.
It was a great and active year during which...
We enjoyed another installment of the annual family vacation in Aruba
Madison didn't mind the gap
We welcomed a new school year
We happily closed a window
Ava turned 4 with Hello Kitty
Madison turned 6 with a trip to the Greatest Show on Earth
Madison left me a note
Ava honed her burgeoning sense of humor
We made quite a lot of sauce
Madison ditched the training wheels
Gwen and I took an amazing adults-only trip to Italy and missed the kids
Ava became unfortunately acquainted with something called a Nightstick Break (and recovered nicely)
We admired our (inherited) plants, and our lawn, and our plants again
We (adults in the house) said goodbye to Tony S.
We went to Vermont
And had such a great time we decided to go back
I surrendered my glasses to the New Jersey surf
Madison wondered when the Beatles would finally land on iTunes, and contemplated the iPhone hysteria
We continued to assess the merits of a pet cat
We took on Disney for the first time (and certainly not the last)
We won one blog competition
And got crushed in another
We ordered a healthy breakfast
Ava learned to swim
We trained for Disney by spending a day wandering around the Bronx Zoo
Ava finally made it out onto the soccer field
We went back and paid for a CD we had already downloaded for free
And, most recently, we participated in the nationwide sensation known as Hannah/Miley/Jonas
And we did it all together, which of course makes all the difference. Thanks to everyone for stopping by this little corner of the World Wide Web in 2007, and here's wishing you and yours a great 2008...
But thanks to the wonders of Blogger, and the power of hyperlinks, I can take advantage of the fact that our year is basically already written up. So here - as I wander off to pursue carpal tunnel therapy after all the clicking and pasting required to produce the effort that appears below - was our 2007.
It was a great and active year during which...
We enjoyed another installment of the annual family vacation in Aruba
Madison didn't mind the gap
We welcomed a new school year
We happily closed a window
Ava turned 4 with Hello Kitty
Madison turned 6 with a trip to the Greatest Show on Earth
Madison left me a note
Ava honed her burgeoning sense of humor
We made quite a lot of sauce
Madison ditched the training wheels
Gwen and I took an amazing adults-only trip to Italy and missed the kids
Ava became unfortunately acquainted with something called a Nightstick Break (and recovered nicely)
We admired our (inherited) plants, and our lawn, and our plants again
We (adults in the house) said goodbye to Tony S.
We went to Vermont
And had such a great time we decided to go back
I surrendered my glasses to the New Jersey surf
Madison wondered when the Beatles would finally land on iTunes, and contemplated the iPhone hysteria
We continued to assess the merits of a pet cat
We took on Disney for the first time (and certainly not the last)
We won one blog competition
And got crushed in another
We ordered a healthy breakfast
Ava learned to swim
We trained for Disney by spending a day wandering around the Bronx Zoo
Ava finally made it out onto the soccer field
We went back and paid for a CD we had already downloaded for free
And, most recently, we participated in the nationwide sensation known as Hannah/Miley/Jonas
And we did it all together, which of course makes all the difference. Thanks to everyone for stopping by this little corner of the World Wide Web in 2007, and here's wishing you and yours a great 2008...
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