Okay so I got this idea from my sister-in-law Kara and I had fun reading theirs, so hopefully you will enjoy reading what happen in 2008 for the Erickson's!! Thanks for the idea Kar!
January-The only think we can think of for January is we were already ready for summer and getting depressed that we still have 2 more months of the white stuff!! (we ask ourselves all the time why we are still living here) We do love it here we could just do without the LONG winters!
February-I was able to go on a trip with my mom to California to visit my Aunt Janice. We had so much fun together. We spent a day in San Fran, and a day in Old Town Sacramento and spent the rest of our time shopping. I love whenever I get to spend time with my mom. I remember missing Danny so much though, I had just bought a book that had a 1001 ideas to be more romantic and I took it with me on our trip, so needless to say I missed him that much more.
March-March Danny was able to go on his annual golf trip with his dad, brothers and friends! They go every year right around March Madness! The highlight of March though was when Danny won his TV!!
April-We both celebrated birthdays in April! My friend Melissa and I surprised our husbands with a trip to Southern California. The highlight of the trip for us didn't even have anything to do with sightseeing in California, it was just what Jeffrey did to make us all almost pee our pants laughing. Don't worry we won't go into details! Another memorable event from that trip was that we went whale watching and didn't even see any whales!
May-It started out good we went on a trip with Danny's family down to Palm Springs, CA. His mom had found this killer house that had it own pool, and we spent our time in the pool, golfing (of course, what would an Erickson Vacation be without golfing) and shopping. The end of the month was very somber, our great friends Vic and Molly had the worst thing ever that could happen to a parent happen to them. Their sweet daughter Lucy chocked on an apple on Sunday morning after church. I remember that day so vividly. After many prayers and fasting on her behalf she was welcomed back to our Heavenly Fathers arms on May 22nd. We love you Vic and Molly and feel blessed to have known Lucy, she is a beautiful little girl and only regret not knowing her better the latter part of her life her on this earth.
Check out their blog for their amazing story :http://jacksonparkcity.blogspot.com/
June-The weather was finally warm, which means I don't see much of Danny. Golf and softball season consume most of his time. I enjoy watching him play, and love every chance I get to go golfing with him. My cousin Taunya was Married in the Rexburg temple. June actually started a summer of spending a lot of time with my family.
July-July was a busy month, we spent the Fourth of July in Idaho Falls with my family. I love the fourth of July in Idaho Falls. We had a family reunion with my Mom's side and it was so fun to see everyone. Then over the 24th of July we went to California for a McAffee family reunion with my Dad's side. We camped on the beach, and had a blast with everyone. I love this picture of m dad and nephews playing super heroes.
August-We spent a weekend with my family up at Pineview (I told you we spent a lot of time with my family but I loved it!) We were all able to be there except for Kara. It is always nice when we can all be together. My cousin Ashley and her husband Nick and their little cutie came to stay with us for a couple of days. We spent a weekend in St. George to see our friends Leslie, Morgan and Alie. We went to Tuacan with some friends in our ward to see Les Miserables, we had such a blastr. We got some exciting news, Nate and Ashley (Danny's brother and sister-in-law) announced that they were expecting the first grand baby on the Erickson side. We are all very excited. We love August because that is when the leaves start to change up here in Park City, it is my favorite time of year up here, it is absolutely beautiful.
September-We found out that I would have to have surgery, but were very excited that we FINALLY had some answers! Other that that it was a pretty uneventful month.October-I had my surgery and everything went very well. We went on our annual trip with Jeff and Melissa to St. George for a golf tournament. We got some very exciting news from Levi and Kara (my brother and sister-in-law) they announced that they were pregnant with their first. We can't wait to have 2 new little nieces.November-We spent Thanksgiving with Danny's family. Both his brothers were with their In-laws so it was a small crowd with his mom and dad, Uncle Ralph, and Jim, Brenda and Garrett! We went shopping at midnight at the outlet malls, it was madness! Last but not least we celebrated our 4 year anniversary.December-Danny was in a car accident. We went on our cruise with Danny's family to the Western Caribbean. We had a blast (pictures are on their way, I left my camera in Idaho, hence no pictures for the last few months). We spent Christmas in Idaho with my family. This will be our last Christmas together because my little bro will be leaving on his mission in April. He got called to Puebla Mexico! We are so proud of him and excited for this time of his life.
We feel so blessed as we look back on the year 2008. It brought lots of laughter and memories as well as some heartache. We hope that the new year brings you all very much joy and happiness.