Twenty Years in the Making

I got tagged by Shanna :)

20 Years ago...

1. I was 14 years old and about to start 9th grade
2. I was attending North Layton Junior High School
3. I took a computer class that was self paced--I finished about 2 months early so teachers would bring me in papers they needed typed and I would type them --and they would pay me $10 per paper (only did a few)
4. My last year of playing the violin--I loved it, but I really wasn't that good--even after 4 years of orchestra and private lessons.
   

10 Years ago...

1. I was working as a software engineer at a company that later went bankrupt.
2. I was living with two girlfriends in a house in Atlanta (about 1/4 mile north of 285)
3. I got my tonsils out--and it took me a month before I could eat normally again
4. I just got my company car-- a 1999 BMW Z3 Roadster 3.8
   
5. Matt and I went on our first date--to my company Christmas Party.
   

5 Years ago...

1. We moved into our first house
2. Carter was born and was an incredibly good baby--the kind that makes you want to have more babies!
3. That pretty much consumed my year--looking for houses (with a 2 year old in tow), buying a house, packing all of our stuff, moving while 7 months pregnant--setting up our new house, having a baby....oh yeah, I remembered what else
   
4. I potty trained Caroline...definitely a busy year!

3 Years ago...

1. Our little boy Rees was stillborn at 21 weeks.
2. I caught a deadly blood infection (the cause of #1), luckily I had great doctors and lots of priesthood blessings and recovered quicker than any of my doctors expected.
3. We went on a fun vacation with Shanna and Jed--Matt's sister and BIL, and their family to the mountains of North Georgia--a week in a cabin at Fort Mountain State Park
4. I found out I was pregnant with Alex!
   

1 Year ago...

1. We had no idea we would even be thinking about moving--didn't even talk about it until the First of August!
2. Caroline just finished Kindergarten--she seemed so much older than she had a year before
3. Alex was hospitalized for 3 days for dehydration--having a 12 month old in the hospital was miserable--nothing for them to do (toys only hold them for so long), then nurses in every 4 hours--I would spend hours getting him to sleep then they would come in 2 hours later to take his vitals and I would have to spend the next 2 hours getting him to sleep again. I developed a real sympathy for parents who have chronically ill kids.
4. We put our house on the market--and spent the next four months doing nothing but cleaning (or so it seemed)
   

So Far This Year...

1. We bought a new house
2. We sold our current house (got a contract the day we moved out of our old house)
3. Went on a fabulous vacation to Disney World
4. Alex had his 3rd set of tubes in and Carter had his tonsils out
5. Found out we are having another baby in December!
   

Yesterday...

1. We had family pictures taken! Hopefully I can post them soon.
2. Lisa watched the kids while I had physical therapy for my shoulder (tendinitis)
3. We went to Carter's t-ball practice, where we lost Caroline's ball in a little wooded area. I spent 20 minutes climbing around in bushes, vines, etc trying to find it. Found 4 other balls, but didn't find hers.
4. Between the hours of 8:30am and 6:00 pm we spent 1 1/2 hours at home
   

Today...

1. Need to get working on all my morning work that I have avoided for the last hour while typing this post
2. Carter's friend is having a birthday party at a park and siblings are invited :)
3. Matt is taking Caroline and Carter camping as a reward for accomplishing some goals they set.

Tomorrow... (this is getting long)

1. Recover from the camping mess
2. Maybe go to stone mountain (depending on how the kids are doing)
   

Next Year... (last one, I promise)

1. Hopefully have a super easy baby and find that the adjustment to four kids is easy!
2. Carter and Caroline will both be at the same school next August!

I tag Lisa, Jessica, and Kristi