Year in Review!

If you had asked me last June "What do you think your lives will be like in one year?" I never could have imagined all that would transpire. It would take ages to blog about each event that has changed us from May 2008 to the present, so I figured I'd write a "year in review" blog to give a quick summary of our lives.
June 2008
Our beloved family dog Jackson went "over the Rainbow Bridge." :(
He had a small growth, which turned out to be cancer, pop up on his mouth at Christmas and by June, we had to put him to sleep. If you saw the movie Marley and Me, you saw an example of Jack's personality. He was always in trouble and would pretend to look remorseful! But, he loved people and would do anything to be with them. He loved to spoon, especially with Nana!
July 2008
Vince and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary!
August 2008
Nick started 1st grade! Vince started teaching Integrated Science at Lake Worth High School!
September 2008
Nick made straight A's on his first report card!
October 2008
Nick dressed up as a storm trooper for Halloween!
November 2008
After 6 years of business, we made the decision to close our Cold Stone Creamery!
December 2008
We hosted Christmas at our house for the family the very first time. We had about 20 people there.
January 2009
Vince turned the big 40! We had a surprise party for him at Cabana El Ray in downtown Delray.
February 2009
Nick transferred from Morikami Park Elementary's IB program to Banyan Creek Elementary's gifted program!
March 2009
Nick tried out and started playing baseball for the Angels!
April 2009
I turned 35! We went to Siesta Key for vacation.
May 2009
Nick finished up the baseball season with three game balls and his very first trophy! He finished first grade with straight A's!
June 20009
We snorkeled with Nick at Red Reef Park in Boca. This is definitely a hidden jewel. Vince and I have snorkeled in the Bahamas and Jamaica and never seen the variety of sea life that we saw that day. Vince saw a ft Barracuda!