2013 year in review

Back by popular demand (read: Jeff reminded me how much he liked this post last year and asked for it for 2013) is the 2013 year in review. Here it goes!

January: It was a busy start to the new year. Kyle and Emily were 6.5 years old and Aaron 9 months old. Kyle and Emily played basketball on the same team and had fun with it. Kyle got his yellow belt in karate and then started playing even more tennis with full time competitive tennis program. Emily did a lot of gymnastics and conquered the "shooting star". Aaron started to stand up and use his baby walker to move around. He might have said his first word too, "ball". I think the highlight of the month was going to Jamaica with Jeff's family. It was a nice get-away. 

February: Many more milestone developments for Aaron this month. He got into many more things, ate his first Lucha Libre burrito, started standing on his own, got his first real haircut at the military barber and was very cute with his brother and sister. Kyle and Emily finished their basketball season and started baseball and softball. For President's weekend (aka ski weekend in southern CA), we went to LA to see the space shuttle Endeavor and the Ronald Reagan museum. 

March: Aaron turned 1 this month! We celebrated by going skiing. Yes, I know, it was more a gift for the rest of the family than Aaron, but he enjoyed his time with Mason in Park City. Jon visited us for Easter and we had a great time with him between hiking, brunch and beach time. 

April: Baseball and softball were in full swing. Aaron started walking. Karen, Pete & Ethan came for a visit. We went to Arizona during spring break to visit Grandma Edith. Camelback was closed so we hiked a new mountain on an insanely hot day.

 

May: More baseball, softball and hiking. Emily earned her yellow belt in karate. Aaron learned how to get himself water from the fridge. 

June: Emil got her ears pierced!! Kyle & Emily finished first grade, we attended Fairy Fest and Aaron enjoyed some Mommy & Daddy time while Kyle & Emily had activities.

July: Summer fun was in full swing. We hit the driving range, played tennis, did gymnastics, went to Boomers, played games with Tony Hawk, went hiking and celebrated Kyle & Emily's 7th birthday! And Kyle & Emily learned to boogie board, 

August: More summer fun at the beach, trampoline park jumping, a visit up to Anaheim to see Ben, David, Josh & Stephanie at Stephanie's parent's house, and a long trip to Chicago to celebrate my mom's 65th birthday, retirement, moving and new house and see family. 

September: Kyle & Emily started 2nd grade, Jeff & I had our birthdays and Kyle played in a tennis tournament where he received an amazing compliment from a teammate (he told Kyle that he thought he could win Wimbledon some day). 

October: Kyle played a lot more tennis, we took surfing lessons and dressed up as wizards (Dumbledore, McGonangal, Harry Potter, Hermione & Hedwig) for Halloween.

November: We had amazing times surfing more, Kyle played even more tennis and we went to Chicago for Thanksgiving. 

December: We had a busy holiday season. We picked out a real tree (at Home Depot), I went skiing with Spike in Mammoth, Aaron spent the day with his girlfriend, Emily started swim lessons, Kyle played a lot of tennis, the kids all had a sleepover at Simon's and we enjoyed the holidays together.