2010 Review

I know this is a little late, but I thought I'd take fond look back on the year that was.

January

Got a new short haircut

Called as Primary Secretary

February

Snow, snow, snow!

Found out we were expecting little Charlotte

Supply Corps Birthday Ball

Went to the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia

March

 

William tries out his new tricycle

Ward Talent Show (I played one of my piano compositions)

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at Boyds Bears (William gets scared of the Easter Bunny)

April

Easter with Grandpa

Trip to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms

 Stake Roadshow (I was in charge of costumes for our ward)

Girls Getaway in Chicago with college roommates (Melissa Fowler and Rachel Lingmann)

May

Armed Forces Day and Harrisburg Senators baseball game

First ultrasound; it's a girl!

Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus

Peterson Kids Reunion and trip to Washington DC

June

Trip to California

Visit to Fairytale Town with Grandma

San Francisco Trip with Grandpa

Cousin Marc and Kristen's wedding

Family Camp Out

July

Independence Day with the Candlands

Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A

Supply Corps Picnic

Sean leaves for Maryland for 2 weeks

Robyn's Summer Camp

August

William's Shark Birthday Party (4 years old!)

Primary Pool Party

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

Ryan Candland's Fireman Party

William learns to ride a bicycle (with training wheels)

September

 

William starts preschool

Surprise baby shower

Baby Charlotte comes!

October

Come home from the hospital

Mom and Dad visit to help out with Charlotte

William's field trip to Paulus Orchards

Natalie Candland's baptism

Primary Fall Festival

Charlotte admitted in the hospital for a fever

Preschool Halloween Parade

Trick or Treat night

November

Primary Presentation

Charlotte's Blessing Day

My mom gets engaged

Trip to Hersheypark with Candlands, my mom and her fiance, Robert

Preschool Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving with the Candlands

December

Sean's Lieutenant Promotion Ceremony

Tree Lighting Ceremony at Carlisle Barracks

Breakfast with Santa at Wegman's

Preschool Christmas Program

Christmas at the Candlands with Grandpa

2010 was exciting and fun for us.  Here's to another great year!

Christmas in Virginia

This year my dad came out for Christmas so we met up with him at my sister's house in Northern Virginia.  It's always a great time at the Candland's house.  We headed down on Christmas Eve and stayed until Sunday night.  We had festive food (featuring my dad's AWESOME cioppino soup), played a few rounds of Catch Phrase, and stayed in our jammies all day on Christmas.  William was so excited to get the gift he has been wanting all year, a GeoTrax train set with remote controller.  I don't think he stopped playing with it for more than 20 minutes since finding it under the tree Christmas morning.  Although now he's all about the V Smile game set up on the TV.  Thanks Aunt Robyn!  Sean got a Kindle and a couple of Amazon gift cards to keep him reading until next Christmas.  Charlotte's favorite gift (and by Charlotte, I mean me) was a super cute tag owl that Aunt Erin made.  I got an Android phone that is awesome.  I now know that it's totally addicting and I'm pretty good at online Boggle.  I have yet to get into Angry Birds even though Sean tells me I don't know what I'm missing.  It's been a great season.  Now on to the new year!

Paige-y LOVES Charlotte!

Charlotte's Favorite.  So Cute!

Chub-a-lub!

Grandpa's Boys

Santa Came Through with the GeoTrax Train

Early Christmas Morning

Christmas Jammies

Grandpa and Charlotte

Preschool Christmas Show

William's preschool had their Christmas show on Thursday.  They split all the kids up into classes to do individual presentations.  William sung his little heart out.  They started with the Christian classic "I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Joy Down in My Heart."  then they sang "The Angels Sing:  La La La."  And they had a big finale (with jingle bells) singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."  It was mercifully short and very sweet.  I wish he could continue these Christmas presentations in Kindergarten.

Sean's a Lieutenant!

Sean had his promotion to lieutenant ceremony.  I'm glad I got to be there.  I almost didn't make it.  First of all, I still can't get the timing of getting 2 kids ready for an outing.  William slept in and I couldn't get him out of bed.  I had to dress him like a baby and didn't get to do his hair.  I also didn't have a cute outfit picked out for Charlotte so that took a while going through clothes.  I planned on being there at 8:50am (ceremony starts at 9am), but didn't get out of the door with my kids in tow until 8:55am.  Then, it just happened to be the wettest day of the year.  Pouring rain!  Good thing I curled my hair so it could be soaked while packing kids in the car!  Then, at the base, I couldn't find a parking spot.  I didn't know that they had a spot waiting for me and my cell phone was dead so no one could get a hold of me.  I didn't get into the building until 9:10.  When I walked into the conference room, there were about 30 people standing there, staring and silent.  Awkward!  The captain who was to swear Sean in had left and someone had to go after him to bring him back.  I just wanted to crawl under a rock, I was so embarrassed!  The ceremony was sweet.  William got to hold the Bible and I got to pin Sean's bars on him.  It could have been a nice day, but I was too humiliated to enjoy it.

Hersheypark at Christmas

It's becoming a family tradition to head out to Hersheypark during the Christmas season.  They do such a good job transforming a theme park into a Christmasy chocolate wonderland.  I love it!  This year I got to host all of my family at my house.  It was crowded, cozy fun!

The next day was Charlotte's blessing day.  After church I made lunch and for dessert we had birthday cake for my 33rd birthday.  It's been a long time since I had a birthday party just for me.  It was great!  

 

I hope we can continue this family holiday tradition.