and just like that, another year gone by!

so, i have been MIA. understatement of the year, yes? Looking back i haven't posted since October! Oops! well, no better time to start writing again then the end of the year! I cannot believe the end of 2010 is already here - that just blows my mind! Wasn't it just yesterday we were all setting our goals for the year and struggling with writing 2010 after dates?! It's been a good year for me and my family as I hope it has been for you and yours as well. A recap of 2010 seems fitting right now:

January

we rang in the new year

Mallory and Rusty came to visit



February

Madelyn got baptised



I made a great new friend

March



Completed another 1/2 marathon and my family ran a 5k



House went through inspection 

JL Fun Run with Andrea

Madelyn turns 1

Happy St. Patricks Day

April



happy ring day for Geneva!

company picnic

2nd anniversary shopping trip

May



Hannah Graduated

Closing day

Avery turned 1

We bought our first house!

Maw's 80th birthday

June

Happy Birthday Mallory!

Painting, painting, and more painting

We moved in!

July

Mallory and Rusty got engaged

Summer's baby shower

Happy 4th of July

August

Northgate with the Fam

Celebrating Jennifer's Birthday

Avery playing in the sprinklers

Hot Dog & Cupcake 25th B-Day & House Warming party

Mallory's wedding dress shopping

Carli Jay Tate Mathis arrived!

September

Went to Jefferson with the family

Got new boobs

October

Halloween

Football Season

Pumpkin Carving

Wedding Supply shopping for Mallory

Run to the Chicken 5k

Texas Rangers going to the World Series

November

Wedding dress shopping for Kara

Cowboys Stadium

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving with the Camps

 December

Decorated our first house for Christmas

Annual U Paint It

Maddie playing at U Paint It

Santa's Wonderland

Goofing around with my parents in college station

Christmas in College Station with Lolly and Papa

Christmas PJ party at Nannies

The Mathis family spent Christmas together

Our niece Avery Elizabeth got to really open gifts this year!

(pregnant Claire in the back!)

Our niece, Carli Jay, had her first Christmas

 We completed a 5k jingle bell run in Fort Worth

Our new niece, Madison Elyse arrived on 12/26