2017 has been a great year for our family. Our family had the opportunity to play a lot this summer. This led to our family spending added time together and having fun new adventures. The girls would probably say their favorite adventure this summer was learning about roller coasters. We visited two as a family. We went to Elitch Garden's and Lakeside Amusement park. The girls loved both, but we like Elitch best because we were able to do almost all the rides with them, where as at Lakeside we just mainly watched them. My kids love roller coasters and could go on them non-stop. Sadly, there parents can't. Gaupo is better at it than, me because after this year's visit to Elitch the score for me is Elitch-2 Adventure Girl-0. I have lost my stomach both times at this park. I will go back and I will conquer at least once. Besides theme parks we had great vacations to Idaho, and Arizona. The girls and I made trips to both on our own and made another each with Gaupo. We love spending time with family. The girls love playing with their cousins and soaking up love from grandparents. With all these trips the girls are getting to be very good travelers. We might just be taking some fun family vacations in our future, just because the drive wont make us insane by the time we get there. I love watching our family grow and it is fun to do these fun things as a family. Despite our family fun each of us has each grown this year and accomplished great things.
Gaupo had a great year. He has really taken a liking to riding his bike and loves to do it whenever the weather permits. He completed his 3rd year of employment at the Longmont Library and still loves it. He enjoys the people he works with and the things he gets to do. This last fall he completed his second to last semester of his masters degree and is all set to wrap it up this semester. Gaupo currently serves as the ward mission leader in our ward and enjoys serving with the missionaries.
Adventure Girl-Hey, that's me. Motherhood is my main occupation. However, I have enjoyed babysitting daily for a friend and doing some contract work. It has been such a blessing to have this employment. I still run, although not quite as much as I use to, but I really enjoyed playing outdoors with my family. I currently serve as 2nd counselor in the Relief Society, so I get to plan the fun monthly meetings for the sisters. I have also been blessed to make some wonderful friends who are also stay-at-home moms with children that like to play with my kids, so I have enjoyed playing with friends while my kids play with theirs.
Kylee started Kindergarten this year. She loves going and learning. It has been a challenge for her, but she has really enjoyed it. She says her favorite part is recess. However, she is turning into quite the writer. She loves to write, color, and play a school game called Lexia. Kylee loves riding her bike, being read to, playing with friends, and swimming. She worked really hard and moved from the alligator level through seal, and is currently is Blast 1. She can do all the floats and roll-overs and can swim a pretty good distance. She also is trying to ice skate which is pretty cool. Kylee is a great big sister and plays with Tia a lot. Kylee loves going to church, having Family Home Evening, and watching movies.
Tia is in preschool. She started about a year ago, but this fall she started at a new school (the same one as Kylee) and she and I both love it. She is progressing well in speech. She can write her name when she decides to and can recognize it really well. Tia learned to ride a two-wheeler this year and loves, loves, loves to ride her bike. Her favorite place to ride it is to the park, where she loves the sand, slides, and swings. Tia is also swimming and in Blast 1. She loves to rock climb, and can reach the top on the kid wall at our rec center. Tia also loves church, playing with Kylee's friends, trains, real babies and watching movies. She also loves playing with Kylee especially when they play family.
Our family I feel like has had quite the year. True it is all 'normal' stuff, but we have had a lot of fun growing individually and as a family. We love being together, and learning. We look forward to this coming year and the many, many adventures I am sure it will hold for us.
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