2012 Memories

We started a new tradition for new years called the best of 2012 jar.  We wrote down our memories on slips of paper through the year and read all of them on new years eve.  Here are some of our favorites:

2012 Memory Jar

Lego Fun Run

Hurricane Sandy Prep

Watched a Raccoon in our garbage can

Purgatory Chasm with Campbells on Thanksgiving

Marry Poppins in Hartford

Ruby Basketball

Moms mint chocolate ganache birthday cake

“Happy Birthday Penis”  in Sacrament meeting Rocky

Ruby and Coop reading books like crazy

6 mice caught

Piano

Time out for Women

“This is a message, not a lemon”  Ruby

Pinewood Derby

Haven Brothers: Thanksgiving dinner in the back of a semi trailer.  Murder Burger

50 miles between birthdays.

Schloclet balls

Dropping off and picking up Dad from work in the Saturn

Hartford half

Playing with letters at Brimfield

Papa and Sharon visit

Ruby won a Kindle from the Summer Reading program at the library

Ice Skating in Providence on Thanksgiving

Dad won an iPad

Coopers baptism

Photo booth Mustaches

Electric guitar

RAGNAR

Pokemon, Hunger Games, Strawberry/raspberry, racetrack, mint ganache cakes

Dads work car

Rocky clogged the toilet with flossers and we had to remove the toilet to unclog it!

Mom ruined iPhone by sunning with it in her sports bra

Corn Maze with Papa and Sharon

Dad dug a mote around our house to keep it from flooding and to stop the indoor waterfall.

“Hair coming”  rocky would yell this when he saw a hair in the tub.

Rocky poooped on the couch and sent it to the garage for several months until mom could face steam cleaning it.

Indoor snow storm.  Rocky cut open his down comfortor and trew feathers everywhere.

Halloween Hustle

Run like a wolf

Dads garden with peas taller than us

Hill cumorah pagenet,  Sacred Grove, giant ice cream cones, ruby dropping her tooth in Niagra falls.

Rocky got potty trained

“you cant just push me around”  Ruby talking in her sleep as I am trying to cary her to bed.

Utah trip. 

20^th high school reunion for mom

Visit from Ben, Celeste and Seth

Family trip to Maine.  Ogunquit, jumping on the bed in the Motel 6, dodging crabs, smores

Dandilion Run

6 flags

Tax return

Cooper Concussion

Parmasan Cheese

Rocky’s fear of foxes

Dad asked mom if she was on meth because she was cleaning like a crazy lady.

Rockys love of cherry tomatoes.

Guess the body part.

Brimfield

Teacher Tea

Ruby Summer reading program, 3 prizes + grand prize

Leap year

12/12/12

Movies on the garage

Back to school party

Last day of school party

Bricnic 80 years of legos

Organized Legos

Daddy working from home

My fitness pal

Ruby discovered she loved jeans

Sparti’s moved to town.  Nkuhumanes moved.

“Last Christmas…I was walking like a chicken”  Ruby

Holding baby Noah and Caroline

Bullwinkle Peanut: our pet squirrel

Concert under the stars