2013 Memory Jar (in no particular order)

·      Discovered and rediscovered Georgetown Cupcake

·      Holyoke 10K: me once, Matt 2X

·      6 Flags New England

·      Watching airplanes land and take off in Hartford

·      New Jersey Zinc Mine Dad and Coop

·      Dandelion Run

·      Rocky’s Batman Cake

·      Cooper’s 3 layer peanut butter ganache cake

·      Mom and Ruby’s Mint Chocolate Ganache cakes

·      Dad’s Disaster cake

·      Sharing the gospel

·      Secret Santa on Christmas Eve

·      Yankee Candle

·      Rocky’s face plant on his scooter

·      Quabin Reservoir

·      Collin's Creamery

·      Mom screaming like a little girl because she saw a mouse on the porch

·      Pinewood Derby: Coop came in 1^st in his division and Ruby was an “outlaw”

·      Cooper’s crazy birthday party with 15 9 year old boys.

·      Washington DC: Uncle Eric and Aunt Cathleen, Aunt Sarah, cousins, Seth Y, Marine Core Marathon, Ben’s Chili bowl, Metro, Natural History Museum, Parking lot picnic

·      Ruby’s fish Maj died

·      Ruby’s 5^th grade graduation

·      New York National History Museum and The Met

·      Daddy eating all the cookies that were individually wrapped for school lunches in the freezer

·      Archery

·      Betta Fish

·      Schenectady trip: Howe Caverns, Plotter Kill Falls, mining for gems, walking down the highway as a family, ice cream, mosquitoes

·      Keene New Hampshire Jack-o-lantern festival, Pecos Bill recording

·      Rocky’s DIY haircut

·      Moms guest post on Creative Geekery Blog

·      Rocky and Cooper on news at the Westfield splash pad

·      Rocky started primary

·      Stanley Park

·      Student Loan paid off.  Boo yea!!!

·      Face paint on Christmas

·      Sunday treats

·      Skunk in the garage

·      Triple Threat ½ Marathon: 13 miles of running to the next port-o-potty.

·      Ben, Celeste, Seth and Noah came to visit!

·      Walden Pond with Jen Hulse

·      Ruby’s fish came back to life

·      Cinnamon Roll Sunday X2

·      Rocky Joy School

·      Rocky’s Anatomically correct gingerbread MAN

·      East Longmeadow 4^th of July parade

·      New allowance system

·      Mom’s sad tooth

·      St Patrick’s festival with the Campbells

·      Ruby’s basketball team was undefeated

·      Hartford Marathon for Matt and me.  We did it!

·      Grandpa and Grandpa Rich’s visit

·      Ruby’s summer orchestra camp

·      Mom in charge of Faith in God

·      Pioneer Day plea for salt-water taffy filled 3 times!

·      Crazy Hair day at Wolf Swamp. Red bathtub!

·      Lego’s!!!

·      Primary trip to the Boston Temple

·      Sparti and Brazell Family moved

·      Trunk or treat

·      Rainbow Loom

·      Dad’s sweet garden

·      Hotter than snot!

·      Ashley Reservoir

·      Flour game

·      No manners dinner

·      More leaves than you can shake a stick at!  Dad’s genius leaf blowing

·      Running at 13 degrees

·      Connecticut River walk

·      Kissing llamas and frogs

·      Legions of Mosquitoes

·      Eating healthy

·      The Kit Kat Fairy

·      Rapuchis many parties: block party, skating, Christmas eve, cookie party

·      Someone like you played by Ruby

·      Walden Pond as a family

·      Cooper and the Hershey Track Meet

·      Soccer

·      Purple potty

·      Grandma Retta’s visit

·      Lighthouse beach

·      Faith In God Talent Show

·      Papa teaching Ruby about fire.  Millions of fires

·      Smores over a sterno and in the oven

·      Ruby’s neck injury

·      Ruby’s Easter basket on the roof, silly Easter bunny.

·      Hampden splash pad

·      Ruby’s bike from the Higgins family

·      Dads paintings

·      Pez factory

·      Underwood Family visit

·      3 Thanksgiving feasts! Springfield ward, Higgins family, and Campbells

·      Bottle Rockets for FIG

·      4 Square

·      15 year anniversary at the Tavern on Mt. Tom

·      Papa and Sharon’s visit!

·      Apple Cider Doughnuts

·      August

·      Bricnic at High Meadows

·      Rock and mineral collecting

·      Essex Steam Train

·      Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

·      Rocky game my iPhone a lobotomy.  Thank you Apple store!

·      Grandma Retta’s birth of Isaac the purse

·      Marisa Monte Concert in NYC for Dad and Ruby

·      Eccotarium; watched an Eagle disembowel a rat

·      Springfield Museums

·      Turner Park

·      Daddy working hard at Lego

·      Captain Jacks roadside shack

·      Pete’s Sweets

·      Acapulco Restaurant with Grandma and Grandpa Rich

·      Fox in backyard

·      Marathon training and then some

·      Rocky’s diamonds

·      Yoda

·      Brown E for April Fools

·      Knitting with Ruby

·      Moms trip to Salt Lake

·      Surprising Papa in Moab Utah for his 80^th birthday

·      Rocky’s love of tigers

·      Cooper boy scouts.  Model of wooden military ship

·      Cooper Violin

·      Boston Marathon Miracles

·      Ruby Survival Day

·      Coopers Lego 5K and turkey trot

·      Daddy’s toenail

·      Reading lots of books as a family and individually

·      Rocky’s purple light saber

·      Gas line

·      Ruby’s mustache cake and party

·      Movies on the garage

·      Mt Greylock with papa and Sharon

·      Papa’s book

·      Toilet taped shut on April Fools

·      Wanting to rent on Emmerson

·      Deli ham for Easter

·      Boston Girls Trip

·      16 Dozen heart sugar cookies for YW

·      Space Derby for Coop

·      Ditmars giant blue bubble

·      Ragnar

·      Rocky drinking salt

·      Snow snow cones

·      Ruby Springfield Armor with Sarah S

·      Cooper Norman Rockwell Museum Field trip

·      5^th grade Boston field trip

·      Middle school

·      Nemo storm

·      Cooper’s Christmas Legos all build by New Years

·      3D Despicable Me

·      Swimming at Jimmy Foards

·      Speech

·      Run Like a Mother

·      Dinner with my Gamma Xi gals

·      Running with Jen Hulse, Shelli Jenkins and Nancy in Utah

·      Temple trips

·      Color Run with Coop

Christmas

The best part of Christmas is delivering gifts to those who could use a little extra cheer on Christmas eve.

We have never done the Jammie tradition until this year.  Rocky was less than happy about getting clothes!  He told us he would like to open a different present.

Santa came!  I love the "all is calm, all is bright feeling" after the children are nestled and having visions of sugar plums (what is a sugar plum?).

Best invention ever!  This torture device gets all those sore muscles under your shoulder blades!

This is what happens when Santa brings face paint.