Saturday, December 31, 2011

And a happy new year

I didn't make time to create a Christmas letter like i have in years past...but for the sake of our little family record, here is a rough sketch of our 2011 in sum. Merry Christmas!

Highlights of 2011
January - Rosie's 2nd birthday
February - Papa and MaeMae visit and bring O's cradle
March - Mimi's visit/ Jack's TESOL conference in New Orleans
April - Owen's birth; O's first Easter and R's first Easter egg hunt
May - Katie and Elliott visiting for Memorial Day
June - Amy turning 30; visiting North Georgia and Macon
July - visiting Little Rock; Mollie and Anna visiting Upland
August - Peterson family reunion in the Smoky Mountains
September - Rosie is potty trained!
October- Amy resumes teaching at Taylor
November- Rosie & Owen are baptized at Gethsemane; Lepines come to Upland for Thanksgiving; James proposes to EA
December- We host the dept. Christmas party, and welcome the Brainers to Upland; we spend Christmas in LR; Rocco Accocella is born

Top Albums in 2011(Amy)
Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Adele - 21

Only live music... My Brightest Diamond

Top TV shows
Downton Abbey
Parks and Recreation
Friday Night Lights
Doc Martin
Sherlock
Top Chef
How I Met Your Mother

Top Movies
Money ball
50/50
Bridesmaids
Tree of Life
Super 8
Midnight in Paris
Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows


Top Books (Amy)
Finally Feminist -Stackhouse
Claire Fergusson mysteries
State of Wonder -ann patchett
Cookbook Collector - Allegra Goodman
Blood, Bones, and Butter - Gabrielle Hamilton
A Visit from the Goon Squad -Egan
Simplicity Parenting


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