Etta & Co.: 2010

So as you can see by either looking my blog or the title of this blog, this is my first posting in forever. I don't even know where to start.... so this is going to be 2009 in a nutshell. Let's start with Jan... 2009.. Dave and Nysa were in our wonderful friends Vince and Holly's wedding. It was perfect timing to get out of Idaho and back to AZ for nice 70 degree weather. I brought a super cute dress with me, however in such little time I was able to forget that even in January heels and a cute summer dress are essential. I hung up my velvet dress, tights, and cute boots and went shopping.

So in Febuary we were probably wishing we were still in Idaho. We spent a good portion of March in Oregon. Dave worked on a project with his dad and the girls and I made our way to Portland. We spent a couple of days visiting family and enjoying the nice rainy weather. In April I survived my first 1/2 marathon. I don't like things to be easy so I decided to sign up for what they claim is the hardest 1/2 marathon in the northwest. I am suppose to sign up for it again tomorrow however I haven't really started training yet. I will spare you the pictures of me after the race. My uncle Rick and cousin Adam did it with me so that makes it a little more fun.

In May Nysa officially finished Kindergarten. She was super excited to finish and move on to first grade. I was also excited but for other very selfish reasons. After the first week of having her home all day with me, we both decided all day long school would be a good thing. We had a very busy summer.

Dave turned 30. We went to Mexico with our friends to celebrate in June. July was also busy. We went to the Wood family reunion. The girls love spending time with all of their cousins, and they has a ton:).

Hank and Emily came to visit in August and Emily actually loved Idaho. We had a couple of other friends visit and enjoys fun camping trips and time with Grandpa and Yaya Swank. Nysa spend a week or two in Challis riding horses with Yaya and Aunt Becky and fishing with Grandpa. The life of a 6 year old. The summer went by way to fast. Before we knew it school was starting again.

We finally got adjusted to school starting again and the weather was beginning to change again. I think it could have possibly been the shortest summer ever this year. If you can't tell I am a huge fan of the sun and summer months here. I also love vacation and company.

October was a busy month. Dave and Nysa went on their first real Daddy/daughter road trip. They flew into California to pick up a new truck for Dave and after visiting with our friends Chris and Allissa and Michelle, Cam and baby Ella, they drove to Arizona for a friends birthday party. They had a great weekend and drove home to Idaho later in the week. They were lucky because the first weekend in October we were blessed with about 8 inches of snow to shovel. Gotta love the Idaho weather. Vince and Holly came to visit this month too. Soo fun.

This month I also went away for a much needed weekend with the ladies. We went to San Diego and enjoyed warm weather, beaches, and shopping.

In November, we went spent Thanksgiving with the Woods in Pendleton. It was so fun. We had a birthday party for Nysa who turned 7 and everyone helped make it extra special. Here are a couple of pictures of that adventure.

We made is through the Nov-Dec Swank family birthdays without going completely broke and insane.

We spent Christmas at my parents and Santa was over generous as usual. Here are few December photos. We chopped our own Christmas tree this year. It was 9 degree out there, but we had a great day spending time together. So this is our year in a nutshell. I hope to be better and publish more posts. Lots of love. Etta