2009 In Review!!!

2009 is now at an END- CRAZY! It has been a crazy, fun filled, blessed year! I will just take you down memory lane of the past year! Enjoy!

JANUARY:

Brian and Shaleena and family left us in Idaho and moved away :(

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FEBRUARY:

Mary and I met Abraham! We had a great thing at our stake center where we learned about Abe and Was able to look at different displays!

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MARCH:

We had a GIRLS night out at Lava- Some ladies are not shown here that went but it was a definite blast and needs to be an annual thing i think!!

I learned and developed a great love for this talent:making bows!!!

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APRIL:

I had my Thyroid taken out- this top picture is what it was SUPPOSED to look like!

And this picture is what it was more like- it was FIVE++ times the size it was supposed to be! Glad they got that outta me!

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MAY:

I found out that my thyroid was cancerous and I had to take a radioactive pill that made me have to stay away from this precious baby girl for 10 WHOLE DAYS! Thanks to all m y family and ward family who were so willing to help out with her this whole time! It was such a hard experience and i can not help but feel so thankful at how blessed my family is! My cancer was cleared!

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JUNE:

FIRST campout of the year!!! Drollinger Reunion!

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JULY:

My Mom, Angie, Woods, Aubrey, Mary and I went to Colorado! It was a BLAST! And loved it so much!

This is at the Bright Reunion but Will and i celebrated our 5th YEAR Anniversary this month!

Our Precious Girl turned ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AUGUST:

Ward Camp out at Warm River!!

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SEPTEMBER:

We started having Reegan Back from the fun summer vacation! Best friends reunited!!

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OCTOBER:

Mary Loved going Trick or Treating!

Halloween 2009- Mary was a little LAMB

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NOVEMBER:

Spent Thanksgiving with Will's family this year! Yummy food!

Brian, Shaleena, Katelynn, and Daniel were here to visit! We had a mini Christmas with them!

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DECEMBER:

We had a very memorable Christmas with all our family and friends!

And that is 2009!

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WE are so grateful for all our family, and all that they do for us! We have had a few medical emergencys in our families and are so grateful for modern medicine and that things a re going the way they are and hope they continue to ! We hope you all had a great New Year and that we all will be blessed in 2010!!!

~THE EMPEY'S~

17 Months Old!

( Don't worry once she is two i wont be doing MONTHLY updates :) )

I can't believe how FAST time goes! Mary is getting so so big and learning so much! She is so much fun to watch grow! She is getting to be so smart!! She loves animals- farm animals, dogs, cats, cows, etc.. LOVES them! She is starting to look like a toddler- which is fun and sad at the same time! She is not my "baby" anymore- Well she is but you get the point! WE are so blessed to have this sweet little girl- and she brings so much happiness into our homes and any lives that come in contact with her!

her stats:

height: 30 inches

weight: 19 pounds ( give or take- I weighed her on my scale and she had all her clothes on)

she has 6 TEETH! 4 on top and 2 on bottom!

This picture cracks me up! Will and i were in the kitchen talking and realized Mary was being VERY quiet- so Will went to go check on her and told me to come look at her- when we found her- she was laying like this by her Elmo! She was just resting! haha! She is so funny!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ( Warning: LOTS of pics!)

Christmas Eve this year we had Angie, Ryan, Seth, and rachel and their kids here. We also had Aunt B, grandma Empey, Terry, and Joel and Nancy here! We started the night out by eating the delicious food- Snacks like, beef stick, cheese, crackers, bean dip, fudge, caramels, fruit and fruit dip, etc...

Then we opened our gifts (always pajamas) from out parents, and our secret sibling gifts- Angie and Ryan had Will and I and we got the fame THE RISK-

Then we hung out and talked- my mom read to the grandkids!

Will and I then went home and Mary put her 2009 ornament on the tree- and went to bed!

Mary eating the deviled eggs!

Megsy

Woods

Aubrey and Lindsey

Angie and Ryan

Aunt B, Terry, Will, Mary and Emily!

MARY AND I

Lindsey and Mary

-Will had Brandon-

Us girls sporting our PJ's

The men with their BEERS (Root)

Our family

Grandma reading to Taya, Megan, Mary and Woods- We gave them suckers so their attention span would last a little longer!

Mary putting her 2009 ornament on the tree

Christmas Morning we woke up at our house and opened most our presents- It was so fun to watch Mary open her gifts and get excited! Then we went to my parents house and opened our gifts from them and hung out and had a nice breakfast- Then will, Mary and I went home a napped haha- woke up just in time to go back for Christmas dinner!! Later that evening we went to Blackfoot- jessy and Hunter came with us and we hung out with Uncle Rich, Brenda Lee, April, Aunt B, Grandma, and Terry- It was a fun exciting day!

This is Mary walking out of her room Christmas morning!

LOOK WHAT SANTA BROUGHT!

These cute girls are wearing the outfit Grandma and Grandpa gave - Don't they look cute- I could not get Mary to smile for the life of me!

Megan

Woods

Mary

Taya

The three babies- Megan, Mary, and Woods

Megan and Woods spent hours with this baby stroller- It was so cute to watch!

Look at that cute butterfly blanket Aunt Brenda Lee made for Mary!

We always let Mary "Drive" down the street when we go to and from My parents- she LOVES IT! isn't she a cute little driver!

For a Christmas gif- my parents give all of us kids gift certificates to a restraunt and they babysit the kids while we go! We went to Olive Garden on Saturday- It was a lot of fun! We even received free appetizers since our wait was longer than they thought it would be!

Brandon

Aubrey

Angie and Ryan

The whole clan!!! Thanks Mom and Dad for watching the babies and for giving us a nice lunch!!!!