Looking back on the year is always fun...it can make you laugh and yet sometimes make you cry and it always provides me with a feeling of gratitude. Sometimes when you are in the throws of stress or challenges...personally..professionally...it is hard to feel grateful.
When I do these posts however, they always show me how full my life really is.
2017 was no different. I am so thankful for my family and friends and job....our community..just so much...here is a little look back at another great year...another gift.
January
We celebrated our fourth Wolverines Awards Day!
Mama and Daddy enjoyed a winter night at Joe and Jess's complete with a Pats game in the background!
Rob decided to run for re-election on the Windham School Board so we set up Campaign Headquarters again!
Mama enjoyed a post-holiday gathering with Team Will
and Mama and Daddy enjoyed an overnight in Boston with some Besties
February
We re-painted our cabinets and got window treatments and our kitchen became brand new!
There was more campaigning!
Mama and Daddy enjoyed the Soccer Casino Night with Friends
and Diana enjoyed her 5th season at ECE Cheer!
Mama and Daddy had a fun "Valentine Party" at the Mullens with Friends
and Mama enjoyed the Winter Wine Festival in Manchester with some Besties
Mama and Daddy loved Mint restaurant in Manchester. It was a fine night out with friends!
and Daddy officially filed for a 2nd School Board run!
We enjoyed a weekend visit from my high school bestie and her fam all the way from New Jersey!
and the campaigning continued!
and for February vacation, we headed into Boston with the Batsons!
and Mama and Daddy enjoyed Mama's first Bruins game- tickets compliments of Cousin Mike!
March
The Batsons hosted a campaign party for Daddy!
and Mama and Diana enjoyed a weekend in CT with Lea and Sam for the first ECE Cheer Comp of the season!
While Daddy continued the campaigning at home!
Diana and Alice celebrated their "Friendaversary!"
and Diana gave lacrosse a try this season
We celebrated an election WIN- Rob was re-elected to the school board!
and Daddy and the girls enjoyed the Annual Town Daddy Daughter Dance!
Diana competed in her 5th season at ECE!
We celebrated Mimi's Birthday....
and Papa Bob's Birthday!
Diana and Sam loved seeing Babysitter Mandy in the WHS production of The Spelling Bee
We hosted Mama's office for dinner...
and the girls loved meeting the Easter Bunny :)
Then at the end of the month, Daddy was sworn in for his 2nd term on school board!
April
Mama and the PTA started planning for the 1st Annual Educator of the Year Ceremony
Diana continued cheering!
We celebrated Red Sox Opening Day at Fenway!
and Mama enjoyed celebrating Lea's Birthday with Virtual Golf, Massages and Lunch!
We hosted our 1st Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt!
and Mama enjoyed getting back on the golf course
We celebrated Easter in typical Breton Fashion (Controlled Chaos!)
and the Mini Fam enjoyed an April Vaca trip to Niagara Falls :)
Mama enjoyed seeing Melissa Etheridge with Friends
and we celebrated Eva's 3rd Birthday with a Surprise visit from Princess Jasmine!
May
Diana was a fierce competitor in her 2nd season of Healthy Kids Running Series!
and this year, Eva joined in on the fun!
Eva LOVED being on the ice and being able to finally take skating lessons!
Mama enjoyed coffee dates with Bestie Jil (and Baby Mags of course!)
We celebrated Kevin and Kiara at their wedding shower!
and Mama enjoyed every minute of the 1st Annual Educator of the Year Ceremony!
We enjoyed a Red Sox game at Fenway with the Batsons courtesy of the PTA!
and Mama enjoyed decompressing at BA's one Saturday night with Besties
We celebrated Mother's Day with our Favorite Moms!
and Mama enjoyed more Golf!
A beautiful spring day called for a trip to Johnson's Farm with these cuties....
and Mama celebrated some May Besties Birthdays
We celebrated Zach's Graduation from UNH!
and Brooks' First Communion!
Eva lost interest in running as the season went on ;)
and Mama enjoyed a wine event at Cabbonay with some Besties
and we had a blast Memorial Day Weekend with Friends
June
We LOVED watching the girls dance in the recital at Carlene's!
and we enjoyed the Annual Strawberry Festival...especially when Daddy was in the Dunk Tank!
We had Uncle Matt and Gina over for a fun cookout and game night...
and Diana enjoyed Field Day at school.....
Mama painted a Name Sign with the Neighbors at The Art House in town
and enjoyed a lunch with besties OUTSIDE!
We loved watching Diana dance in the LDA End of Year Show
and we made our first trip to Brown's of the season for "steamahs"
Mama hosted wine club where the ladies enjoyed the wines brought back from Niagara!
and Beth Ann shared the friendship pics she had taken by Rebekah Kay
Eva celebrated her first successful gymnastics season!
and we celebrated our Favorite Dads on Father's Day!
Diana participated in WW Cheer Skills Camp
and we enjoyed our annual Last Day of School Get Together at the Fournier's!
Diana enjoyed Lucy's Bday weekend at her family's beach house...
while Mama and Daddy took Pidge for her first ice cream of the season!
We enjoyed picking Diana up from the beach and spending the day with our hosts/friends
and Mama and Daddy enjoyed the Lobstah Trap Couples Golf Tournament with Tracey and Heath
Mama and Diana enjoyed the Pre-4th Fireworks in town with some Besties
and Diana hopped on the beautiful bike that the Millers gave her...still a work in progress ;)
July
Mama's Favorite Month all year!
We celebrated 4th of July Weekend with Family and Friends and had a ball- Mexican, Portland Maine and lots of swimming!
We participated in our 3rd Annual Hot Dog Hoe Down!
We enjoyed Kevin and Kiara's Wedding on 7.7.17
and celebrated Caden's Bday with Besties
There was lots of beach time of course!
and Mama started boot camp at Drive with besties
Mama celebrated Jill's 40th!
and we enjoyed a weekend at the McLain's Lake House
Mama snuck out for a wine tasting
and we celebrated Marshalls' Bday!
We loved watching Daddy play outside at Old School
and loved seeing Diana as Katie in School of Rock!
We headed to NJ to visit Dawn and her fam and thoroughly enjoyed her new home on the lake!
August
Eva enjoyed a day with Mimi and Papa when they went blueberry picking and to Chuck E Cheese after!
and a play date at Griffin Park with Pal Soph
Diana's summer was over when WW Cheer began...
and Eva did great at her first dentist appointment!
Diana had a blast at UCA Camp where she earned All American Cheerleader for the 2nd year in a row
Mama and Daddy enjoyed the Summer Gala at the castle that weekend
and dinner with besties at the Fourniers!
Diana enjoyed "Golf Camp" with Papa Bob!
and she enjoyed choreography at cheer with Sam Smith!
We enjoyed steamers after cheer practice one night with our besties...
and had a ball on our annual trip to Santa's Village and Storyland with the Grahams!
Mama and Daddy enjoyed an anniversary lunch!
and Mama said goodbye to Jimmy the Trainer who moved away....
Mama also enjoyed a boat cruise with Team Will
Diana loved Back To School Shopping when it included a spur of the moment stop to Starbucks!
and checking one more thing off the summer list- sleepover with Alexis and Alana- CHECK
Mama and Daddy had a blast at Tessie and Mark's Wedding with Family
and Mama and Diana LOVED their Annual Mommy Daughter Boogie Boarding Day!
We celebrated Diana's 9th Birthday with friends at Canobie Lake Park!
and then we went back to school!
We celebrated Papa Pete's Birthday!
and Diana enjoyed an End-Of-Summer Pool Party with her cheer team
and Mama and the WW Board hosted a Thank You Night at Old School
September
We lived it up during the end of summer....
Annual Bday Lunch with Janie
Time away at the beach with besties....
Celebrating our birthdays with Mimi and Papa
and squeezing in all the beach time with the Batsons
and the grand finale of steamers...at Markey's because there was a fire at Brown's :(
Diana loved her new 4th grade teacher- Miss Ryan
and Eva continued to love skating..really wanting to pick up a hockey stick though!
Diana started saxophone lessons!
and Eva started her 2nd season of gymnastics!
Mama and PTA Pals had a ball at the Richard Marx and Rick Springfield Concert!
Diana loved continuing to cheer....
and trying out for the Nutcracker!
We enjoyed our 1st Annual Neighborhood Block Party!
Diana ran for student council
and Mama and Daddy enjoyed participating in Blackout Cancer week with friends
Oktoberfest at the Falsetti's was a blast....
and we got Diana's headshots from TTC Camp!
Mama and Daddy had a wonderful time at the Annual Newport Wine & Food Festival
and we celebrated the ground-breaking for our new school in town!
There was plenty of more cheer practices...and some dinner with these crazies....
and nights in with this fun crew
and more cheer of course...
October
We celebrated Daddy's Bday with dinner at Ralphie's
and Daddy enjoyed playing more gigs with the band
We had a fun girls' day with the Fourniers- Apple Picking and more fun!
and we hosted Lea's parents and Mimi and Papa for Sunday dinner
There was more cheer....
and more bday celebrations....
1st place was a common theme this past season....
and celebrations ensued...
We hosted our 1st Annual Risotto Night/Competition
and enjoyed Pumpkin Carving at The Batsons
Diana participated in the Annual Cheer Showcase
and her fan club was in attendance!
The potty training continued (because we are the worst potty trainers on this side of the Mississippi)
and Lea and Mama took Diana and Sam to a Methuen High Football Game and they LOVED watching Sam's cheerleaders!
We enjoyed Charmingfare Farm's Harvest of Haunts with the Batsons
and Eva enjoyed more skating...getting closer to hockey with her face mask!
Diana enjoyed her field trip to the State House
and Mama and her PTA pals made a cute Scarecrow for the town's 1st Annual Contest
We enjoyed lots of Halloween Fun including
The Batsons Party
and the Rekart's Oktoberfestoween
Then we had another bad storm....lots power for days and a tree (which took our swing set)
When it was time to have some more Halloween fun, Mama chaperoned Diana's School Halloween Party
and Mama and Daddy enjoyed the Annual Turf Fundraiser/Halloween Bash at Bill Clinton and Monica
On our Trick Or Treating Saturday, we visited with the grandparents and surprised them in our costumes
and had our best Halloween yet on golf carts in Mitchell Pond
and there was more cheer...and more first place victories
November
We decorated for Christmas early this year!
Bad Moms came out and Mama went to see it twice!
Diana rehearsed for the Nutcracker...
Diana's Cheer team placed 1st at Regionals and that is when Mama's Bestie Jill texted, "So....Breakfast in Cinderella's castle?" Hysterical.....
We enjoyed our annual Thanksgiving Weekend traditions.....
Breakfast
Friendsgiving
Family Christmas Card Pics
Thanksgiving Eve
Turkey Trot!
Dinner with the Fam
Black Friday
and Nutcracker Rehearsals!
We enjoyed Julia's Bat Mitzvah
and then watching Diana in this year's Nutcracker Production
and Mama loved meeting her favorite author, Elin Hilderbrand
December
We sqeezed in as many of our favorite Christmastime traditions as possible!
Advent calendars from Auntie Janie!
The Return of Relf our Elf
Mama's 3rd Annual Holiday Recipe Exchange
Town Tree Lighting and Santa Visit
Stone Zoo Lights with Mimi and Papa!
and then Mama and Diana had to escape to Orlando FL for the AYC National Cheer Championships
Upon our return, it was right back to the festive fun....
A beautiful dinner courtesy of our friend Greer
Annual Holiday lunch for Mama and Cass
Dinner with Besties
Eva's Family Skate Day!
Our 3rd Annual Jammie Christmas!
A holiday PTA meeting at home...
Christmas Errands
Holiday lunch and gift exchange with besties...
and dinner and more gift exchanges with besties...
Reindeer Pancakes FTW!
More fa la la la'ing
and a gingerbread house FAIL
Warm visits with our loved ones....
and Christmas Eve at Auntie Peggy's!
Christmas Morning Coziness at home....
complete with lots of SNOW
and a beautiful Christmas dinner thanks to Mimi and Papa
What a wonderful year it has been!
