Hi Friends! Every year I do a "Year In Review"...I love doing this because I love looking back...this is my electronic scrapbook if you will....so here we go
January
We had a girls' night at Copper Door to celebrate Ally's Birthday
After remote learning for most of the fall, Pidge was SO EXCITED to be heading back to school, in person, full time!
We watched the inauguration
Pidge continued being her shark self on the ice ;)
February
There was more hockey!
and more dance of course...even after a snowstorm!
We enjoyed the school district deliberative session
Date Walks Continued...even when it was NINE degrees....yikes :/
Mama and Daddy enjoyed a romantic Valentine dinner at Villaggio Ristorante in Manchester
Mama got vaccinated!
March
We watched Daddy's new band live on FB TV!
The guys played indoor virtual golf
The Dance Moms celebrated Misty's 40th!
We enjoyed another town election especially when our favorite school board candidates were a shoe in
Remi was and still is our love....and he even tried to go to yoga with Mama one morning ;)
The Fab Four continued our tradition of a night out during St Patty's Day Weekend- always starting at Hanover Street Chop House
Diana competed in YAGP for the first time and enjoyed a fun photo shoot the weekend before during dress rehearsals!
We celebrated Mimi's Birthday
and Papa Bob's Birthday!
Remi attended obedient school...it was somewhat helpful but not completely- HA!
April
Daddy got vaccinated!
We celebrated Good Friday and Easter with our favorite traditions that were back again!
Mama's Gym Opened up in a new location and it is amazing
Eva LOVED Softball!
Mama pulled together a fab 50th Bday Celebration Weekend for Lea
We celebrated Eva's 7th Birthday with friends.....
and then family...
and we wrapped up the month with a fun long weekend in Palm Beach FL
May
Mama enjoyed a trip to Aruba to celebrate Cass and Laurel's 50th Birthdays!
Diana celebrated winning first place in Windham and then first place in NH for the National PTA Competition- her category was Dance Choreography
Most weekends in May consisted of filming the End Of Year Show- Wizard of Oz and it was yet again, a family effort
Despite all of the filming, we snuck in a fun Mother's Day Brunch
We celebrated BA's Birthday
and we opened the pool nice and early!
Mama LOVED driving with the top down in the new Jeep...with her sidekick of course ;)
We planted some herbs and veggies on our deck
We celebrated a very rainy Memorial Day Weekend with our friends and family and things cleared up in time for our favorite parade
June
The girls' finally completed their 2021 AAB Performance Awards- due to COVID they had been postponed from March to June! Eva achieved GOLD and Diana achieved GOLD WITH DISTINCTION with another scholarship to AAB's Summer School
We enjoyed our favorite weekend of the summer up in Portsmouth and the Seacoast so we could attend the girls' movie premier of The Wizard Of Oz!
Mama and Shannon stepped down from our executive positions on the PTA...hard thing to do but made sense...love this girl
There was some solid Soul Sisters Time!
Diana got vaccinated!
The girls wrapped up a very challenging and yet successful school year- so proud!
Mama and BA joined Suzy and Rob and walked the F2FC 5K on a beautiful and hot day!
We celebrated Father's Day at home with an awesome pool day!
and we wrapped up the month with an awesome weekend with our family in Ogunquit ME :)
and Mama hosted Book Club!
July
We started the month with a VERY rainy yet VERY fun 4th of July Weekend at Laurel and Tom's Lake House
and then enjoyed a sunny day back at the lake again the following weekend!
Diana enjoyed the AAB Summer program virtually with her dance pals
and she also enjoyed Film Camp
While Pidge enjoyed cooking camp!
and her first sleepover with bestie Kyla
Mama enjoyed celebrating her company's survival during COVID and the special team that we are! Fabulous night in Boston!
Mama also enjoyed Karen's surprise Birthday Lunch
and we loved watching Caden as Aladdin in his summer theater camp production
Mrs M helped Diana prepare for her audition for the Rockettes' Christmas Spectacular
We had a fun weekend up at Wild Acres Camp Ground with Dance Pals
and wrapped up the month watching the TTC Theater Camp's Production- outside and with several films- a very different year
August
We celebrated my Dad turning 80 with a surprise weekend on the Cape- it was such a blast- beautiful weather and many many laughs- wish we could go back!
We watched some of the Summer Olympics
We said goodbye to Father Brian...that was a tough one...he is now in the missionaries in the Dominican Republic...exactly where he wants to be...but we still miss him
There was more Soul Sister time!
The girls had so much fun checking off things on their Summer List....especially when they got to spend an evening with Gabby!
We golfed...once...I don't even want to talk about it..not nearly enough!
The girls LOVED being in Beauty And The Beast as Belle and Chip!
and Diana and I squeezed in our Mom and Daughter Boogie Board Day!
Diana enjoyed Mrs. M's Dance Intensives
and we enjoyed a Red Sox Game at Fenway with our family and besties...on the hottest day of the year!
and another weekend at the lake ....so fun
and Diana celebrated turning 13 with a very special day with her besties
September
We were back at soccer with Pidge!
The girls went back to school- 8th and 2nd grades!
My besties took me out to Eddie V's for my Birthday- new fave restaurant!
My BFF took me to my favorite places on my actual bday- the beach and Portsmouth for lunch!
My Mom and I enjoyed a wonderful overnight in York ME over Labor Day Weekend :)
Eva came up with the idea to have a lemonade stand to raise money for families who are battling cancer- she ended up donating her funds raised to the Windham Blackout Cancer charity :)
The actual Windham Blackout Charity hit records numbers for donations this year as Mama jumped back in to help lead the charge!
Kayla and Marshall got engaged!
and the girls auditioned for the Nutcracker yet again
We started attending Family Faith sessions as we all help Eva prepare for Reconciliation and First Communion
and we celebrated Laurel turning 50 with an epic celebration/the talk of the town/HA!
October
We got "Boosted!"
School Pics came in!
We wrapped up the month celebrating Halloween Weekend with our friends- all weekend long!
November
We decorated for Christmas!
December
We "Christmas'd" all month long!
In between the festivities, Tuesdays in the office brought Mama joy and even some excitement "Hallmark Style" ha!
Festival of Trees!
My Favorite Things Party
Portsmouth with the Fournier Girls
More work in between the festivities- YAGP prep for Diana
and more snuggles with Remi of course!
West Side Story to see Wesley Foster!
More Date Walks
and some time in Boston with The Soul Sisters was perfection
The McLain's Annual Holiday Party
and a restful week with a few get togethers are on tap to round out our year! With so so many challenges, looking back I am still grateful...grateful for getting some normalcy back and especially grateful for time with our people and watching our girls do what they love...HOWEVER..I am really excited to welcome 2022! How about you? Thanks for following along and thank you for being part of this wonderful blogging community! Grateful for all of YOU!
3 comments:
What a lovely year in review! It was so great to see some normalcy come back to 2021. Here's hoping for even more of that, and more time with people we love, in 2022. Thank you for being such a great blogging friend!
It looks like you all had a really wonder year! Wishing you nothing but the best in 2022!
Great recap of an amazing year! Love seeing pictures of all of your celebrations, family time, kids' activities and more- let the good times continue to roll!!
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