THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF IN RYTTINGLAND

 

Trying to update this poor blog on all our family’s happenings since September (2012!) is quite a daunting task; especially considering how much life has changed for us over the last year. To tell the truth I don’t know where to start. I should just jump ahead to what we’re up to in 2014 but for the sake of trying to keep a complete family journal, I feel I need to try and at least do a quick (and hopefully brief) update of some of the major highlights.

                                                  SEPTEMBER 2012

We left off in September having just come back from a truly perfect family vacation. We made the most of the end of Summer by taking a trip to our beloved Lerfa Lodge. We always love the time we spend up there with family, relaxing, talking, eating, playing games and going on drives and hikes. It’s especially fun for Henry to roam around and explore. The leaves were just barely starting to change and it was so beautiful.

                                               OCTOBER 2012

In October we found out I was pregnant (HOORAY)! We were a little surprised and so so excited! We also took two fun family vacations. First was to Idaho Falls to visit Chris, JJ and Marty. We always have fun visiting them, and seriously family is the only thing that would get us to go to Idaho! Really it’s not that bad. And we surprised our families with our exciting news so that was fun.

                 

 

This was our second time visiting Yosemite. Since it was October the park was relatively empty of crowds. It was also fun to see the park at a different time of year! We missed the waterfalls but the changing leaves were beautiful. Yosemite holds a special place in our hearts, we have so many great memories there.

                                      DECEMBER 2012-CHRISTMAS TIME

Christmas in Utah is always fun. Nutcracker, Christmas Concert, Fondue with friends and this year we rode a horse drawn carriage through the Christmas lights at Thanksgiving Point.  We had our favorite Jacobs Christmas weekend in Salt Lake but major pregnancy sickness sort of put a damper on the weekend for us. Christmas itself however, was magical. Our Henry makes everything so special and fun.

                                            

                                                             JANUARY 2013

             

                                                  FEBRUARY 2013

With February comes Henry’s 2nd Birthday! At the time he was really into ocean animals, specifically sharks and whales. One of our earlier nicknames for Henry had been “baby shark” so we thought an Ocean themed party would be an appropriate way to celebrate. We had lots of family show up, which we were so grateful for. And Henry was completely spoiled, no surprise there. I had a lot of fun cooking and crafting for this party but it did burn me out a little and I fear his 3rd birthday might be a far more simple affair.

 

The next big event that took place in our family was the birth of our sweet baby girl three months later in May. An even that special deserves its own post entirely so we’ll save that for next time.