February 2007: Biking while the weather is nice....
March 2007: My mom visited us for a week. Much time spent at the park. 
April 2007: Connor celebrated his first birthday with a visit from Aunt Soooz, Uncle Mike and Aunt Terri and a party with family and friends. 
May 2007: Tom celebrated his 3*th birthday and Ian celebrated his 3rd birthday on the same day! We spent the day together as a family and had a Diego party for Ian and his friends a few days later. 
Enjoying the new swingset-a gift from the family to the boys for their birthdays. 
June 2007: On vacation from school, Linda spent a week in Prescott working for a music festival. We also went on our annual "hooray, school's done!" trip to visit Michael and Terri for a few days. 
Tom also taught percussion at Paradise Valley Music Camp. 
July 2007: Linda celebrated a birthday by reading Harry Potter and having traditional ice cream cake. 
We visited Michael and Terri for 4th of July, attending Sierra Madre's little parade, which was a lot of fun. 
We also trekked to New York to visit family and friends for a few weeks, spending a week on the beach in Hampton Bays, followed by time upstate. 
Ian had a chance to visit the cockpit on our trip. 
August 2007: Life begins to twist and turn. Linda returned to working full time for Chandler Schools, all of which happened rather quickly. We also begin Early Intervention with Connor. 
A visit to the Challenger Space Center. Actually, was this in June or August???? Hmmm.September 2007: Ian begins his first season of soccer. He enjoyed the practices more than the games and the best part was the sno-cones at the end of each game.
October 2007: On a break from school, we repainted the bedroom and waited impatiently for cooler weather to arrive. The boys were excited for Halloween, Ian being a race car driver and Connor, his pit crew chief. Connor is diagnosed with autism on October 1 and shortly after began receiving therapies.
November 2007: After a visit to New York to see brother Chris marry Kristen, who then became an inductee into the Sister-in-Law sisterhood (an exclusive group!), we celebrated Thanksgiving with Michael and Terri visiting us in AZ. 
Connor made huge progress in a short time by learning signs for "more" and "please". 
The weather finally dips below 110 degrees! 
December 2007: My mom came to visit us for Christmas. She left this morning and we are glad that she was able to spend time with all of us. A part of the holiday photo shoot-one of the photos that made the cut.
2007 brought many highs and lows and we are looking forward to a fresh start in 2008. Wishing everyone a very prosperous and happy New Year!! 
4 comments:
Great idea for the last post of the year! Glad I/we could be at most of the highlight pictures. Although I would of loved to be at the cockpit pictures, that was very cool.
Those were some really terrific photos, Linda. My absolute favorite though has to be of Connor and his first birthday! Way too cute - you just have to love it.
Your photos are gorgeous! I love the family shot at the end.
Happy New Year!
I see what Tom was saying about being in most of the pictures :) You really are a great photographer, Linda, and what a cool way to end the year!
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