The Derington's 2011
Here is our year in review.
Here is our year in review.Jacob-8 - 3rd grade -- Amara-7 - 1st grade -- Ethan-4 - preschool -- Keira-2
We started out the finding out that we were going to finish our family with a baby boy, with no idea what his name would be. 
Me 5 months pregnant
In February Jake started a project. We started to put shelves in our cold storage room for all our food storage. It was quite a job and it's still not quite finished. We celebrated Jake's birthday with brownies and dinner out.
In April the kids started playing soccer. Amara really loved it and even scored a goal. She also played goalie a few times and had 8 saves. Jacob also enjoyed his time playing and liked running around the field. Ethan didn't really care for it and would run around in circles and then decide to sit down in the middle of the field.
Hours before going to the hospital. 9 months pregnant
May was by far our most eventful month of the entire year. The kids continued their soccer. My nephew Scott came to go to the MTC and then head to India. We really enjoyed having him for the day. Jake did a little bit of traveling in the middle of the month that made me a little nervous. On the 19th we celebrated Keira's 3rd birthday. Old enough to go to preschool as long as we could get her potty trained. 4 days later we celebrated Jacob's 9th birthday. Jake made each of them their own pan of brownies. And then 3 days later we were blessed with the sweetest baby boy.
SOREN
I was hoping to be induced in the morning but the hospital was very busy that day so we packed all our stuff and headed to the movies, we saw Thor. Then at 3 pm we went to the hospital where I had to have antibiotics first and then he was born at 10:58 PM weighing 6 lbs and 13 0z. As soon as they handed him to me we asked him if his name was Soren and he looked right at us. Then we asked if his name was Shane and he looked away, so Soren it was and he looked back at us. Soren is another name for Thor in Danish. I wonder if watching the movie right before he was born affected his decision. My parents came for a visit and I was really glad to have their help.
May was by far our most eventful month of the entire year. The kids continued their soccer. My nephew Scott came to go to the MTC and then head to India. We really enjoyed having him for the day. Jake did a little bit of traveling in the middle of the month that made me a little nervous. On the 19th we celebrated Keira's 3rd birthday. Old enough to go to preschool as long as we could get her potty trained. 4 days later we celebrated Jacob's 9th birthday. Jake made each of them their own pan of brownies. And then 3 days later we were blessed with the sweetest baby boy.
SOREN
I was hoping to be induced in the morning but the hospital was very busy that day so we packed all our stuff and headed to the movies, we saw Thor. Then at 3 pm we went to the hospital where I had to have antibiotics first and then he was born at 10:58 PM weighing 6 lbs and 13 0z. As soon as they handed him to me we asked him if his name was Soren and he looked right at us. Then we asked if his name was Shane and he looked away, so Soren it was and he looked back at us. Soren is another name for Thor in Danish. I wonder if watching the movie right before he was born affected his decision. My parents came for a visit and I was really glad to have their help.
our first family photo
In June school ended, my parents left and we celebrated Ethan's 5th birthday. He also got his own pan of brownies. Jake did a little more traveling in June but not much. I spent most of the month taking Soren to Primary Children's Hospital to have blood drawn for his jaundice. Jake and I also celebrated our 10th anniversary. No trips for us this year, we even took Soren on our date with us. Hopefully soon we'll get to take that anniversay trip as soon as we figure out what to do with our 5 kids.
Over the summer we were visited by a lot of family. My brother Mike came for a visit so his son could go to basketball camp at BYU. My parents came back for the 4th of July. Jake's brother Mike also came for a visit where we got to meet our niece, Morgan. for the first time. Such a cutie. My sister Diana came in August with a few of her kids for Education Week, I even got to keep my niece, Olivia. for a week. It was so much fun. My parents came then too.
In August we blessed Soren in our house (it was the only way to get the maxium of our loved ones there). It was a beautiful payer and a fun party.
And then school started!!! YEAH!!! Jacob was going into the 4th grade, Amara into 2nd, Ethan started Kindergarten, and Keira was going to preschool at a really good friend's. Twice a week I will have 2 1/2 hours alone with Soren. It is a very cherished time for us. All the kids were happy to go to school to see their friends.
Jake spent half of September away on business and our ward split. Sending us to church further away and across Redwood road then the one we used to walk to. And to make it worse we had to go to church at 2:30 pm. In the end the time turned out to be a good thing. Jacob started taking ballroom at school and told us that he liked it better than playing soccer. Jake had his work party at This is the Place Park. It was great fun and they gave out lots of free candy, popcorn, and Popsicles.
In October I spent lots of time working on costumes. I had to dye Jacob's Ben 10 jacket and glue the stripes on. Amara's dress turned out to be see through, so I sewed on 2 layers of ruffle and glued flowers onto her hat. Keira and Ethan both changed their minds on what they wanted to be after I had already bought their costumes. Ethan wore one costume to school and another trick-or-treating. I was just so happy it was warm for Halloween this year. Keira's class went to Cornbelly's for a field trip. It was very cold but Jake was able to go so we had great fun.
In November we took off for Washington and Portland. Luckily Santa came a month early to our house and dropped of a portable DVD player and headphones for everyone. We spent most of our time in Washington with my brother Mike and family. We took a day to visit with Grandma Lillian. She fixed us wonderful meals and it was wonderful just to be able to talk with her. While in Portland we got to stay in a hotel, the kids thought it was the part of the trip. The kids loved having the pool right across the hall from our room. We also got to have hot chocolate right before bed. When we got back to Washington we had the most wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and pies prepared by my sister-in-law Brenda. It was a great trip spent with people we love.
Jake left for Delaware as soon as it became December and only visited us for a day until he came back on the 23rd. He missed Amara's birthday for the 2nd year in a row (she won't let him forget it) but he made her a pan of brownies on the day he was home. Luckily he was able to be here for the kids school Christmas program. As soon as Jake got back we went to see Santa, get Amara's ears pierced, and just enjoy our time together as a family and the Christmas festivities. On Christmas Eve we had the Derington/Chipman family over like we do every year. I love having everyone over in our home where we can all be together and enjoy each other.
Christmas morning was wonderful with family (my parents came back again). It was fun to see all the kids open their presents and watch Soren on his first Christmas.
In August we blessed Soren in our house (it was the only way to get the maxium of our loved ones there). It was a beautiful payer and a fun party.
And then school started!!! YEAH!!! Jacob was going into the 4th grade, Amara into 2nd, Ethan started Kindergarten, and Keira was going to preschool at a really good friend's. Twice a week I will have 2 1/2 hours alone with Soren. It is a very cherished time for us. All the kids were happy to go to school to see their friends.Jake spent half of September away on business and our ward split. Sending us to church further away and across Redwood road then the one we used to walk to. And to make it worse we had to go to church at 2:30 pm. In the end the time turned out to be a good thing. Jacob started taking ballroom at school and told us that he liked it better than playing soccer. Jake had his work party at This is the Place Park. It was great fun and they gave out lots of free candy, popcorn, and Popsicles.
In October I spent lots of time working on costumes. I had to dye Jacob's Ben 10 jacket and glue the stripes on. Amara's dress turned out to be see through, so I sewed on 2 layers of ruffle and glued flowers onto her hat. Keira and Ethan both changed their minds on what they wanted to be after I had already bought their costumes. Ethan wore one costume to school and another trick-or-treating. I was just so happy it was warm for Halloween this year. Keira's class went to Cornbelly's for a field trip. It was very cold but Jake was able to go so we had great fun. 
In November we took off for Washington and Portland. Luckily Santa came a month early to our house and dropped of a portable DVD player and headphones for everyone. We spent most of our time in Washington with my brother Mike and family. We took a day to visit with Grandma Lillian. She fixed us wonderful meals and it was wonderful just to be able to talk with her. While in Portland we got to stay in a hotel, the kids thought it was the part of the trip. The kids loved having the pool right across the hall from our room. We also got to have hot chocolate right before bed. When we got back to Washington we had the most wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and pies prepared by my sister-in-law Brenda. It was a great trip spent with people we love.
Jake left for Delaware as soon as it became December and only visited us for a day until he came back on the 23rd. He missed Amara's birthday for the 2nd year in a row (she won't let him forget it) but he made her a pan of brownies on the day he was home. Luckily he was able to be here for the kids school Christmas program. As soon as Jake got back we went to see Santa, get Amara's ears pierced, and just enjoy our time together as a family and the Christmas festivities. On Christmas Eve we had the Derington/Chipman family over like we do every year. I love having everyone over in our home where we can all be together and enjoy each other. Christmas morning was wonderful with family (my parents came back again). It was fun to see all the kids open their presents and watch Soren on his first Christmas.
I know this was super long but it was like writing a journal entry for the whole year. I hope you all had as wonderful a year as we did. Now we're just waiting to see if the world is going to end.
Despite Jake being away on business a not small amount of the year, it sounds like it was a good year. Years when babies are born are busy, but awesome. You have a good family.
ReplyDeleteGreat synopsis of 2011. It was a good year for you. Very busy, but good. The kids are growing and I love reading about how they are all doing. You have a wonderful and beautiful family.
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