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2003 In Review

If all the tv stations and newspapers and everyone else under the sun can do a year in review thing, so can I!

This Year:

January: The girls have to drag themselves back to school after having so much fun over winter break:

February: Katrina plays basketball.

March: I started this website, so that everyone could share in the oh-so-exciting details of my daily life. Thrilling, isn't it?

April: I was laid off from my "internship" that was really much more than that, and began job-hunting, which I hate so much. I visited my friend Debbie in Texas, and managed to be in the same town as the president while I was there! (I still owe her pictures from the trip. How bad am I?!)

May: May seems to be a little foggy. I know I spent a lot of time taking Abby to her softball practices.

The girls sang in the end-of-year choir concert. Katrina got to be the only 3rd grader in choir!

And I had to drive Abby to girl scout camp way out on the peninsula late, due to softball, but had a nice ride on the ferry on the way back:

June: This was an eventful month. I got a new, much much better job and Abby turned 10! It's hard to believe she's now more than halfway to 11. I also had a birthday, but there's not really any need to get into exact numbers there, though. Also, Abby's team won the championship for their league.

July: This month was mostly filled with the tedious minutia of moving. By the end of the month, we were happily installed in our new apartment, just minutes away from the girls' school, which has been terribly convenient this year!
Old House:

The girls go away to camp for the first time, and have a blast.

August: We went to Leavenworth with my mom and see 'Oliver', which was lots of fun.

My name officially changed back to Cole, even if my bank and place of employment aren't fully aware of this yet.

We also went camping for the first time, over Labor Day Weekend. We learned how to build a fire and survived with only the mildest of lectures from a park ranger. (A lit candle was apparently a no-no.)
  

September: The girls started school, I tried to fight back my strong desires to buy lots of new school supplies (I have this problem every year) and we all learn to get up a little bit earlier.

October: Katrina turned 9. I managed to get my new driver's license.

November: Both the girls do their 'It's Thanksgiving, so We're Getting The Stomach Flu' annual routine. This year, they managed to get sick the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and are all better by the actual holiday. I have pictures of the rash Katrina got, but I promised her I wouldn't post them!

December: Abby soloed in choir, and both the girls had speaking parts for their performances. I launched my new, redesigned family website. If you haven't seen it yet, go look!!

Posted by Rachel at December 31, 2003 08:47 AM