The Shurden Family: January 2012

I was horrible at keeping up with the blog in 2011 so I'm doing the year in review. We had such fun things to do this year and I want the kids to have this blog to look back on one day and remember these days.

Rosalyn's school sings at the downtown Franklin festival, Dickens of a Christmas.

Rosalyn's class at their Christmas program

Christmas with my family. The kids with their new scooters. (Rosalyn's didn't make it in the pic.)

Knox enjoying his new shield.

Katie's 6th Birthday! It was a party full of fun games and prizes!

Nate and I at the pumpkin patch

The kids with their pumpkins

Trick or treating with good friends

Being silly with cousin Ethan

At the beach, we went to the arcade one night and the first game Rosalyn chose to play she won 1000 tickets. It was quite amazing!

Rosalyn's 8th Birthday! Movie at the downtown theater and ice cream from Sweet Cece's!

Katie starts Kindergarten! She homeschooled this year.

Rosalyn starts 2nd Grade. Not sure why this pic is so messed up. Her face is not really this discolored.

Knox beginning preschool at home!

The summer of the Cicadas. The worst bugs ever, besides spiders and roaches. They were horribly loud and would fly right at your face while you were walking outside. Thankful to not see them for another 13 years.

The kids and I made a trip to Jackson, MS to see our friends. Nate and Rosalyn have been friends since they were little babies. It's a sweet friendship. I love this family. The kids were able to attend VBS at First Pres which was great fun for them.

Katie with Sara Beth at the Children's Museum in Jackson

A fun retreat with the youth of our church. The girls loved tubing, riding boats, and swimming in the lake!

My grandmothers sisters live about 45 minutes from me so we were able to go to a surprise birthday party for 2 of them. I love my great-aunts! I wish my grandmother was still alive to have gone to the party with me.