One Year Blogging Anniversary!/Memory Monday

A year ago today I started my blog! It was thanks to my friend Tanya that I started. She seemed to think I had funny stories to tell and that I should write them down. Funny or not, she had a point. I'm making slow progress on the girls' scrapbooks so this is a quick way to get the big moments recorded to refer back to, as well as share some of those funny moments along the way. Our new favorite snack: Snowmen Bananas!

My first post was about my first trip to Disneyland with the girls by myself. I met Tanya there and between us we had seven kids aged 4 and under. We were so proud of ourselves. So much has happened in a year. Thank you for taking this journey with us and for checking in on us. I've made some new friends along the way- some I've met, some I hope to meet one day. I love reading all your comments and visiting your blogs in return.

I hope more of you will come out of lurking and post some comments this year! I see you over there on the site meter- telling me who visits from where. I'd love to hear from you! I'm also looking to add a counter to the blog so we can see how many people visit. I do get a weekly report and on average about 140 people visit per week! And I've had over 9,000 people visit this year! Please feel free to introduce yourself in the comment section! It's easy! :)

I recently changed the background of our blog and promise the music will be updated soon! I'm also in the process of loading all my pictures from CD's to my external hard drive- as I do this I plan on starting "Memory Monday" where I will post a picture from the CD of the week. Should be a fun walk down memory lane. I was watching some videos last night from 2006 and was amazed! Not sure if I've shared this one before- but its one of my favorites!

To honor this special occasion, I'm going to complete a tag my friend Leslie gave me. Leslie is a blogging buddy- she has a beautiful family!

Per the rules, I have to list 5 reasons why Life is Grand and pass this on to 5 friends

I think life is grand because...

1. I have an amazing family- I’m married to my best friend and have 3 beautiful girls.

2. I have a great job! (I have a job for that matter!) My job allows me to work part time doing what I love- teaching- and I still can spend lots of time with my girls!

3. My friends are my building blocks that I depend upon daily. I have many friends from many walks of life and I value every one of them!

4. I live two blocks from my parents and get to see them all the time. I don’t take it for granted. My parents are young and I am grateful that they are such a huge part of their granddaughters lives (and mine!).

5. We are healthy! Sure we have our aches and pains- but we have nothing to complain about and our girls are healthy- and always have been. For this- we thank God every day!

So there you have it! I'm not going to tag anyone because if you are reading this- i think you are GRAND and if you have a blog, please feel free to create an entry on this too!

Thanks again for a great year! I can't wait to see what this next year brings!