Ah, December 31st. A time to reflect back on the year, 2008. It started out not looking so good. Deputy Jason S. Zunker was struck by a car on January 4th and died January 5th. One of my wish kids, Mallorie, also passed away on January 4th. The beginning of the year held turmoil and saddness. My worst fears came true, except it was for someone else, but I just can't shake the feeling of what if. We will say that January 2008 really made me start to reflect on what I wanted to accomplish in life: be a great mother, spend lots of time with my children, husband, family and friends, and get my affairs in order. I was also dealing with the fact I was not pregnant and had not been able to get pregnant for over a year at that point, which only added to the saddness. I was told I would never have children but when you seem like you will not be able to have as many as you want, it hurts just as much as if you couldn't have children at all. But I did get past that and said "Well if this is what God wants, so be it". We were open to foster care, adoption and/or foreign exchange students and are still talking about all three. But we didn't have to wait too long, as we found out on September 1st I was pregnant again!! Yeah!! I had hoped to be in better shape when it happened but life happened too and I was so tired all the time and after getting pregnant that fatigue increased exponentially!! The rest of the year was pretty uneventful. Sam participated in Chippewa Strikers soccer, Katarina and Ian did T-ball and soccer, and we did lots of swimming in the pool. Here's a re-cap.
January: Sam and Katarina both went to the Bloomer Jump Rope contest, honorary flag was raised at the courthouse for Zunker that has been traveling the country since 9/11 for officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty
February: attended scrapbook weekend at 29 Pines with Carisa and we had a blast!, celebrated my 26th Birthday
March: "Famous Icons" bus party, Lutzen Mtn. skiiing with Andy & Dena, Kalahari with Gardow family in WI Dells, Katarina celebrated her 6th Birthday
April: Zunker Memorial Fundraiser at The View, visited Kari in North Carolina, kids and I went to visit Bridgit, Chris & Kaitlin Keller in Iowa, Sam & I attended the MN Horse Expo
May: Madison for WI Law Enforcement Memorial, Madison field trip with Sam, Kalahari for WPPA conference, Ian celebrated his 4th Birthday, Elijah James Stepp born on the 23rd
June: Reese & Julie Anderson married, celebrated our 7th Wedding Anniversary
July: went to Rock Fest with Jane, Sam celebrated her 10th Brithday
August: Bowe Family Reunion at Denny & Marilyn's cabin on Fireside Lake
September: found out I was pregnant!!
October: Halloween (Ian was a gorilla, Katarina was a cheerleader and Sam was a farmer)
November: Nicholas celebrated his 29th Birthday, threw Rich & Lorraine a surprise 40th Wedding Anniversary party
December: CCPPA bowling tournament
We ended the year with a "bang". Nicholas had to work but the kids and I saw the movie Bedtime Stories (we all loved it), went through Irvine Park and celebrated with sparkling grape juice and crowns, and even got the dogs in on the celebration. It was the best New Years Eve I could ask for. Of course none of us stayed up late enough to see the new year come in but I have high hopes for 2009!!
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