Haha...the joke's on you!

I thought I'd give you all a good laugh when I sent out our Christmas cards with our blog address on it. I figured it would motivate me and get me blogging again. Um, ya...it didn't work. What finally got me was when I saw my good friend Amy, who was visiting on Sunday, and saw that she was 5 months pregnant (and I had no idea. I know, great friend, huh?!) that made me realize I need to get my act together because not only have I not been blogging, I also have not been reading blogs. So, here in a nutshell is a recap of the Casida Crew's last 8 months....

Grandpa Chitwood passed away in June. Sean got engaged in September(?). My kids started a new school- Jordan Elementary, and we're all loving it! I have gone from PTA President to lowly PTA member who occasionally volunteers and is virtually unkown at Jordan and loving it! Spent Thanksgiving in the Bay Area/ San Francisco with the Funderburk family. Mom was in the hospital for about 10 days right before Christmas with pneumonia. We celebrated what felt like 20 different Christmases. It was a rough one with both Grandma and Grandpa Chitwood gone. It's so weird that they were both here last Christmas, and both gone this one. Notice the pattern...JJ got married in January (2009), Grandma passed away in February. Ryan got married in May, Grandpa passed away in June. Sean just got married January 2nd, 2010 so Nana better watch her back because we have not had a good track record with grandparents. I'm just saying....;) Anyway, like I mentioned earlier, Sean married Amber on January 2nd, and yes, for those of you keeping track, I have been married for 12 years and then my brothers all decided to get married in 1 years span. Sean & Amber had a Scottish wedding, which meant all of the guys in the family wore kilts, even my boys. It was an evening ceremony in Mesa, AZ at their friends' gorgeous home/backyard. Fun was had by all! The day after the wedding our family drove up to Williams where we rode the Polar Express. It was a blast and we're already planning our trip to go back next year! The following morning we drove another hour to the Grand Canyon to take in the amazing views there. There was snow, it was freezing, but it was worth it! Trevor got Student of the Month in February which was awesome. Nate won a gold medal in History at the Academic Day of Excellence a few weeks ago. He was on a team of 4 competing against all of the other schools in the district. We are so proud of both boys! Maddie has lost her first 2 teeth in the last couple of weeks, and got all of her immunizations so she's all ready to start Kindergarten in the fall- and boy is she ready! I think that covers most of the big events that have been happening around here. Here are some pictures of some of the above mentioned events. Love to all!