My mom heard this suggestion and passed it along to me. If I remember correctly the suggestion was that on every New Year's Eve you sit down with your family and discuss everybody's top stories for the year. We didn't do it on New Year's Eve, but I'm thinking it would be a fun tradition to start. Here's are our top stories of 2008.
Jack 
- learned to crawl
- learned to walk
- fell, cut his cheek and had to get stitches
- celebrated his First birthday
- fell in love with a blanket
- discovered toys and played, played, played
Ben
- celebrated his Third birthday
- became potty-trained
- learned to write his name
- rode on Thomas the Train
- started doing Daddy-Dude nights with Chad
- took a tumbling & playschool class through a summer recreation program
- started preschool
- took swimming lessons and loved it
- played, played, played
Crystal
- did a preschool with four other moms
- praticed taking pictures and learned more about photography and had the opportunity to photograph three weddings
- attended monthly lunch group with other awesome moms in neighborhood
- washed, folded and put away approximately 400 batches of laundry, made and cleaned up 1000 meals, changed approximately 3000 diapers, put on my own and little ones shoes approx. 2000 times, read 1100 bedtime stories and picked up a million toys (okay maybe not a million, but it feels like it.
- Turned the big 3-0
Chad
- Ran 325.96 miles on the treadmill
- Lost 40 pounds, but whoops gained some back the last couple of weeks
- Ran a 5K in under a half an hour (awesome for somebody who hates running)
- Finished teaching his third group of primary kids
- Became a valuable asset at his work, but unfortunately the company was having a difficult time.
- Acquired a new job before his old job was most likely going to let him go
- Discovered he is funny in St. George
As a family we-
Traveled
- Went to Bear Lake in February and went sledding
- Camping in Capitol Reef in April with our awesome family and awesome friends
- Went River rafting in August on the Snake River
- Went camping at Cinnamon Creek in August
- Went to Grandpa Bo's cabin in September
- Took a trip to St George and Las Vegas in November
A few other things that happened this year for all of us
- Simply just enjoyed spending time together as our little family as well as spending time with our extended families
- Spent time with friends like Jennifer & Jeremy, Heather & Joe, Kevin & Christy, Becca & Hans, and neighborhood friends
- Had season passes to Lagoon and went about once a week in the summer
- Flooded out of our basement apartment and displaced for 2 1/2 months
Sometimes our lives seem pretty uneventful and boring, but apparently I have a pretty fun, interesting life. I feel very fortunate for all the wonderful people I have in my life.
