2011 At a Glance

2011 was quite a year for us. In April we found out that we were expecting our 3rd child. This came as a surprise to everyone. We were very content with the 2 kids we had and were not trying for a 3rd. Needless to say it took a few months to come to terms with our lives making such a BIG change. I was very sick and extremely tired with this pregnancy not to mention it was our hottest summer since 1980. The kids and I stayed in the house most of the summer.


We were able to take a trip to Mexico for 4 days. We visited Playa Del Carmen and the kids loved the ocean so much that we spent most of our days at the beach. Ron and I knew that it would be a while before we were able to take the kids somewhere this eventful with a new baby arriving in the winter. We had a wonderful time making lots of great memories.

In August the kids went back to school. We made the hard decision to take Griffin out of public school and try a local private school that we had heard good things about. He stayed in the 2nd grade due to a fear that if we moved him up he may be way behind. We are now over halfway through the year and have found that HCCA is the best decision we could've made for Griffin. Hadley began kindergarten at Griffin's old school and she is thriving. As for now we will continue on with Griffin in private and Hadley in public until we see fit to make a change.


I decided to not find out what the sex of the baby was and on December 6, 2011 we were surprised with the arrival of Chandler May Stogsdill. She has been such special addition to the family.