2010 Wrap-Up

What an amazing year this had been. To fill our friends and family in on our recent happenings I thought that I would do a 2010 wrap-up.

Central Park November 2010

Our year starting out with freezing cold weather that invited us to go outside and throw snowball at each other and the passing neighbors. Claire was enjoying Kindergarten and Matt was enjoying studying the Classics at Columbia University. Lance, Jack and I enjoyed exploring the city. The American Museum of Natural History became one of our favorite places. Lance and Jack can tell you exactly what floor Rexy and "Dumb dumb you give me gum gum" are on.

When the weather warmed up we craved a road trip and headed south to Washington DC. We loved spending time with old friends and making new friends like Abraham Lincoln. While Claire was learning to read, Matt was learning to read and translate Latin and keep up with remembering the Greek that he learned in the Fall semester.

In the Spring we lost a wonderful man in our family, my Dad, J David Fraser . It was this bitter sweet event that took Matt and I to California for the week...kid free. It was wonderful to see family and share tender memories. We come home to 3 little children that enjoyed their week long slumber party and missed their Mommy and Daddy. We used some much needed family time we toured Virginia and our little ones were able to walk where great men walked.

Brooklyn Bridge

As Kindergarten was wrapping up for Claire, Matt was starting another round of classes, so the kids and I packed up for California (and less humidity) We had a "to do list" a mile long and I am not really sure what we did but we came home tan, missing NY city and most of all Daddy!

Cousins

September brought more changes to our little group. Four new classes for Matt, 1st grade for Claire, Kindergarten for Lance, jack being the only kid home....and a move to Manhattan for the whole family. We loved living in the Bronx, leaving our friends and community was tough, but we loving being in the city.

We went from a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath with all the modern convinces (garbage disposal, etc) to a 2 bedroom 1 bath and the cutest dishwasher I have ever seen...Matt. There has been much adjusting, but some things never change.

Jack is quite the story teller and thinks that he is just as big as his siblings (except when it comes to riding in the stroller) He loves to build wonderful forts and train stations out of his wooden blocks. Jack also enjoys doing "homework" and complaining about it like the rest of us. I love having him home to myself and touring the city with him.

Lance is our comedian! He loves to act out scenes from various movies and keeps us laughing. He loves to build and create cities with blocks, legos and every car and train in the house. He is also a hard worker and will work until the job is done perfect. We hear shouts from his friends excited to see him as we walk to Kindergarten. He breezes through his homework and often asks for more. I wish I could bottle his excitement and energy!

Steps of Lincoln memorial where MLK gave his speech

Claire is our princess, in every sense of the word. If something does not go her way she lets us know about it. She is also so sweet and loving and makes sure that her brothers are taken care of. Claire is our ballerina and turns circles all over our apartment and down Broadway as we walk home. She is always asking to help to clean and make dinner. She is quite the little mommy with all of her babies and keeping the boys in line.

Matt and I, well we just try to keep up with our babies. Matt does this while carrying a full load at Columbia (which includes memorizing Greek and Latin every semester among other things). He also keeps our Missionaries in line as the Ward Mission Leader. I love to run all over the city, find new thrift store finds with Jack, and laugh and learn with the Relief Society sisters in our ward.

This year has been a year full of unforgettable moments and moments that I wish I could hold on to a little longer. Looking back I remember how lucky I am and how good I have it!

Here is to many more years of memory making...cheers!