2008 Newsletter

2008 Newsletter

Jeffry, Cara, Leesha and Jack
473 Granada Ave. N.
Oakdale, MN 55128
651-484-0592

jeffrywith1e@gmail.com, carawillis@gmail.com, leeshamoreno@gmail.com

Check out our online photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/carawillis
and blog at: http://williseast.blogspot.com/

January

• Sledding with some members of our Small Group on New Year's Day
• Jeffry got a new desktop computer
  
• Celebrated David's birthday
• Leesha turned 10 with more celebrations than ever before, including a trip to Underwater World
• Got an elliptical
• At 6 months, Jack got his first haircut, then he became mobile!

February

• Simon's dedication
• Cara got her first laptop
• Leesha's best friend changed schools : >(
• Time with our friends the Browns and their kids
• Leesha had her first piano lesson, and got a half day off of school due to the water main breaking
• Modifications to the kitchen so Cara has an "office"
• Jeffry and Cara got to go out for a Valentine's Day date
• Jeffry's work party at a bowling alley
• arrivals of Tate to the family, and Aria to our friends
• Cara took Leesha shopping for a new outfit

March

• Jeffry fixed the door to our garage
• Leesha had her friend Ashley over
• Cara chaperoned Leesha's class' overnight to the MN Zoo during which Jeffry got sick :>(
• Watched the first two Indiana Jones movies as a family
  
• Visit from Steve and Holly
• Baby shower for Tate

April

• Took Leesha and a friend to the Broadway show of High School Musical
• Finished up the Indiana Jones trilogy

• Repaired Cara's wedding ring
• Time biking as a family

May

• Jeffry saw Iron Man with a friend
• Celebrated Mother's Day at Red Lobster
• Went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Jeffry and Cara went to see comedian Eddie Izzard
• Enjoyed celebrating Memorial Day with friends

June

• Leesha's school picnic
• Garage sale
• Leesha got another fish and went to Feed My Starving Children
• Jack went from crawling to walking
• Jeffry and Cara celebrated their 3rd anniversary with a date and new digital camera
• Saw Hulk
• Outings to Como Zoo, Grand Avenue and the Swedish American Institute
• Cara worked in lawn care
• Arrival of Josiah to friends

July

• Enjoyed an evening in a tree house with our Small Group
• Celebrated the 4th of July with friends and family
• Celebrated our nephew Simon's first birthday during a visit from Steve and Holly
• Leesha went to see Kit Kitterege, and attained a height of 5 feet, 1 inch (growing 6.5 inches in the two years since we moved)
• Jeffry and Greg got o go see Ween in concert
• Cara turned 33
• Jack turned 1, celebrating with some in-State friends and family

August

• Trip to St. Louis, taking in sights like Magic House and the Zoo as well as lots of time with Great Grandparents
• Celebrated a wedding, another 1st birthday and becoming Godparents
• Jeffry and Leesha went to see Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Cara had an accident :>(
• Toured Grandma Darlene's childhood house in Minneapolis
• Leesha started 5th grade and joined volleyball, scoring on her first rotation in as server
• Jeffry started his 3rd year at Monarch, and turned 34 on the same day
• Jack started saying "Mommy" and "Daddy"
• Cara demolished the half wall by our front door

October

• Leesha got a haircut and her volleyball team took 1st place in their tournament
• Honda rolled to 100K miles
• Painted our basement
• Cara attended the ACSI teacher's conference and worked on the Auction at Leesha's school
• Jack was dressed up as the Jack of Hearts for Halloween

November

• NHCA Auction
• Leesha's dad moved to a house so she has her own room now
• Learned that friends in our Small Group are expecting
• Leesha got to go to High School Musical 3
• Jeffry got a Eee webbook
• Jeffry and Cara went to see Quantum of Solace
• Darlene had a kidney stone that took more to deliver than an 8lb. baby
• Celebrated Thanksgiving with Cara's parents
• Cara and Leesha finished reading Prince Caspian
• Jack got his first pair of "schews" and fell asleep holding one

December

• Leesha got to attend Bethel's Festival of Christmas and The Best Christmas Pagent Ever
• Time with family to celebrate Christmas
• Surprised Laura Beth from our Small Group by taking her out for her birthday instead of studying Acts
• Cara had an ultrasound showing that "Toto" looks nice and healthy, shared our impending arrival with friends and family
• Jeffry got a haircut
• Cara got to see her friend Anu
• Jack had an afternoon of vomiting, so we took him to Children's Hospital for the night, then others in the house proceeded to get ill with various illnesses