December 23, 2011

Who has time for this?



Apologies in advance for the lack of originality.  Make it to the end, leave a comment and you could win a prize!!!  Check my etsy shop for details.


Dad’s Top Ten

  1. Jack coming with fireworks
  2. Changing my email @ work from kfillmore@coherex to kam@coherex.com
  3. Crash bang tree destroying wind storm—no damage sustained besides a sore back and limp arms
  4. 2 Marathons, 11 other races, 1840 miles and counting.
  5. Work, work, work.   I got a new laser.
  6. Trip to the magic kingdom.  It turns out magic is expensive.
  7. Best in years MLB playoffs with Jack on my lap.  For some reason he loves the sound of Joe Buck’s voice. 
  8. The day after Halloween and Easter candy sales.
  9. Morning donut runs with Ash during the warm months after our run/bike rides together.
  10. Uneventful trip to Great Basin and Wheeler Peak.
Boston Magic

Mom’s Top Ten


1. Jack’s birth at home, surrounded by all those I love most
2. Every day with Jack since he was born
3. Being pregnant with Jack




this is the day!



4. Tennis…playing till he was born and two weeks after
5. All of my big kids making me so very proud with    what amazing, smart, nice, polite, loving, good people they are…

    1. Max: conquering h.s. grades and ACT which leads to numerous scholarship offers, such a dedicated hard worker
    2. Nena: ending her jr. high career as CJH student of the year, VHS student of the month for being “brilliantly friendly”, making it to sweet 16
    3. Jens: great leader at school and church, always does his duty (usually happily), 4.0 student
    4. Grace:  gracefully gliding into jr. high and young women, becoming the most amazing baby tender ever, beautiful dancer…
    5. Ash: amazing big sister to Anna, fills our home with laughter, great reader, great helper
    6. Anna:  my morning buddy and running/biking partner, loves k. and learned to read, loves to do service by cleaning up
6. Boston with my amazing marathon runner (in more ways than one) hubby!
7. Surprise visit from my sister Melissa and her fam
8. Haircut
9. Actually finishing basement all the way!
10. Getting rid of gross carpet, replacing with gorgeous hardwood!!  :)






Max’s unranked top 10 events

  • Frisbee
  • Senior year: dances, games, partying
  • Tennis/VHS finished 2nd place state/summer league champions
  • Hawaii
  • Working/paychecks
  • Post windstorm chainsaw madness
  • Jack
  • Sports: end of lockouts, everything MLB
  • EFY
  • ACT 34, Getting scholarships






Nena’s unranked 10 events

  • EFY, girl’s camp
  • Parents gone to Boston/holding down the fort
  • New record for sleeping in
  • Summer nights
  • Surviving Driver’s Ed
  • Family, especially JACK!
  • Hawaii with Max and grandparents
  • Viewmont tennis
  • High school and so many new friends
  • Sweet sixteen!




Jens’ Top Ten

  1.  Anything to do with Jack
  2. Any and every sport
  3. 8th grade SBO
  4. Winning state tennis with North Canyon Team
  5. Jens and Henry Blackburn undefeated doubles champs
  6. Boy’s Chorus
  7. Mowing lawns/earning money
  8. Young Men encampment
  9. Disneyland
  10. Candy




Grace’s Top Ten



Grace was the hiking queen this year!
  1. Jack and everything about him
  2. Girl’s camp and my awesome Young Women friends and leaders
  3. Disneyland
  4. Going to Great Basin with cousins and grandparents
  5. Deseret Peak hike (it was HARD but worth it!)
  6. Dance and the bike riding involved with it
  7. Playing and watching Zelda and BanjoKazooie with dad
  8. Junior high (esp.Algebra & English)
  9. Basement fireplace reading and iPad Scrabble
  10. Being 12, getting taller and the various crazy projects mom and dad do! 
Grace's two favorite pasttimes


Ashlei’s Top Ten


  1. My birthday…I got 12 presents even though I only turned seven
  2. Dance with Miss Natalie
  3. When Jack was born
  4. Reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  5. Having Mrs. Erickson for my first and second grade class
  6. Having my cousin Nicole in my class for the fourth year in a row
  7. Going to the rec. center and Lagoon-a-Beach
  8. Mary’s Christmas present
  9. Halloween… dress up and tons and tons of candy!
  10.  Playing with Annalee at recess  / Disneyland





Anna’s Top Ten

1st day of K.
  1. Disneyland
  2. When we went to the swimming pool with the little diving board and the tall diving board and I jumped off the tall one
  3. Playing with Jack
  4. Playing Zelda with daddy
  5. Gingerbread play
  6. Swimming lessons in summer because the water was nice and cold so it made me cozy cold from the hotness
  7. Going to Kindergarten the first day
  8. Playing with friends in summer in the backyard while I was wearing my long sleeved apple shirt and it was really hot
  9. Decorating for Christmas and Halloween
  10. In the spring when I weared a blue hat with white flowers on it


Jack

  1. Being Born at Home
  2. Mom / Eating
  3. Grace
  4. Dad
  5. Jens
  6. Baby Galileo DVD
  7. Exersaucer
  8. Swing
  9. Nena/Max
  10. Ashlei/Anna 


2 comments:

Marisa said...

Loved it! Do I get a prize???? J/K--a night with our families together would be prize enough for me! I haven't seen Jack for months (or the rest of you for that matter :)

Kelli said...

I made it through and loved it. Thanks for being my brother and sister and lots of awesome nieces and nephews! Love you all!!!