Top 10 of 2010!

I saw this idea on a Christmas card and thought it would be cool to put on my blog. I asked my honey to compile the list with me and these were the top 10 things we came up with for our family in 2010. There is really a lot of things we could have listed, but we picked only 10. I hope this becomes a tradition with us! These are in no particular order.

1. The Grand Canyon! This was one of the top things we did this year! We are a little saddend that this might be the last of our family trips for a while. Weegie is in high school now and has mentioned that she would like to take summer school next year because she wants to. We were able to spend almost a week in Sedona, Arizona. We took one day to travel to the Grand Canyon and it was absolutely gorgeous!!!! Pictures do not do it justice and I am so glad that my eyes got to see the beauty that God has created in this wonderful country we live in!

2. Speedy Cheetah going to Middle school is among our top ten this year. We picked the most perfect school for our daughter and she is loving it! She has great friends, great teachers, and has found a love for the performing arts. She has a great singing voice and she is just thriving at this school. This is my alma mater too, but I wasn't in the same program that she is in. Her self-confidence has sky rocketed through the roof and for that I am eternally grateful.

3. Speedy Cheetah has gotten braces this summer. I think at first she was a little unsure about them, but already in a short amount of time her smile has become more beautiful! She is doing a great job with them and we are so proud of her! It will be interesting to see if they come off faster then they anticipated.

4. Weegie got her braces off! She has a gorgeous smile to match her gorgeous face! She loves not having her braces and wears her retainer just like she is suppose to. She does not wear it to school because I do not want her to lose it.

5. Weegie is in high school! We can't believe that our little baby in now a freshman in high school. We are so blessed and thankful that she got into the best Charter High School around! She is loving it too and has many friends theres. She has some good teachers and some that leave a lot to be desired! I think this is par for the course in Education in general. Not all teachers are equal and some should not be teaching at all, but I tell her it is a good lesson in life because you don't always like who you work with and you have to learn to accept all kinds.

6. We debated to put this as one of our top ten, but it is a signifigant milestone in our life. We got a new car! It's a 2008 Dodge Durango and we bought it from CarMax. We got a great deal on it and hope it does as well as our old car. We had are other car for 10 1/2 years and it did a great job for our family. As a family we really like our new car. It's not fancy, but perfect for us!

7. Weegie graduated from Middle School. Here she is with her favorite teacher in the whole world, Maestro. He was her music teacher for all three years and he taught her soooo much! Weegie graduated with Honors and received numerous awards, trophies and certificates. We are so thankful that both graduations of our girls were on separate days so we could enjoy both of them!

8. Speedy Cheetah graduated from Elementary school. The above picture is of her and her principal. She really enjoyed the school that she attended for the last 3 years. She does an outstanding job in school and excelled in all areas. She will miss the great friends that she use to see on a daily basis, but hopefully they will still keep in touch!

9. Speedy Cheetah became a Cadette Girl Scout! She has been involved with the organization for the past 4 1/2 years and has a great troop with awesome troop leaders! She has also been the top cookie seller for the past 3 years! Her troop is much smaller now, but she still has some of her best buddies in it!10. Squiggler learned to walk! I could have posted all the big milestones that she has done this year, but the list would have been too long. This we were all so proud of! She learned to walk on her own on February 14th! She had been cruising by holding onto to furniture, but on this day she let go and took off! There is no stopping her now! She not only walks, but runs and jumps and skips too! She also talks a mile a minute and is so much fun!

Well there you have it! Our top 10 for 2010! Happy New Year all and may 2011 be the all that you hope for and more!