The Best of 2011.....

A list we started making 3 years ago, on New Year's Day.
A summary of our favorite moments from the previous year.

Here it goes.......

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2011

Ringing in the New Year 80's style.

Packing up Christmas things (and all our things) and leaving our first little home.

Kickin' it in the 'burbs with Grandma and Grandpa.

Skating in a storm with a very pregnant mama.

Elizabeth Mitchell's "Little Bird" playing in the car, all winter long.

Saturday night movies and smoothies, while we wait for daddy to come home.

Walking around the block, over and over in knee deep snow, while we wait for daddy to come home.

Reading Brown Bear Brown Bear, while we wait for daddy to come home.

Daddy: working on our new home day and (literally) night. For us.

Waiting for a baby who just wouldn't come.

A new home!15 hours later: A new baby girl!

Just barely making it through every day, finding our way, as a new family.

One little flood and Auntie C moves in.....

Spring comes and brings lightness, in more ways than one.

Birthdays! Birthdays! Birthdays!

Pippa's first, sweet, baby laugh.

Career endings and beginnings.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles: A summer of holidays, friends and family.

New ideas, new passions, new directions.

Two more cousins, on the way!

An unforgettable evening at the beach.

Winnie starts a new journey at a new school. What a grown up girl we have.....

Reconnecting with friends who are family.

Winnie turns three!

Bit by bit, the house comes together.

We make new friends, we launch a new business, we find more time for each other.

Hallowe'en brings us back to our old neighbourhood. One we miss very much.

The preparations begin!

We celebrate 5 years together. 5 happy years.

Our favorite day of the year.

Parties! Parties! Parties!

A little elf-ing. Okay, a lot of elf-ing.

Packing up the truck, cranking the tunes, heading for the coast.

Nana and Papa's beautiful new home, fitted with rooms just for us.

A snowy-white, picture perfect holiday.

A Christmas Wedding.

Pippa's 1st Christmas!

Falling in love with each other, all over again.

Finding our way out of another year with great friends, games, drinks, and bedrooms FULL of little ones.

What were your favorite moments?

Meet back here Monday for a week-long recap of our holiday crafting and gifting.

Have a great weekend!