2009

When I started developing the blog I was a little perplexed on how I would get up to date. The best way I can think of is to do a review of 2009……I apologize in advance because I am not always fond of these kinds of letters, but you do what works best and I am sure it will rival a few christmas letters I have received. The year started off very busy. I was renovating our bathroom and planning Roger’s 60th birthday party, not to mention working from home. Amazingly the bathroom renovation was completed just in time, thanks to a great crew and on March 7th we had Roger’s surprise 60th birthday bash, “The Best Is Yet to Come”. I am so glad I did it, despite his protests for any celebration he was surprised and it was a great success. We had planned a trip in December to Mexico, but with the murders and the flu we postponed the trip and on a 20 minute conference call planned a trip to the Cayman Islands in May with our friends. The water and weather was absolutely beautiful. Over Memorial Day we spent a week in Naples, Florida at a friend’s house. They are very generous and for the last few years Roger and I celebrate an early anniversary there. On June 28th we were blessed with Campbell Grace (fondly known as C) our second grandchild and she is beautiful. Her grandpa is all about his girls. In July, Patrick came home from Mongolia and moved in with us. It was great to have him home after two long years in the Peace Corp. Patrick is easy to have around and he loves to cook so what isn’t to like. Labor Day weekend, Courtney married Brennan Wells in a beautiful ceremony at Oliva on the Hill. She was a stunning bride and in true Hunt fashion the reception was a party! The day after the wedding we had a brunch, celebrated Brennan McCool’s 2nd birthday and had the Hunt Family BBQ. What a special day. PaPa and GaGa came in from Evansville to help with the kiddos and we loved having them visit. In October Patrick left us to go to South Korea to teach English. I miss him every day, even the stuff he always left on my kitchen table. The week before Thanksgiving we went to Indy to babysit and on a whim brought Brennan home with us for two days. It was so great. A few initial tears, a bag of cheerios, an Etch a Sketch and we were good to go. He is a very smart and busy boy. It melts my heart when I hear him YELL Grandpa not to mention when he says Grandma pease. He is best buddies with his grandpa. Meanwhile Andrew took the LSAT, scored quite well and applied to law school. Andrew is the best. We celebrated Thanksgiving with our new extended family the Wells. Girl’s weekend in DC proved to be great fun as always. Christmas was a blur, but the highlight was Roger dressing up as “the big guy in the red suit”. He makes a great Santa Claus. Note to self: the kids enjoyed the boxes as much as the gifts. In June Roger started a new way of eating and headed into the New Year 30 pounds lighter. It looks like 2010 will be another exciting year with a busy work schedule, visits to see the grandkids, celebrating our anniversary in Naples, girls weekends and a trip to Seaside!