Our 2005 Monthly Photos and Journal Entries
January brought us some unseasonably warm
weather, some unseasonably cold weather, a visit by Evan King, a day of slush
sledding with Jackson, an afternoon of kayaking on
Lovill's Creek Lake with Jeff, walks
with Megan, Amy, and the boys, lots of cute Benjamin photos, snow,
snow-boarding, and a trip to Build-A-Bear.
February
started uneventful enough, with visits from friends and to see friends and
family. The weather was nice and Amy took the boys for lots of walks.
Jeff and I had an adventurous kayaking trip down the
Dan River on the 21st. And then sadly Grandma Sue went into the hospital on
the 23rd and stayed there for the remainder of the month.. Amy and the
boys spent those days in Colonial Heights close to Sue. It did however
give the boys lots of opportunities to spend time with their cousins and we have
lots of photos.
March
was a busy month, much of it spent in Colonial Heights. Grandma Sue
started the month at Southside Regional in Petersburg, but was later transported
to MCV in Richmond. Amy and the boys spent the second half of the month
taking care of Sue at her house in Virginia. I went paddling
six times and took lots of photos. And of course we had
Easter early this
year.
April
had so much going on this year... I had to work REALLY hard to trim down to 114
photos. There was our trip to
Lucaya Beach
on Grand Bahama Island, my sister
Deana's wedding, Jackson's March of Dimes Teamwalk,
two wedding showers, lots of walks, a couple of trips out in the kayak, and
more...
May
was one of our busiest months ever. Jackson graduated from
preschool, had a
birthday, went to orientation for
kindergarten, completed his first full month of
karate
training,and went to both a bowling birthday party
and a skating birthday party. We went to the
zoo, Sesame Street Live, Fort Clifton,
the farm, and the
New River Trail. I
paddled on both Swift Creek and
Loville's Creek Lake. Amy took the boys
strawberry picking.
We went to two
weddings, one in Pennsylvania. Ben turned two during that trip, but
had a birthday party the week before.
There were lots of walks, trips to playgrounds,
Dinner Club, and lots of other fun things.
June
... Jackson got his yellow / orange stripe belt in
karate,
the boys spent lots of time at the pool, played in the front yard kiddie pools,
went to
Sci-Works and played on the playground.
Jackson went to
Arts Alive, I paddled on
The Dan River three times, we
picked cherries and took the boys on their first trip
to the drive-in. I had an awesome Father's Day.
July ... An early morning paddle on Lovill's Creek Lake, Jesse stayed with us for two weeks, paddle in Kibler on the 4th, an Independence Day celebration at my sister's house followed by fireworks at Hama's house, a hike around Pilot Mountain, Jesse and I paddled on Lovill's Creek Lake, Seth Garrison Beasley was born, two trips to Sci-Works, about twenty trips to the pool, a boy's day at the cabin spent playing in the creek, and the month ended with the Kibler Valley River Run.
August ... We had a visit from Hilary, Virginia, and WSB III, Papa's birthday, lots of trips to the pool, lots of walks around town, Jackson's first day of kindergarten, a night-time paddle on Belews Lake, a trip to the waterfall on Pigg Creek, and a trip Grandma Sue's.
September ...Landon's
two year old birthday party, visits to Hama, lots of
karate, and many, many sad moments this month. Amy's mother, my
friend, and the boy's grandmother, Sue Mills, passed
away this month.
October
... The
zoo, Jackson played lots of
soccer,
our friend Grayson's wedding, some park and play
paddling on
Lovill's Creek, the boys got sick and went to
the doctor, a trip to the Pumpkin Patch,
karate, and trick or treating.
November
...a trip to Bland,Lexi's
soccer game, Ben's first Story Time at the library, an early morning paddle on
Lovill's Creek Lake, Ben's First
Haircut, Wesley's soccer game in Roanoke, a visit
to Hama,
Caleb's birthday party,
Thanksgiving,
a trip to the Christmas Tree Farm, and
Jackson started playing Chess.
December ...two trips on
The Ararat River, Jackson got his
purple/green belt,
tree trimming, mistletoe,
dinners, presents, family, friends, a cocktail party at Deana and Martin's, and
"Ben lubs Christmas".