Tuesday, December 27, 2016

2016

2016
The Year in Review

January


I joined the Minivan club. I had my reservations, but it's not like I was ever that cool to begin with.


The Dorman Family went to Broken Bow, OK to celebrate Mom/Dodi's birthday!


Lyla loves bathtime

February


Ice Cream in the Cold


My little Valentines


We played in the rain


and read some books.

March

March was a rough month for us, but there were some highlights.


Lyla got her stro-jo


Emmet saw Zootopia


Lyla got a playhouse


We went to the Zoo



We went to Natchez



April

We found some Bluebonnets and pretty quickly discovered that Emmet is allergic to them!



Lyla's Birthday Party!



Lyla turns 2 and Dada turns 33!



The Garritys hosted a crawfish boil for the Future Fullriches



Perot date with these cuties

May

Mother's Day


Allison's Bachelorette Party at Lake Cyprus Springs


The Barnes/Garritys go to Watercolor, Florida





June


Our Michigan cousins came to town!


June 4th was a big day for us.
Emmet turned 5
and Allison and David got married!





Ben and Emmet at Vacation Bible Camp


We went SWIMMING!



Emmet started his Ice Skating Lessons


We picked blueberries



July


We shopped at the Dallas Farmer's Market


July 4th party at Alli and David's

Then we took a trip to Glen Rose with the Dowlings!


Fossil Rim


We stayed off the Brazos and did some fishin'




Ice Cream stop in Downtown Glen Rose


Dinosaur Valley State Park





Lyla started gymnastics!

August


More Summer Fun and Sillies



We spent a weekend in Tyler where we swam and played 
and Emmet made everyone match him




And we went to a Tyler winery




Then Emmet started back to school and a certain little sister missed him big!

September





 

We did a lot of playing at home


We footballed


Emmet, Chad and Bob-O went to a Stars game


We took a Barnescation to Cedar Creek Lake!


October


Lyla started ballet and Brother was her biggest fan!


We went to the State Fair



Then to Balloon Race


And then we came back and MOVED to our new house!



We fit in the Pumpkin Patch on Halloween!


Daisy Duck and Chip from Rescue Rangers

November

Much of November was spent working on the new house and playing in our backyard


Here Chad has the kiddos raking!


Emmet and I read his first chapter book together. It was so special
The inscription says, "To Shauna, From Memaw and Papaw Autrey for her 9th Birthday. 
February 13, 1994"



We were always styling


Our Thankful tree!


The Paci Fairy came and we said goodbye to Lyla's Pacis - it was hard for everyone!


Then we began getting in to the Christmas spirit!


December


Chad and I took a trip to New York!




And had a lovely Christmas with our Family




Although 2016 was hard in many ways, we are so thankful for our health, our new home, our loving families and our precious children.