So, life hasn't gotten any less busy so we have scrapped our website and are going to see if we can keep a blog up to date. Our first blog will be our 2009: Year in Review (mostly to replace our Christmas letter and get this blog rolling:).
Nov 2008 through May of 2009 proved to be challenging at best. Corey ended up having major corrective surgery on each foot which ended up with 3 surgeries during that time and on crutches through the entire Winter! It was interesting with weekly and sometimes twice a week appointments we both had to goto, no driving for him the entire time and even though I tried a few times to shovel along with running the house...all I can say is - thank god for neighbors with snowblowers and tractors as well as paid snow removal services! I also ended up having surgery in January, so we definitely had our medical challenges to go through. We had lots of help from our families and a huge thanks to my dad, Rick, who (also thanks to retirement:) probably spent a total of 6-8 weeks with us over that time helping us out during surgeries, around the house and with the kids.
In the middle of all the medical craziness we did end up getting season Tar Heel basketball tickets and went to Chapel Hill for the Rutgers game in Dec and Duke in Feb - nothing says fun like pushing Corey through the Atlanta airport in a rinky dinky wheel chair! ;) They were great trips though and we did get to visit the new Tar Heel basketball museum for the 1st time at the Duke game which was unbelievable!
We celebrated Colt's 1st birthday with a Tar Heel theme - great time all adorned with a UNC cake, everyone decked out in Tar Heel gear and complete with a game that night on the big screen...what more could a 1 year old ask for right?!;)
Another big part of our Winter and Spring were the Heels winning the National Championship in April!! Very exciting and I had gotten Corey a ball signed by the entire Tar Heel team and coaching staff which he proudly has displayed in the basement.
In April we made a trip down to Puerto Vallarta with the boys and Corey's parents, Al and Gisela. Was a great time and a nice reward to such a long, crazy winter! He was able to get around with only 1 crutch at that time so we made it work. We had lots of sun and fun in the pool, on the beach and (Ty's favorite) going to the marina to feed the fish and iguanas! Colton had the most fun around lunch time at the pool wandering from person to person at the pool and stealing fries off their plate - yes, he's our little eater!
In May we celebrated Ty's 4th birthday with a pirate party - all 4 of us dressed up in full pirate costumes and had a huge pirate cake along with a full treasure hunt in the backyard!
The Summer brought a ton of lake time at Lake Elsie with Corey's parents and family and we also ended up purchasing a motor home!! Definitely a blast, but lots of work! We ended up taking the motorhome(s) with Shelly and John to We Fest in August in Detroit Lakes, going to the PGA Championships at Hazeltine with Al and Gisela in Minneapolis and heading down to SD with the Hessingers and Botsfords over the long weekend in Sept to stay at Elkhorn Ridge by Rapid and enjoyed lots of family time...fires, swimming and going to Reptile Gardens. Our brother-in-law, Derek Hjelseth, also was deployed to Kosovo for a year in August - so we are all counting down the months until he is home!
The fall has just flown by with everything from Bison football (lets all just be glad the season is over;), Tyler going to his first basketball camp/lessons at the Fargo Basketball Academy, starting pre-school and going to swimming lessons with dad. Colton has also kept himself busy watching his big brother and trying to keep up with him...the boys both enjoy lots of football and wrestling nightly with Corey and Colton has really got into shooting hoops and true to his roots (daddy and Grampa Al)...if he misses 1, he takes off running to the stairs and throws himself down in a fit! On top of loving football, basketball and baseball - Tyler has just loved learning about dinosaurs (I've got some funny stories I'll share about that in later posts). Corey has also started playing in his weekly league basketball and they happen to be tops in their league right now and he loves having the boys there watching him shoot his 'half court threes' (as I would call them!).
We just celebrated Thanksgiving at our house in Casselton and had lots of food and fun and got to talk to Derek in Kosovo over Skype so that was great! We also found out Derek gets to come home for 2 weeks in Feb so he'll get to be home for his daughter Jayla's 2nd birthday!!
Oh my goodness...ok yes, we have lots going on...and I totally forgot to throw this in earlier, so I should probably backup to July...when we announced we have baby #3 on the way!! Due March 11th - and nope, we don't find out what we are having, yes it was planned, no we aren't having any more than 3 and no, I could care less what we have...a boy would probably be easiest as we seem to be quite a boy type of family, but I also have 4 neices and would be fun (probably not as easy though:) to have a girl as well!
Tyler has his 1st pre-school Christmas program on Monday, December 14th so we can't wait to see that! And Christmas will be spent in Bismarck with the Hessingers and Botsfords this year - followed by Christmas with the Cruchets and Hjelseths a week later (along with celebrating Corey's birthday) on New Years Eve/New Years Day.
Well, that's about all for now! Please sign up as a follower and you'll be notified whenever we have any new updates or pictures.
Hope you are all having a great Winter and Holiday Season and hope to talk to you soon!
The Cruchets - Corey, Kelly, Colt (almost 2), Ty (4.5) and baby #3
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