Finally on the Blog Scene

Thank goodness for New Years Resolutions. Thats why I am here today blogging about my family. :) Since this is my first post I will get you caught up on our last year.

January-Mike is working mad hours getting the accounting caught up with his job (much to his wife's dismay). Brooke is busy learning all the ins and outs of poopie diapers, midnight feedings, and spit up. Adam is perfecting his ability to be adorable. He is also working on his volume with crying. Practice makes perfect. :)

February- Mike is still working mad hours (spoiler...Mike always works mad hours) Brooke is loving her 2 month old Adam! Adam is blessed. Adam and Mike looked adorable in matching suits and ties! The idea for the tie business is born. Nana and Papa come out for the blessing and witness one of the best snow storms Utah has to offer.

March-
Mike is still bringing home the bacon. Adam enjoys his ability to be awake more often. Brooke is busy as ever with her precious 3 month old. Brooke decides she wants a house for her birthday. SURPRISE! We decide to buy a house. Brooke is swamped with her precious three month old and packing the house. :)

April-
We close on our house right after my birthday (talk about self fulfilling prophecy) Adam enjoys his first Easter! Mike cheerfully endures the hour long drive to work each way. Brooke loves her new house (especially the kitchen, you can open the fridge and the dishwasher at the same time!)

May- Being the wonderful father that he is, Mike takes Adam to pot a Mother's Day flower. Adam gets his first taste of dirt :). He also gets his first taste of real food this month! Squash. He tolerated it for about 3 seconds. Adam also went swimming for the first time. He also tolerated it. Giving no indication that soon he would absolutely love anything water. Brooke loves being a mother and a wife to the two cutest Dover boys around.

June-


Mike takes Adam on his first Fathers and Sons Camp Out. Even though it was just for a few hours Brooke cried when they drove away. Adam hit two big miles stones 6 months old and 20 pounds! That is a healthy eater :) Mike is still cheerfully driving to Park City everyday, but dreams about the day when he can move to Heber or Park City. Brooke is loving her house and her calling as a Primary Teacher. Mike and Brooke teach the rowdy Valiant 9 class.

July-
The Dover Family reunites with the other Dovers for the Dover Family Reunion. Mike, Brooke, and Adam fly out to Portland to be with the Dovers during the 4th of July. We have a bunch of fun, take family pictures, go to the lake, ride on the boat and jet ski, and Adam has a great time with all his cousins. We also head to Hawaii later on in the month, but more on that in August.

August-
We ring in August with Mikel's 26th birthday in Hawaii! We enjoy beautiful weather, great beaches, snorkeling, swimming with the sharks, Matsumotos, the Polynesian Cultural Center, Hawaii Temple session, pirates dice, Pearl Harbor, and everything else thats wonderful about Hawaii. We went with Brookes family and shared a beautiful house right on the beach! It was paradise. Adam has tan lines on his wrist. He is white inside his little rolls on his wrist. How cute is that.

September-

Adam learns how to do the dishes. Mike finds suppliers for the tie business. Mike is totally busy with work, the tie company, family, church and everything else. He handles it so well. Brooke is busy being a neighborhood mom to the kids who come to play in her awesome back yard. Adam decides he is ready to scoot around the house.

October-
We get to have the whole Dover clan (Minus Cameo, Ric, and Leann) out to beautiful Utah for conference. Cathy and Mike got everyone tickets and then took the kids to the Aviary in Salt Lake. What a sweet gift. We also enjoy Cornbelly's. Adam experienced his first Go-Cart ride, train ride, pumpkin patch, etc... We all have a great time! Adam also gets to be a monkey for the Utah Allen Family Halloween party. He is so cute! He is also a turtle for Halloween. Mike gets to take Adam out trick-or-treating. We also get the first snow of the season. Adam isnt sure he likes this cold white stuff. After a visit from Eddie, Adam decides to crawl.

November-

Adam enjoys mashed potatoes for his first Thanksgiving. Brooke has much to be thankful for. Like a husband who drives an hour to work each day just to let her stay at home and raise Adam. Or a sweet little 11 month old who has now begun to walk and is sweet as can be. Or a beautiful warm house and beautiful fall leaves outside. Mike is grateful for his beautiful dedicated wife who loves him very much :) Adam is grateful for toys, wrestling with daddy, reading books with mama, and loves and kisses from Grandma and Grandpa and all his Aunts and Uncles and cousins.

December-
Adam turns the big ONE. He takes a spoon in each paw(hand) and digs into his Birthday cake but doesn't eat a bite. Grandma, Aunt Brittani, Uncle Ryan, Aspen, Rex, Lindsay, Uncle Greg, Uncle Christian, Uncle Sterling, Uncle Michael, Uncle Matthew, and Aunt Christee are all there with Mike and Brooke to help him celebrate. We celebrate Christmas here in Utah. Adam loves Christmas lights and Christmas trees. Mike is braving the weather up the canyon to Park City every day for work. He also travels out to L.A. to meet with a tie manufacturer from Hong Kong. Brooke is busy keeping up with all the fun to-do's of the season.

Well there it is. Our year in review. I wish there were more spots for pictures. I could really do some damage :) Its fun to look back, but hopefully next post isnt a review of this year :)