Sunday, January 6, 2008

2007 in Review

The year 2007 was very eventful for our family. We've had a fun time reminiscing about it, and here is a brief sampling of 2007 highlights for the Duersch family.





  • Benjamin starts the year off 3 months old


  • Buying (and completely paying off the loan for) a new car: 2003 Honda Accord EX


  • School, work, Benjamin, church
  • Seeing Paul's little sister married in the Mt. Timpanogoes Temple

  • Getting together with Paul's seven siblings and all their kids
  • Our 2nd anniversary



  • Seeing Harry Potter 5 in a nice movie theater
  • Growing a rooftop garden at DT



  • Albuquerque summer visit
  • Summer softball games
  • Camping, fishing, and hiking at Ledgefork




  • Fishing trip up at Granddaddy Lake in the High Uinta Wilderness (and the pouring rain)
  • School, work, Benjamin, church some more
  • Paul making an ottoman


  • Leaving Deseret Towers and moving to our third apartment because DT is being demolished


  • Benjamin being babysat by almost everyone we know, for which we will be forever grateful
  • Benjamin turning 1


  • Visiting Mesa Verde National Park, CO


  • Seeing our nephew, Lane, baptized in Albuquerque
  • Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta


  • BYU football games


  • Benjamin's first haircut


  • Thanksgiving in Albuquerque
  • BYU beating U of U in football
  • Paul begins job searching
  • Temple Square and Ikea visit


  • Watching a friend be sealed in the Manti temple
  • Christmas with Paul's parents


  • Sledding and snowshoeing



  • Benjamin going from squirming on the floor to commando crawling to crawling for real to climbing up onto (and into) everything to finally walking in late December



  • Benjamin is now 15 months old
  • Paul and Vicky excitedly anticipating finishing school at BYU summer 2008 and moving somewhere
  • Experiencing many, many blessings from the Lord!

8 comments:

Alene said...

That was a great year review! Thanks for sharing!

7Carters!E,H,V,B,R,C,E said...

What a great year! I'm so glad we got to be a part of so much of it!!

Lesley said...

What a cool idea for a post.

Now, why didn't I ever get to babysit Benjamin? I would have done a good job, I promise! : )

Lisa said...

Ha I remember the time we babysat Benjamin--I guess we did a couple times--but he was totally happy and cute the whole time, until 2 minutes before you guys came home! I've always worried that you guys thought that we abused him or something :)

Vicky said...

Lesley, you can still babysit him if you want! Any time!

Lisa, we don't think you abused him. Don't worry. Thanks for being such good babysitters! P.S. You're a cute pregnant lady! We're excited for your upcoming arrival!

Scott said...

You guys are the coolest family. It makes me happy to see what you guys are up to.

lori said...

What a fabulous post! So fun to review all of those things - some that we knew about, some that we didn't.

We've said it before and we will say it many times: You guys are an EXEMPLARY family - in so many ways! We're so happy to know you!!

Mom said...

What a great way to summarize the year--Vicky you did a good job. How blessed we all feel to have shared in many of those memories. You are an awesome family!!