January - fairly uneventful...little Sadie Esther landed her first visit the Emergency Room when she got a nasty gastro bug and needed some help fighting it and dehydration. Uncle Jeff and Aunty Rose came down to San Jose, to get away from cold Saskatoon and instead found themselves in the middle of winter in the Bay area...RAIN RAIN RAIN! We did manage to have some fun driving along the coast, bowling and heading out to Dave & Busters' for some good ol' fashion arcade fun!
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February - Family Wortman joined our friends Family Musgrove for a weekend of fun in the snow in Tahoe. Unfortunately our friends battled the worse colds ever - we did make it out for a snowshoe trek and walks in town though! Aunty Kate also visited us from Ottawa and spent a week in the Bay Area touring from San Francisco to Big Sur...yes with a little shopping and spa-aahh-ing in between!
March - BUSY BUSY BUSY! Started off with Alison's first race post-pregnancy/Sadie! A wonderful 5k called the Happy Hour Run! AlliWilli was more than happy to accompany Alison on this run and helped push Alison to a sub-30min 5k...tough work after 12+months of no running!
Next up, a trip to Breckenridge, CO with our friends Jason and Rhonda where we rented a beautiful cabin for a week of fun in the snow! Sadie went on her first sled ride and Curt enjoyed the powder at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone. One of our family adventures was to go Nordic skiing and rent a Chariot to tow Sadie behind us...what a blast, er, but watch out for those hills!!
Jane and Herb Wortman came to San Jose at the end of the month to meet their Grandaughter and celebrate Easter (and yes, get out of the snow - are you noticing a trend with these Canadians running away from the winter for a week!!).
Sadie's two bottom front teeth came through this month (first teeth - what a tough time for poor ol' Sadie-Boo...and Mummy and Daddy!!!) and while Herb and Jane were town, Sadie took her first mouthful of food...rice cereal - yum yum!
April- Alison ran a 10k run with some friends from StrollerPower and their husbands...Curt and Sadie sat this one out and opted to be race photographer instead!
Alison celebrated her 32nd birthday by raising funds for the March of Dimes and running in the March for Babies 10k with Curt and Sadie and some other Mommys from StrollerPower! YEY!
May - Alison, Curt and Sadie boarded a plane bound for Vancouver, Canada in order to witness the wedding of Aunty Cathy and Uncle Ming - how fun :) We were able to meet up with Alison's old colleague from BLG in Vancouver and Tim was able to show us around Vancouver for a day and of course took us to fabulous All You Can Eat Sushi! YUM!
May also saw Alison running her first 1/2 marathon post-pregnancy/Sadie! AlliWilli and Megan joined Alison and we ran it less than 2:20:00 :) It was a great run - a women's only complete with chocolate and champagne for those who wish, at the finish line! And of course, super cute shirts! And like true runners, the best part?? Brunch afterwards...
June-A rather tough month for Alison as one of her bestest AlliWilli left San Jose, California and moved back home to Denver, CO...Ally and Alli got up to a lot of trouble in the Bay Area for two years (meeting just after they both moved to the Bay Area) and we miss each other very much...fortunately, Colorado is not too far away and visits are definitely possible...and who knows, maybe the Wortmans will end up following the Williams to beautiful Denver....but for now, CaliAlly misses ya AlliWilli...
Then it was off to Ottawa, Canada for Sadie and Alison and Curt flew out to join us a week later...purpose of the trip?? To catch up with Alison's family, all of our friends and of course Sadie Esther's beautiful Baptism.
July-Wortman Family joined our friends the Mullaly Family for the 10k Jungle Run (which has nothing to do with the jungle?!!?!?).
And Sadie's first camping trip to Uvas Canyon, Morgan Hill, California...it was a fun night despite Alison not sleeping a wink...Diesel, Curt and Sadie all slept lovely!!! The only downside to camping in Cali, is that because it is so dry, most of the campsites are dusty and dirty versus beautiful green lawns like at RiverRun in Ottawa!
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