The Denneys: February 2011

Tons has happened this year. I've put together a bunch of pictures from throughout the entire year to highlight what we've done and just to show what cute kids we have. :) But here's a quick tidbit about what's happened.

Aaron has finished his first and started his second year teaching high school. His second year was a step up from last year, no longer teaching at 2 schools, and having less lesson plans to prepare. It's made things significantly easier for him, which is great! He's been working a second job, called Montana Digital Academy, which is an online high school. It's been a great source of income. He still moonlights at Sears for holidays and weekends from time to time. He's continued biking to work, except when the weather is especially nasty, so we can have the car at home. It's been a real sacrifice for him, but he enjoys the exercise and our grattitude. :)

Julie has continued to push herself as a stay at home mom this past year. She's continued doing some homeschooling with Joseph. In September she started teaching piano lessons. She only has one student, but has enjoyed it immensely. Especially since they now have their own piano. She found out over the summer that she was pregnant and now has 8 weeks until the arrival of their second little girl. Her due date is April 1st. She's also been involved in a preschool group with 4-5 kids. She takes turns with the other moms teaching lessons twice a week.

Joseph is growing fast as ever. He's begun reading, improving his writing, mastered addition (as long as the answer isn't more than 10.), and is certainly ready for kindergarten. Whether his parents are or not. He's a great big brother to Emery. Lately when she gets mad at Julie and Aaron's not home, she goes to him for hugs and comfort. It's pretty cute. He's very gentle and tender with her. Although Joseph wasn't initially excited for a baby sister, he's now on board and pretty excited for her to come.

Emery has grown in leaps and bounds this past year. She's mastered walking, running, eating on her own, she's beginning to dress herself, she's learning new words every day, and she now mimics pretty much every task Julie does during the day. She's quite the helper. She adores babies, so we're hoping that the initial transition to 3 kids will be a bit easier as far as competition is concerned. If anything, she'll want to claim her sister as her own, and now share her. :) Emery is independent, she is a bit of a drama queen from time to time, loves the color blue, baths, and chocolate.

This year is looking to be a great year. We're expecting our new baby girl in about 8 weeks (no, no name yet.), as well as the arrival of Julie's mom for 2 weeks to help and visit. We're hopeful that Aaron will be able to sign his 3rd contract year with Glacier High School, and possibly move into a slightly bigger place. (Julie's hoping for 3 bedrooms!) We'll do our best to continue and share our events with you and keep you a part of our lives. Here are a bunch of pictures from throughout the year. We hope you all had a wonderful 2010 and an even better 2011!