onomatopoopa

Sometimes I get tired of how much of life is just the same ole thing day in and day out. When you spend 8+ hours a day in front of a computer, I feel like that thought is justified. But one of my goals this year is to be positive. (I did a horrible job of it last night while I spoke with Bart on the phone!) So today I'm making up for it by reviewing all of the firsts that Bart and I experienced in 2008. Some of them I'm positive about and some of them I'm just positively glad that they are over.

January
-We took our first art class
-We finished reading our first book aloud together (The Other Boleyn Girl)

February
-Bart went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time
-Katie got called to teach Sunday School for the first time

March
-We celebrated our first anniversary
-We filed our taxes jointly for the first time

April
-We made our first move together to a new apartment
-We went to Boston for the first time to visit Julie

May
-We caught our first mouse in our new apartment
-Granny came to visit Philadelphia for the first time

June
-Katie got her first call to be Compassionate Service leader
-Katie saw Les Miserables for the first time and it changed her life!

July
-Our family got it's first job at a University--hopefully the first of many (for Bart that is!)
-We took our first spontaneous weekend getaway to the beach

August
-We attended our first NFL game
-Katie attended her first database training workshop (and hopefully her last)
-We took up swimming for the first time

September
-Bart presented his first poster at an international conference
-We attended Katie's first Mormon funeral--it was wonderful to celebrate the life of Bart's Grandpa Howell
-For the first time, we evacuated our house and carried around our 72-hour kits due to a fire down the street

October
-Katie taught her first Strengthening Marriage and Family class
-We heard the announcement about Philadelphia getting it's first LDS temple
-It was our first time to experience the Phillies winning the World Series

November
-Katie went on her first business trip
-Bart went to Atlanta for the first time and loved the friendly Southern people
-Bart met Katie's crazy extended family for the first time

December
-For the first time, we had FHE without two of the most adorable little Cambodian girls
-Katie went to Disneyland for the first time
-We went to the Melting Pot for the first time

I'm sure Bart has more to add, but he's in Cleveland, so I'm in charge!!!! (wah ha haaaaaa!!!!) I can tell you that I know for a fact that 2009 will be a year of firsts as well. Here are a few that we have already experienced or are looking forward to in the month of January:
-Bart will conduct his first Sacrament meeting, baptism, and in general, experience what being a first counselor in our Branch presidency is like
-We will go to Punxsutawney, PA for Ground Hog's day
-We will go to Scranton, PA to celebrate the wonder that is our favorite TV show, "The Office"
-Bart will finish his first collaboration with a lab at the Cleveland Clinic--good luck honey!!!