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Sunday, January 3, 2016

2015 Recap

January:
-Boston Kimball Coons 5lbs 12oz 19in (born Jan. 31 at 3:00pm)
-Sterling continued to work at Smith's Pharmacy
-Megan continued to be a stay at home mom, and work a few times a month for Dr. Blackhurst at Utah Dental Centers.

February:
-Grandma Blake (Boston's and Ryan's Great Grandma) came to help for a week while Boston was in the NICU, and Ryan was at home, and Sterling was at school, and my mom was still in school! Grandma and Grandpa Jolley came up to help/visit 2 weekends, and Grandma and Grandpa Coons came to visit one weekend. It was a month of many visitors, and lots of help.

March:
-Boston's Blessing (we had Both sets of Grandparents, Great Grandma Jolley, Great Grandma Blake, Kathy, Stef and Beau's family, Jeff and RaCail's family, Jaycee and Brady, Spencer)

April:
-Megan, Ryan, and Boston took our first road trip together, and went to St. George to celebrate Easter. (Sterling had to stay in SLC due to work and rotations, but had the missionaries over to watch General Conference at our house)

May:
-Sterling finished up his 2nd year of Pharmacy School
-We spent a majority of our Summer at the Baseball park, watching the Salt Lake Bee's play. It became one of our favorite Summer activities.

June:
-Celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary
-Sterling started his 3rd and FINAL year of Pharmacy School!!! (doing 6 week rotations at various hospitals/pharmacies)
-Nate came up to SLC to take our family Pictures

July:
-Went to St. George for the 4th of July (celebrated the Blake family reunion)
-Went to St. George for the 24th of July (celebrated the Coons family reunion) 

August:
-Sterling turned 27
-Megan Surprised Sterling with a Birthday trip to Lagoon. We went back the next week and took the boys to Lagoon/Lagoon-A-Beach. Ryan loved it.
-We used our Pass of all Passes, and went to Seven Peaks water park. We spent the entire day, wore ourselves out, and had a blast.

September:
-Megan turned 28

October:
-Kenzie returned home from her mission in Philadelphia PA (Oct. 12th)
-Ryan turned 2 years old (Oct. 23)
-Ryan had his first dental check up, and had NO cavities.

November:
-Sterling had SIX WEEKS off of school!!! He decided to schedule his "off block" rotation during the Holiday time... so we got to spend almost every waking hour with him... and we loved EVERY MINUTE!!!!
-We spent Thanksgiving in St. George with family. We ate lunch with the Jolley family (at Brad and Christy's house) and dinner with the Coons family (with Spencer, Katie, and Carly's family).
-Sterling got called as the Stake Young Men's 1st Counselor (in preparation to train the new Stake YM President when Sterling leaves)
-Megan got called again as the RS 2nd counselor of their ward.

December:
-Nate and McKenzie got engaged 
-We spent almost a whole week in St. George for Christmas! We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Jolley, but also spent a lot of time with the Coons family. It was a great week, with lots of family, and lots of memories.

We have had a fantastic year, and have been extremely blessed. We look forward to the upcoming year, and all the wonderful blessings in store for our family. God is so great.


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