January: We bought an RV! Eric has wonderful memories of taking RV trips as a kid so when the perfect RV was for sale we had to grab it and start making our own family memories. I had never done much RVing but am already loving it! In 2014 we took our new home on wheels out for many adventures along side Eric's parents who are RVing pros.
February: February of course brought Valentine's Day and Eric loved having two Valentine's to celebrate with this year. He also continued the tradition begun by my dad of bringing his daughter and wife flowers.
March: In March we had our home blessed and enshrined to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Now we really can make this place a "cradle for saints." Also in March, Mary began swim lessons and we quickly realized we have a little fishy who loves the water.
April: April was the month of our first RV trip down to Campland in San Diego for the vintage trailer show. Grammy and Grampy got to show off their cute new toy. We celebrated Easter with both sides of the family at our house.
May: In May we spent a week at the River in the RV. We discovered that May provides great weather and that staying in an RV on the river is really fun. Mary unfortunately got her first ear infection but was a trooper staying happy on the trip. I also had a beautiful Mother's Day.
June: Starting the last days of May and into June we were on our years biggest RV trip to Lone Pine, June Lake, Lake Buena Vista, Lake Tahoe, and a quick tail end stop in Manteca and Modesto to see our friends the Gooch's, Vallejos, and Websters. We all agree that Lake Tahoe will be a definite repeat as we really loved it. Eric celebrated Father's Day with a Shrimp boil at my parent's house.
July: July was a big month for the Mattson's. Mary T. turned 1 and Eric turned 37. We had a fun beach party planned but at the last minute the party was moved to our house (thanks Raider Nation) and was as fun as can be! We ended the month with another trip in the RV, this time to Pismo Beach. Eric and I got out for a date afternoon riding quads.
August: In August we went back to the River for the annual Mattson family trip. Mary loved spending time with her cousin Sadie!
September: Eric's parents took an anniversary cruise to Alaska so in September we got to dogsit Mister. Mary T. loved taking him on his daily walks. At first Mister wasn't so sure of his new friend but by the end he was...tolerant of her.
October: In October we went to Houston for Eric's cousin's wedding. Mary and I loved meeting the amazing Houston family and felt immediately like family. At the end of October I turned 34 and Mary was the cutest little kitty (Chico, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's kitty to be exact) for Halloween.
November: In November we spent Thanksgiving at LAFD station 3 since Eric had to work. Grammy joined us at the station for a meal catered by one of the local hotels. It felt appropriate to be at the fire station since we are so thankful for Eric's wonderful job.
December: Of course December is filled with many fun Advent and Christmas activities. Some of our traditions include stockings on the feast of Saint Nicholas, visiting the Snoopy Christmas display at the Costa Mesa City Hall, seeing neighborhood Christmas lights, visiting Santa, being with family to celebrate the birth of Christ, and of course the annual squished cheeks picture. Mary T. loved opening presents this year and was showered with lots of fun new toys.
We are excited to see what 2015 will hold for our family!
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