Thanks for visiting the Layons’ digital yearbook! We hope you had a great 2010. Ours was pretty good - here are some highlights:
- Kris and Katie observed 15 years of marriage in 2009... but were too busy to do anything special to celebrate until February 2010. That's when they went to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, for one week. (it was wonderful!)
- Sarah, who turned 13 on Nov. 17, is in her last year of middle school and her fourth year of playing soccer with the same team of girls. They continue to do well, playing their way to regional and state tournaments. When she's not playing soccer, she plays the flute in the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony.
- Grace turned 10 on July 21 and is in her last year of elementary school. She also plays soccer, plays piano, and is in her second year singing for Con Brio, a metro-area girls choir.
- Emma turned 7 on March 31 and is in second grade. She also plays soccer and piano like Grace, and spends most of her other free time drawing and pondering her future as an architect or interior designer. We'll see whether she sticks with that plan; she has plenty of time to change her mind!
- Anne turned 4 on April 4 and is in her last year of pre-school. Not to be the odd one out, she plays soccer, too, but doesn't yet take any music lessons. She's the comic in the family, but that's not why we'll be grinning from ear-to-ear when she's done with pre-school in May (read: no more tuition!).
I suppose Katie and I should mention that it's a big birthday year for us, too; she turned 40 in November (and fortunately Kris is still in his 30s until March). Katie's job changed slightly this year; she now works for Park Nicollet urgent care in their St. Louis Park and Minnetonka locations. Kris continues to manage web projects at the University of Minnesota, and wrote a book about mobile application design.
We wish everyone much love, peace, and happiness in the coming year!
- Kris & Katie (and Sarah, Grace, Emma, and Anne)
To make up for a lazy year of blogging, some additional photos from the past year are below, including:- Kris and Katie in Mexico
- Kris, Sarah, and Grace in the BWCA with Grandpa Kent, Uncles Erik and John, Jane, and Steven
- Katie and Sarah in New York
- Other pictures of Sarah, Grace, Emma, and Anne
