this time last year, the busby family was on a plane back to america. we had finished our last night in zagreb quietly at the sheraton hotel on the 4th of july. it was very anticlimactic. how things have changed for our family in the last year!
it’s been an eventful year for us. we landed in orange county, california on the 9th of july, 2009 to begin our lives in yet another new place. it had been chilly in zagreb and kankakee so it was a shock to the system to arrive in sunny, 90* weather. we were taken to our temporary apartment and began our acclimation to california.
august saw the busby’s buy a car – a ford fusion.
september saw the busby’s buy a house – in rancho santa margarita
september also saw thomas and tyler begin school – at rsmi
october saw the celebration of thomas’ 14th birthday and the busby’s invited to the first block party (for halloween) in the new neighborhood
november brought visitors to the busby house – mr. and mrs. busby for thanksgiving
december saw our first christmas in the new house
january saw the celebration of michael’s 42nd birthday and dinner at our new favorite restaurant – king’s fish house in laguna hills
february was quite uneventful
march saw the celebration (after being forgotten for most of the day) of shannon’s 39th birthday and a trip to the irvine spectrum outdoor mall and dinner at dave and busters
april saw tyler celebrate his 13th birthday with his favorite meal – beef stew-and michael and shannon travel to oregon to bring a second car home – a honda – as well as a visit from jennifer to see our home for the first time
may saw kaitlyn celebrate her 20th birthday with her favorite meal – bbq chicken legs, mac & cheese and peas – with a friend – simon- and an ice cream cake
june saw the boys finish up school for the year and thomas’ promotion to the 9th grade
july 5th begins our second year here in rsm, ca. i hope that it’s a better, less stressful year but with no fewer great times than we had above.
my mom will be here on the 15th. it will be her first visit to our house and i can’t wait!
michael and i are supposed to go to trinidad for his cousins wedding on the 18th. i’m totally NOT excited about going. i want to be with my husband and have a great time but i’m so mad at his cousin for misleading us about this whole experience. that’s for another blog though!
mom will go home on the 29th and life will go on from there…
