Top 50 Things of 2024!

 

And that's a wrap on 2024!  Another year blessed with this amazing family. 

Top 50 Things of 2024

 

1.    Brian and Annie’s trip to Vegas complete with Bruno Mars concert, Hell’s Kitchen, roller coaster rides and shopping!!

2.    Annie winning the All-Star award at MMS in January.

3.    Annie’s spring 2024 8^th grade sports at MMS, basketball and soccer.

4.    Gwyn turning 16, birthday lunch at Zanti with friends…getting her license!!

5.    Gwyn’s Spring 2024 sophomore season with Stratford, winning All-District 1^st Team and team MVP!

6.    Jacob graduating high school!

7.    Annie ending the 7 years of having at least one Katterhenry kid at MMS, so long Eagles!

8.    Moving Jacob into his room at Callaway!

9.    Jacob making ESPN multiple times during his first college football game on the front row of the student section.

10. Gwyn’s Sweet 16 dance with Hunter, Jacob’s Sweet 16 dance with Katie.

11. Jacob’s trip to NY with Stratford Academy of Business.

12. Spring break trip to St. Louis to visit Great Grandpa, Olivia Rodrigo concert (Brian’s worst nightmare) and shopping.

13. Jacob’s ski trip with the Crawfords to Keystone over Spring Break.

14. Saying good-bye to the Tahoe!!!  

15. Jacob’s college game day Graduation Party with friends.

16. A trip to St. Louis for Great Grandpa’s funeral, what an amazing life he had!

17. Annie’s 8^th grade dance with Connor.

18. All the senior celebration for Jacob, trip to Galveston, prom with Allie, senior celebration at Dave and Buster’s, senior lunch at church, senior car parade, graduation lunch with family.

19. Work camp for Jacob, Gwyn, Annie and Brian, and the beginning of his Love and Grace shirt.

20. UT summer soccer camp for Annie.

21. Gwyn’s summer fun camp and Annie’s summer volleyball camp…making the $$.

22. Noah Kahan concert for Gwyn!

23. Gwyn’s summer camp week at Windy Gap with Young Life.

24. Gwyn getting her wisdom teeth out. 

25. The summer of power outages and moving with Jason for 14 days!

26. Jacob turning 18! Birthday dinner sushi at Robata!

27. Alaska cruise trip complete with helicopter ride and dog sledding for Jacob and Brian, salmon fishing with all of us, and husky puppies in the mountains with Gwyn, Annie and mom.

28. The start of freshman year for Annie at Stratford, junior for Gwyn at Stratford and freshman year at UT for Jacob.

29. Annie’s Spring and Fall seasons with Albion, soccer weekends in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio.

30. HOCO for Annie with Hudson, HOCO for Gwyn with Hunter…making garter mums out of Jacob’s old ones for the win!

31. Family weekend trip to UT for a football game and visit with Jacob.

32. Gwyn being awarded the SHS Honor award for Sociology, she’s Mr. Duncan’s favorite!

33. Jacob pledging Sig Ep, complete with attempting to grow out a beard.

34. Annie turns 15 and gets her permit!  Another sushi birthday dinner and dessert with tiramisu and white Chantilly cupcakes!

35. OU-Texas weekend for Jacob in Dallas.

36. Jonas Brothers at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for the family.

37. Halloween, Daphne for Annie and Snow White for Gwyn.  Volunteering at the pumpkin patch for church.

38. Election 2024, Jacob votes for the first time.

39. Hosting Thanksgiving at our house with both the Katterhenrys and the Browns, Annie’s famous foccia bread, Gwyn’s green bean bundles, and all of Brian’s AMAZING dishes!

40. Christmas in Dallas with the Katterhenrys and in Houston with the Browns.

41. Visit from Emily and Grace for her golf tournament in June.

42. Holiday Hustle for the 5^th year! We’ve raised close to $15,000 for Family Point Resources.

43. ACT and college prep/test prep for Gwyn.

44. Back to work full-time or ExxonMobil for Phoebe…those college bills are piling up and lots coming in the future!

45. A year of benefitting from Annie as she was in her baking era.

46. Gwyn’s year of concerts, complete with George Straight at Kyle field.

47. Gwyn and Annie’s tik tok dances including cameos with Elijah and Nana. 

48. Brian and I celebrating 24 years of marriage, and I still like him

49. A year of Brian’s amazing cooking, favorites include ravioli, flautas, Indian chicken, fish tacos!

50. The full year of memories in 2024, making the most of this precious time we have with the kids before they grown up and leave us...and oh yea, we got a cat!!!