Well 2005 was another blurry year for the Minnihan's. We don't really know where the time flies, but it sure does leave quickly. In March we ended up heading to Florida for another big fishing excursion for Keith. I am sure he caught some fish, but can't remember right off hand if they were big or not. Last year was his record breaking fish where he made the September 2004 Issue of Florida Sportsman. It wasn't a world's record, but close!
Carolyn traveled to various trade shows with her old position throughout the year and interviewed for a quite a few new positions. She finally was able to obtain a new position in September 2005. This position is better as it is a work at home position, but she does have to travel about 2-3 times per week. Mainly day trips, so that is not too bad.
Carolyn's parents went to Williamsburg to celebrate a family vacation without the kids. It was only her mother, father, grandmother, and Katelyn that went. They ended up having a great time and wouldn't mind going back.
In March, Carolyn and her friend Maryann ended up in Las Vegas. Maryann won $750 on a 50 cent slot machine at Bellagio. Carolyn won $125 at Excalibur. All in all the trip was paid for and we were able to see the new Wynn hotel that just opened.
In May, Keith and Carolyn celebrated 5 years of wedded bliss by taking a trip to Hershey, PA. We toured the Hershey chocolate factory, the zoo, and visited Amish land. Keith of course aggravated the tamed Florida crocodile there by just looking at it. We ate at the best Smorgasbord restaurant around. We haven't seen a feast like that since! During the trip, on the way home, Keith did find out some bad news as one of his fellow firefighter's - Wes Lummus - ended up getting killed over the Memorial Day weekend.
To celebrate life, several of our friends ended up having children. Frank and Bianca ended up having a boy and my friend Kelli and Ed ended up having a girl in July. We celebrated with them on their new bundles of Joy.
In September, Maryann and Carolyn tried to go visit Bob Barker in LAX, but he cancelled out. It was the craziest trip ever as nothing seemed to go right once we landed in LAX. We rented a compact car and ended up with a mini-van. Good thing, as Carolyn’s friend Carol and her friend Belinda were coming out to meet us and she didn’t get the message that Bob Barker cancelled until the doors were closing on the plane for her to come out. She had a long 4 hour plane ride, but we tried to make the best of it by going to the Santa Monica pier and riding through Hollywood. We didn’t think about it until later that the Emmy’s were in town. We made it to the Shrine where the Emmy’s were being held. We snuck into the campus as USC and hung out with the Paparazzi and LAPD so they could tell us who was coming out on the “Red Carpet”. We called out when we knew it was Paula Abdul and she waived to us. It was fun! The next day Carol and Belinda ended up leaving as our hotel had a small fire and the elevators, power, and electric were out for a while and the fire alarms kept blaring aimlessly. Carolyn and Maryann stayed and ended up at the Hollywood sign and touring the stars homes. We just left a couple hours after Carol and Belinda. We missed every left turn known to man in LAX!
Katelyn is getting big now as she turned 2 years old in September. We had a party for her and her friends with a Dora Jumpy thing. She had so much fun jumping in the Dora jumpy thing that she was sore for the next 2 days. She is now telling us what to do and how to do it. She tells on Cletus all the time as he is always in the trash can loving dirty diapers. WHY? Who knows. Other than that, we have just been taking one day at a time and trying to get through each day. Life has been busy with Katelyn, she keeps us on our toes. She can spell her name as long as we sing the cheerleader song and she almost knows our phone number. We feel blessed to have her in our life! She was a mini witch for Halloween and all she wanted for Christmas was a bike and lipstick. Santa brought her everything she wanted!
Take care and hope everyone has a safe and happy 2006! I will try to keep this updated going forward.
