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05 January, 2012

Out with the old, in with the New

I'm a little behind with this, but in fairness, I've been sick since New Year's Day. We had a wonderful holiday season this year. I found my Christmas spirit and quit being a Grinch. We enjoyed 2 days of family, friends, food, and presents. It was wonderful and drama free! The way we like it.

New Year's Eve we went downtown to watch the Pelican drop. It was fun, albeit quiet. We were home by 1:30.

The last few days being sick I've had some time to reflect. I wasn't going to do the quintessential new year post, but I've enjoyed reading everyone else's so much I just couldn't resist! So we'll start with our year in review.

2011

January

Stephen headed back to tech school in Wichita Falls, TX to finish his training after a wonderful Christmas holiday. I was working on wedding plans and finishing my last semester of undergrad.

February

We spent Valentine's Day apart as Stephen finished training. Stephen graduated tech school and finally (after 9 long months) moved home. We celebrated Stephen's sister, Brittany turning 21. I continued to work on school work and wrap up our wedding planning.




March

March was a fun month for us. I enjoyed my last spring break as a college kid, it was finally warm enough to spend time on the beach, we ran our first McGuire's 5K, we saw Corey Smith (again!) with friends, we celebrated St. Patrick's Day...









April

April was a BIG month. I had my wedding shower, I graduated college, got a "real" job, my cousin, Mandy turned 21, I finished wedding planning... It went by in a flash!








*MAY*
This month was even crazier! We enjoyed an awesome Cindo de Mayo party at my parents, we both celebrated our bachelor/bachelorette parties, had our rehersal, celebrated our wedding for an entire weekend, got married on the 21st!, then enjoyed a wonderful week in the Bahamas for our Honeymoon :)


















June

You would think we slowed down in June, but actually... Stephen ranked up at work(He's now Senior Airman!), we moved to a new house, and enjoyed all that summer has to offer.





July

We threw a slip n' slide party at the new house, celebrated 4th of July, went tubing on the river, and enjoyed some more Florida summer time!








August

We didn't do a whole lot in August.. got ready for football season, hung out, worked, and I saw Jason Aldean with one of my best friends!




September
We went to our first FSU game of the season!!



October
Was another busy month for us.. Stephen went to Orlando to go to Halloween Horror Nights and visit his brother, I went to the Gulfarium with the cutest boy ever, we went to New Orleans with my family for my beautiful cousin's wedding, we celebrated Stephen's birthday..






Stephen's 25th bday jello "cake"

November
We went to another FSU game! We celebrated a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family, and even did a little black friday shopping, and we took pictures for our "first married Christmas" card pictures(that we never ended up printing)




December(finally!)
This was a wonderful month! I met my life long hero, Bobby Bowden, we decorated for Christmas, shopped til we dropped, celebrated our "first married Christmas", celebrated my 23rd birthday, enjoyed a new year's eve downtown watching the pelican drop!




It had plenty of ups and downs but 2011 was a wonderful year for our family! Definitely one we'll never forget. But boy am I ready for 2012 to kick it into gear! We both have been sick all week, but we're starting to feel better. We're meeting with his recruiter next week and hoping to find out more definite information about his AD career. I'm dyingggg waiting to find out where we'll be and when. Prayers are still appreciated as we move forward.

I hope all you wonderful readers will stay with us as we head into this new adventure of 2012. I wish you all nothing but the best this year! Here's to a year of health, wealth, and happiness to all!

Happy 2012 y'all!