So here's a sneak peak of this past year and all it's randomness!
- Travel to Pensacola for one of my best friends in the world - best baby shower I've ever been to :)
- Home for the holidays - a relaxing week of sight-seeing, drinking hot cocoa, and cuddling up with movies with the fam in Nebraska! Midnight mass, a couple breweries, the Railroad Museum, and home-cooked meals :)
- Lifestyle changes - James and I joined a crossfit gym and started the Paleo challenge....great for our waistline and our marriage as we thrive on being an active couple together. [I've had to seriously ramp up my recipe inventory to include paleo-friendly fares]
Egg Muffins!
Cauliflower Crusted Pizza - even your husbands will love it!
Fish with Asparagus
Zucchini Fritters - still working on perfecting these ;)
- 3 job offers - woot woot!
- Meg's bachelorette beach weekend in Navarre and meeting little Miss Autumn for the first time -- a trip that soothed my soul and warmed my heart. And of course there were plenty of irish wakes to go around at the McQuires 5K!
KMJ Reunion
Have you ever seen anything sweeter? #meltsmyheart
Navarre Beach... "I feel home"
Best damn company a girl could keep!
My Love
Little Baby 'A'
Dinner fit for Kings & Queens
Complements of the best Host & Hostess on the planet :)
- Meg and Dana got married! I'd go anywhere for those girls...so we hit the road to Charleston, SC for a week and the FL Keys for a week....oh and did I mention those trips were back to back. 2 weeks with amazing friends, good company, great cocktails, and beautiful scenery! Def. moments of our lives that we will remember and cherish forever. Pics of Dana's wedding weekend in Islamorada!!! The water was incredible.
college crew
photo booth madness
relaxing by the pool
doing a little spear fishing
the boys are on a fish-mission
perfection!
the water was amazing!
lovelovelove
Happy Couple!
...and pics of Meg & Micah's southern charm wedding in Charleston, SC :)
Downtown Charleston, 1st night on the town!
The bridesmaids
M&M <3
Phenomenal concoctions...def. recommend!
2nd stop on the Food/Pub Crawl
Food/Pub Crawl - Charleston, SC 2012
The Gin Joint - 3rd stop on the Food/Pub Crawl
Waterfront Park @ Charleston Harbor
View from the pier
The Harbor
haha...towards the end of the pub crawl...could have sworn we saw the real Santa Maria ;)
These boys and thier 'stretching'!
Love Her!
Hilarious!
- We moved!! Out with the second story condo and in with a house with a yard! The pups are much happier :)
New Digs
- The FE exam - I passed!!
- Our 1 year anniversary - trip to Mobile, AL for a night out downtown taking in the local fare of craw fish dips and Abita strawberry beers <3 When we got back I surprised him with his very own canoe and a sunset paddle with champs and sushi!! Doesn't get much better than that :)
Downtown Mobile
Yum :)
My gift to James...I was actually able to pull off the surprise!
Sushi + champs + sunset on the flood shoal = perfect way to celebrate 1 Year of Marriage :)
Love sunflowers
My gift - super stoked! We do things a little unconventional!! :)
- James' mission to become a golf pro!
- I quit my job of 6 years with Coastal Tech (for the second time) - talk about knots in my stomach!
- KMJ Reunion in Sarasota - the girls come down for a Beach weekend and the Coldplay concert!!
Coldplay!!!!!!!
The gang @ State St Eating House
Brambles!!
Cute!
Good Times :)
- I got a new JOB!!! (I'll explain more in the next post)
- Trip to ITALY....yep, one week on the job, and guess who got to go to the company headquarters office in Italia -- THIS girl!!! An amazing trip for which I will dedicate a separate post ...
Phew - and that's only the highlights. Pretty busy but incredible year surrounded by the best friends and family a girl could ask for! Funny how journal-ing your life's events can be a huge eye-opener, forcing you to reminisce and remember all the good times you've had and shared. Otherwise, it's easy to take those things for granted. I'm so thankful for this life. So here's to what the next year with bring....year 29 has big shoes to fill b/c year 28 was a blast!
I'm reminded of a quote that I heard a few years ago and it stuck with me...I think this pretty much sums it up for us: "Some women aren't meant to be tamed. They just need to run free til they find someone just as wild to run with them." Well I've def. found that 'someone' and he has made my life complete in every way....growing old, as long as it's with him, won't be so bad afterall!
