Happy New Year everyone!!






N and I got back from Texas the other day. Let's just say that was an interesting adventure. We left earlier than we had planned because we both got pretty sick which means we couldn't see everyone we had wanted to :( Sorry if we didn't get to see you and we had plans!! Traveling with a puppy and a cat with two pretty sick people is not very fun. At all. God was really there for us during that trip!







Last year (that sounds weird) was a HUGE year for me. Here are some highlights and just mainly for myself to look back and remember since everyone probably knows most of them :)







N and I had our first official New Years Kiss -- Don't have a picture, but we celebrated with N's high school friend. It was really fun getting to meet them all too :) N and I were together for going into 2012, but he was in Oregon at the time and I was in the great state of Texas so no New Years Kiss.






This past Valentine's Day was our first Valentine's Day we were physically together for as well. The first one, N was deployed, so it meant so much to me that he was home. That is also not to say he didn't make the first one very special, because he did <3. I love all holidays, including Valentine's Day...which I know most people hate. For some reason I include it on the list of holidays I like to celebrate and love :) I'm a dork and proud of it. I've always loved romance, so haters can hate all they want. I don't cuuuurrrr.

I walked in my first DEEP snow! This was my first time in Oregon, and first time snow tubing and wearing real snow clothes. I looked like the kid from The Christmas Story. I had a picture somewhere, but I can't find it so I'll just leave you with this. Its pretty much the same.

                                                            Yes...I looked just like that









Moving on... last year N and I got MARRIED! Whhhatttt?!

Look at that bling bling

 

Last year was also the first time I've ever been outside of the US. We went to Honduras, Belize and Cozumel on a cruise, which was also our FIRST cruise :). It was absolutely one of the best times I've ever had. Minus Belize...we almost died thanks to my adventurous husband.

 



This would have been the last picture of me before we died :P Totally kidding...kinda
 

 

I also got to mark off one of my bucket list items and swam with dolphins and a manatee!!

The look of pure and utter happiness...with some salt water in my eyes

 

 

Another big thing was N won tickets, hotel and flight to the iHeartRadio concert in Las Vegas the weekend before we moved. It was SO fun! We got to see so many amazing (and not so amazing) performers.

 

We were wayyyyyyyyyy up top, but who cares?! It was free!



 

 

I also moved, for the first time ever, out of the state of Texas. I did want to get a picture of me holding onto the sign "Now leaving Texas" and N pulling my legs, but we weren't able to get one :P.

 

"You can take a girl out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of the girl" -- So true for this year, and every year I'm not there.

 

N and I also got our very first puppy :) he's a huge handful..and by huge I literally mean huge. He's 16 weeks and 50lbs now. He is going to be one big dog.

 

He was only 13 weeks here, look at that monster!

 

 

There is so much more we did this past year, but it's to the point of I can't put all of the awesome onto this blog. This past year was such a monumental one for me, and for N as well. 2014 is going to be a pretty legit year as well hopefully :). We're going to be moving somewhere again, still don't know where yet and probably won't know for a bit. Moving was a mess last time, but at least we got one out of the way! Long road trips aren't what they're cracked up to be either folks. 

 

Just looking at pictures from the past year made me realize how amazing the past year was. So many of us tend to focus on the negative things in life and not really remember the positive. I completely include myself in that, and I am going to do everything this year to remember good things that happen, no matter how dim they may seem to be at the time.

Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas and their New Years and ready to get back to daily lives!

-M

I'd also like to note that this is probably the worst entry yet...but I have been working on it for days and I just want to be done with it already. Time to move on to something new!