*a couple of cherubs turned the big ONE. sweet miss emmie and my chubby, curly-haired nephew. happy birthday, kiddos. little gabriel still has those chubby cheeks and is turning into a walking machine!
*celebrated a few marriages, five to be exact {the stones, the griffins, the paynes, the scheetz, the coans}. congratulations to you all and blessings to each of you in this new year as you celebrate your first anniversaries.
*another precious baby girl has joined the family. one of my younger cousins welcomed savanna sue into the world. she now shares a birthday with my brother and my niece. special day, special day!
*good friend, heather, got a new phone for christmas. now that is a milestone. now she can actually read the texts i send her. welcome to the smart phone family, heather!
*baby brother graduated high school and started college. keep up the hard work, buddy! (even if you are going to continue evolving into a camo and plaid shirt and cowboy boot wearing fellow)
*was blessed with a fun trip to my first eagle's game. great seats, too! it wasn't a home game, but it was an eagle's game nonetheless. i'll take it!
*i started going to the gym on a regular basis. this wasn't even on my list of resolutions, and i still managed to pull it off (with the exception of november and december, but who's really keeping track anyway?!?!)
{what happened, what didn't}
remember that list i posted here introducing some of the trips and other celebrations i looked forward to in 2012?!?! let's recap what happened and what didn't:
grocery shop (lame, yes. but seriously, my roommate and i went grocery shopping jan. 2. first time since september)--yes and no. we were much better at grocery shopping. and then my roommate started a job where she works from home, so she's taken an incredible lead with this household task.)- make a t-shirt quilt of my childhood-highschool t-shirts {maybe this year!}
- keep up with my 2012 project life album {maybe this year!}
- complete my sophomore year of college project life album {maybe this year!}
complete my reading list that i started last year (preferably by the april deadline, but that may really be pushing it)--yes, this happened! woo...now to create a new list!graduate from my education specialist program--yes, this happened, too. so relieving to be done.continue paying a large amount of my student loans (i want to be done with salliemae. she is no good)--yes, this went well. still chugging along. watch out salliemae, this may be the last year in our relationship.- finish christmas shopping before december {not exactly, but it was done well in advance of christmas. even the wrapping was completed in enough time for me to relax and enjoy the holiday festivities}
- rolling all of the change in my ginormous crayon bank to use for a tropical vacation or a mission's trip {the bad thing about not accomplishing this, is that it means there's even more to wrap this year!}
- get professional family pictures (yes, all of us, together, in one picture) {maybe we'll be smiling for the camera in 2013}
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