A Year in Retrospect...

It is always hard to believe when one year ends and another begins.  You finally realize "Hey, I am never getting this year back!".  It is really gone for good.  Did I accomplish all that I wanted?  Do I have any regrets?  Did I really try to make each day count?

The wonderful thing about not being perfect is there is always room for improvement:) But as for the year of 2011 it was pretty great.  Full of change and a start of something new.  Here is a quick year in review:

-I lived with my grandparents in Mtn. Home, AR while Andrew was in Ft. Leonardwood, MO

-We bought our 1st puppy whom we named Athena

-I flew with Athena to stay the rest of the time with my parents in March

-Andrew graduated from Tech School for the Air Force

-We got our orders and moved to Minot, ND

-We lived in an RV waiting for a house

-There was a record breaking flood in Minot

-Luckily, we got our first real place together, a beautiful 2 bedroom, 1 study, and 2 bath split level home on the Air Base, all in July

-I visited my Aunts in Iowa while Andrew had training in Florida for 2 weeks.

-We had our 1st Halloween together, and dressed up as nothing:)

-I had my 21st birthday (up at Spirit Lake Resort & Casino)

-Andrew turned 25

-We adopted our second dog, a calm beagle we named Maia ( My-uh)

-We got to spend Thanksgiving in Iowa

-We did Black Friday for the 1st time (on the bucket list) and got myself a netbook

-We got our own phone plan (I got an iphone)

-I started school at Minot State University and started running again

-We got a 42" TV for $100.

-We realized that the Lord truly sends us where we are meant to be

-I became a Nursery leader and Personal Progress Adviser

-Andrew teaches CTR 4 and is a cub scouts den Leader

-We had the blessing of visiting family from Dec. 17-Dec. 30 in Utah

-We started making a bucket list

-We started planning a graduation cruise

-Andrew and I had our 2 yr Anniversary

-My Uncle John passed away

-I grew to love my family even more

-I realized further the importance of family for Andrew and I

-We made it through 2011 together!

You always think nothing really exciting happens during certain years.  Looking back that certainly isn't true.  We had a great year and hope that this next year will be even better!

 Us in 2011

Love,

The Andersons

Home For the Holidays

Just a quick update for all of you reading (which I realize is very few and therefore know that this blog is really for my own benefit), we are heading down to Utah in exactly 3 days! Wahoo.

We are Stoked. Excited. Jubilant.  Joyful.  Ecstatic.  Pumped. Giddy.

Ok you get the idea.  We thought for a while that we wouldn't be able to travel down to Utah to see family.  Due to the fact of snow and expensive plane tickets. But my loving parents came through and bought one of our tickets!  So it will cost us only $400 dollars to fly for Christmas. Yay us.

But something else exciting is we may have found out a way to see more of my family.  A beautiful thing called group skype.  

So pretty much we can see everybody for Christmas.  We can't wait to spend such a major holiday with family.  In 3 days we are leaving...on a jet plane.  Don't know when we'll be back again.  Kidding, we get to stay until the 30th when Andrew has to be back for work.  But, either way we have lots of fun things planned.

I will keep you posted,

The Andersons