I started doing these posts a few years ago- it's fun for me to look back at everything that has happened and I've documented over the past year on my blog.
Here we go!
January:
We rang in 2009 with our new friends Matt, Amy & Fitz. Dinner at an Irish pub and watching VH1- best metal bands of all time! haha!
Connor was finishing up boot camp and we got our first glimpse of him as a Marine:
and then he graduated!
I also got one of these:
and it changed my life.
February:
Connor came home!
I finished my Bible study class:
Mike survived the Walmart layoffs... I dyed my hair... yeah February was kind of uneventful.
March:
We were able to start enjoying the awesome Spring weather at the lake in our neighborhood:
We adopted this guy! (and renamed him Marty McFly- much better than his former name "Salem")
And probably the thing I'm most proud of this year---I became VEGAN!
April:
I got to spend time with my favorite girls in the world:
and to make it even better I got to see Britney with Allison!!
I fell in love with this picture: haha, yes I'm lame...
I took an amazing trip with Mike, and had lots of fun convincing him to do uber-dorky things:
I was very sad over the passing of Bea Arthur:
May:
Super excited over our new dining room table!
We went to North Caroline for my BIL's law school graduation:
and then on to a fabulous vacation to Lake Lure/aka where they filmed The Last of the Mohicans & Dirty Dancing!
June:
Ummm holy sh*t, I turned 30. And I got some gorgeous flowers:
I reconnected with a high school BFF:
Connor graduated from Marine Military Police school:
and got to come home on leave for a few weeks.
We held the first annual Solano-Farrar garage sale and made some cash:
We had a family road trip and took Connor to St. Louis. He shipped out to Okinawa and we won't see him again for at least another year. :-(
I'm so thankful we got to spend some time together before he left. I miss him like crazy.
Mike and I went to Trek Expo! It's our yearly nerd trip and we have a blast:
July:
We redecorated the office and I was thrilled to get new desks!
Jack Bauer started his obedience training!
Mike took me to see Legally Blonde the Musical! So fun!!
August:
We went floating on the Elk RIver:
We became obsessed with these guys:
I began the looooong process of scanning in our old family photos:
I started decorating for Halloween (yeah, I jumped the gun a little bit on this one)
My mom was awesome and went and saw Brit with me (that's right, I saw her twice! haha!)
I tackled some major house projects: recovering a chair, laying a new kitchen floor and redoing our guest bathroom:
Mike and I took a road trip to see the Kings of Leon. Best concert ever.
My mom & I made our annual trek to the Tulsa State Fair:
My parents came up for the weekend and we hit up a few arts & crafts festivals:
Mike and I kicked ass at our friends annual Halloween party! I won Best Costume:
and Mike won Most Original Costume:
November:
I started decorating for Thanksgiving:
I read (and LOVED) this book:
This picture made me giddy:
We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary!
I saw this a few times:
We took a road trip to Branson for some Christmas shopping:
I decorated for Christmas:
December:
I chopped off a foot of hair!
we sent out our Christmas cards:
and went on a Caribbean cruise:
WOW!! Longest post ever!! If you made it this far, I applaud you. haha! We're looking forward to a great New Year's Eve with Matt, Amy & Fitz! It's becoming a tradition. :-) Hope everyone has a fantastic 2010!!
