I have mixed feelings about 2013. Some things that happened were really great, but then there were parts of the year that really, really sucked. To recap:
January
-We celebrated the first New Year in our new house
February
-Ryan surprised me on Valentine's Day with flowers and making a nice dinner. I got my first Pandora bracelet with a few charms (Home is where the <3 is="" p="">
March
-Celebrated Rena's second birthday in Maryland at Chris & Emily's house
-Went on a week long cruise and drank/slept away our stresses...it was awesome
April
-Celebrated Ryan's 28th birthday & my 1 year anniversary with work
May
-Met my newborn niece, Audrey, for the first time. I was incredibly excited to be able to go up the day she was born -- we lived in Kansas City when Rena was born and didn't meet her until she was almost a month old.
-Hosted a Dalton family reunion at our house - we got to see cousins & Aunt's that we hadn't seen in a while and got to meet some new family members
June
-Celebrated my 29th birthday.
-Had a brief girls weekend in TN with my mother in law, sister in law, and other ladies from the Hibbard side.
July
-Celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary! We kept it low key and I honestly can't even remember what we gifted each other with.
-Went to Asheville, NC for our annual girls weekend...incredibly lucky to have such wonderful girlfriends.
August
-Met with a financial planner for the first time. Official grown-up status achieved.
September
-Samson found his forever home with us. The first couple weeks he was with us we're ready to send him back. Lucky for us, and him, he's adjusted and everyone is as happy as clams.
-Ryan and I celebrated being a couple for 6 official years! Woah.
October
-Decided to start to try and sell our new house. Ryan officially leaves his job at HDL for a great opportunity at Quantico.
November
-Ryan leaves his job at Quantico to go work a better opportunity at AP Hill.
-Our house is officially listed and we began the daunting task of cleaning up after ourselves constantly & taking the dogs on quite a few extra walks for a showing.
-We take our first trip to Carter Mountain in Charlottesville and we don't bring home one apple. The donuts, however, are fantastic.
December
-Officially SOLD our first home after only being there for a year and 2 months. We closed on December 15th and moved to Ruther Glen, VA to be closer to work.
-We surprise my in laws, Ron & Kim, with a trip to TN for a few days. We were there from Wednesday to Saturday and had a great time. They give the best Christmas gift EVER by telling us we're taking a family trip to Disney in October!
-My Aunt Barbara died on Christmas Eve and we put her to rest on New Year's Eve. We will all miss her so much and I'm still so, so sad she's gone. She was a beautiful person and will cherish the memories I had with her. My Uncle Paul made this video to remember their time together...
I have no idea what's in store for 2014, but I have high hopes. As far as New Years Resolutions go, I really just hope that I get healthy and start running again. I want to let go of the friends that don't bring positive things into my life and treasure and cherish that ones that do. I want to strengthen family relationships and not stress over the small things. Oh, and I want to take more baths in the gigantic tub in our master bath. :)
Happy New Year!!!! Please be good to us, 2014.
