Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 in Review

I can't believe that today is the last day of 2012. This year has absolutely flown by!

Here is a little recap of your year.

January:

We took our very first trip to NYC. We took the train from NC and it was amazing. 
Kyle received his Senior Parachutist Badge:


February:

Kyle unfortunately lost his grandfather, we traveled to Erie, PA for the funeral. Kyle was a pallbearer and his Mom asked him to be in uniform:
I was excited to finally have LASIK eye surgery done. I now have 20/15 vision wahoo!

March:

We celebrated the 1st anniversary of my Mom's passing. 
April:

We had our annual Easter trip to Myrtle Beach, it was our last and we were so sad!
May:

We unfortunately went through our 4th miscarriage during our fertility journey.

We attended our last Black Falcon Formal:

We also celebrated Kyle's 27th birthday:
We were officially farewelled from the Black Falcons and the 82nd Airborne:


We began our journey to Fort Huachuca, Arizona!

June:

We spent 2 wonderful weeks with family in Las Vegas. We were able to celebrate my Dad's birthday with him.

We settled into our new home in AZ:

We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary at the happiest place on earth:


July:

I went back to Disneyland with my sister, Lisa and niece, Kylie:

We fulfilled a lifelong dream of mine and went to Tombstone:
We traveled to Las Vegas for our nephew, Grayson's, 1st birthday:


We celebrated my 27th birthday:


August:

Our niece, Kylie, started Kindegarten:
We took an amazing trip to the Grand Canyon:


September:

My Dad came to visit us in Arizona:
My in-laws also came to visit:


We went to our first NFL Game:


October:

I spent almost the whole month in Las Vegas with family. Even took the kids to a fun pumpkin patch:
We celebrated my brother-in-law and new sister in law's (Justin and Erin) wedding:


We found out we were going to Fort Bliss, Texas! We traveled to El Paso and signed a contract on this beautiful home:


November:

I traveled to Las Vegas to celebrate our niece's 6th birthday and my sister's birthday:



We celebrated Thanksgiving with my family:



December:

Kyle graduated the MICCC:


We officially moved to El Paso and spent our first Christmas in our new home:


Well that is our 2012 in review! I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2013! Let's make it a great one!


Happy New Year!

19 comments:

  1. Oh what a lovely post, Jen. Through the ups and downs, your positivity really shines through and is so contagious. You are such a lovely person and I have only the BEST WISHES for you and your husband in the new year to come xoxo

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  2. You guys had a really busy/big year, too! Wishing you all the best in 2013. :)

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  3. You had such a wonderful 2012... hopefully 2013 will be just as wonderful and involve a little one!

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  4. You are a really strong woman, Jen! You've had a lot of ups and downs this year, and I wish you a healthy, happy new year filled with tons of "ups" :)

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  5. Hope you have a wonderful 2013!!

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  6. You got to spend so much time with family this year! I'm jealous!
    It looks like it could've been a hard year, but you never stopped smiling in those pictures :)

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  7. What an amazing and emotional year y'all have had! Even through the ups and downs, the love you have for each other never fails to show through in these photos :) I firmly believe that 2013 will be your year to shine in every aspect of your life!

    I hope this new year brings nothing but happiness for y'all!

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  8. Great recap! Such ups and downs you went through but I'm really positive you're going to have an awesome 2013!

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  9. such a big year! love the recap!

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  10. I really loved reading your recap and seeing your beautiful photos. You had to go through some hard things this year, but what I keep seeing in those pix is your beautiful smile. I hope 2013 serves you well, Happy New Year!

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  11. Love the pics....you had quite the year!

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  12. Awesome pictures, love your 2012 review! Happy, most awesome New Year of 2013 to you!

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  13. Happy New Year! Hope 2013 is good to you!

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  14. Looks like we all did a wonderful review of our year. lol. Happy New Year to you and your husband!!

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  15. Ah, glad to have found your blog! Thanks for the year in review. Happy New Year! If you get a chance, I would love for you to stop by and check out my favorites in WORK, DAY and PLAY style from 2011...the year sure does fly by! Have a wonderful day.

    xo Grace
    www.wrinkledchiffon.com

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  16. You had some ups and downs, but overall it looks like a fantastic year! Happy New Year! xoxo

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  17. Happy New Year to you!
    You two were some traveling people!!! With all that, career progression, PCS'ing and a new home...I bet the year did fly by!

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  18. I absolutely love reading your entries - so I apologize if you get three plus notifications from my comments! Sounds like you had a year feel with trials that made you stronger and blessings that made you ever thankful! Here's to another great year of lessons, opportunities and love!

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Love hearing from you!! :)