2013 in Review!

2013 was a good year for us with several big milestone moments.  I wanted to do a quick recap through the year of some fun things that have happened.  The year started off kind of slow but things really picked up as the year went along.    

  January       ~We celebrated the first birthday of sweet HG, our friends' daughter who coincidentally will be the flower girl in our wedding.    

February   ~We went to see the Caps play which was my first ever hockey game.  Even better we had awesome seats and they were free!  

  ~ We celebrated sweet Layla Jane's birthday! She spent the day at daycare which she loves!  

    March ~We went to see Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square at JPJ in Cville with friends.   

    April   ~We started this blog!   ~We planted seeds for what would be our first year of successful gardening and one of our major blog topics for the year.  

May    ~Eric built these awesome planter boxes which we used to garden.  

  ~We blogged away on this little blog with recipes and gardening.   ~We joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)  

  ~We went to Pittsburgh for a long weekend.   

  ~We went to NC to celebrate our friend Alexis receiving her PhD from UNC.  

   ~We celebrated my friend Bethany with a shower for her baby girl to arrive in June.  

  ~We kicked off summer with Memorial Day Weekend at the lake.  

June ~We went to the Kennedy Center to see Shear Madness which was part of my birthday present from Eric.  

  ~We celebrated our friends Marcus & Ashley's wedding.  

    July   ~We saw DMB in concert at Nissan Pavilion.  

  ~We celebrated 4th of July twice, with the Dennee's and at the lake.  

    August   ~We spent 2 weekends at the lake.   ~We saw Jimmy Buffett in concert at Nissan Pavilion.  

September ~We celebrated my friend Terra's baby girl on the way who made her grand appearance later in the month.  

~We went to the OBX with our friends for a week.  

  ~We celebrated my friend Megan's baby due in December.  

October ~We got engaged!  

  ~We put an offer on a house.   ~We put a contract on a house.   ~I headed out on a cruise with my mom, Gramma & cousin Shirley.  

    November   ~I finished up my Caribbean cruise and spent a few days in Florida.   ~I went to see South Pacific with my mom, Gramma & Aunt Patty at the Alhambra Dinner Theater in Jacksonville.   ~I went to Savannah with my mom, Gramma, Aunt Patty & Aunt Norah.  

  ~We closed on our house.  

  ~We celebrated Asher's 1st birthday!  

  December   ~My friend Megan had a sweet little boy.   ~We moved to our new house.  

  ~We decorated it for Christmas.  

  ~We celebrated my cousin Eli's 3rd birthday, who will be the ringbearer for our wedding.  

  ~We set a wedding date!  October 4, 2014   ~We celebrated Christmas with family and friends by hosting a Christmas brunch.