2012 in Review

I love year in review posts! 2012 flew by for us, and it was a year of lots of changes, but lots of fun, too! I love looking back on what all happened over the last 12 months.

 

{Here are my 2009, 2010, and 2011 posts!}

 

2012

 

January

• We rang in the new year at our annual New Year's Eve party!

 

 

 

 

• I set some goals and chose the word ‘thrive’ for 2012!

 

• We hosted a surprise 50th birthday party for David’s mom!

 

 

February

• We celebrated my niece’s 5th birthday at an indoor pool party.

 

 

• We celebrated our 9th Valentine’s Day together!

 

 

• David passed all 4 sections of the CPA exam (on the first try!) and we went out for a fancy celebratory dinner.

 

 

• We found our our sister-in-law (David’s brother’s wife) was having twin girls!

 

March

• I coordinated a coworker’s wedding!

 

 

• We celebrated my 23rd birthday

 

 

 

• I ran my first 5K!

 

 

• We had a great weekend away with friends in KC

 

 

 

 

April

• David had a business trip to LA and I got to tag along and sight see!

 

 

 

 

• We survived a tornado!

 

• I helped host a baby shower for my sister-in-law.

 

 

 

 

• I ran my second race – A 2 mile the day before Easter!

 

 

• We hosted my family for Easter

 

 

 

 

 

May

• I hit my ‘final’ weight loss goal!

 

 

• We had lots of fun with friends – birthday parties, Bible study get togethers, weddings, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• David’s sister graduated from 8th grade and we had his family over to celebrate

 

 

 

• My sister and nieces and nephew came and spent Memorial Day weekend with us!

 

 

 

 

June

• I made Thoughtfully Designed, my etsy shop/small business, my full time job!

 

• We had our two year wedding anniversary and celebrated with a fancy dinner and exchanging gifts here – Recaps here and here!

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

• We celebrated with our awesome friends, too, who surprised us with a cake!

 

  

 

• Aaaaand we celebrated in Punta Cana! {Recaps: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

 

  

  

 

• I ran the Color Run in KC with a friend!

 

 

 

July

• We celebrated the 4th of July with David’s family and then with some friends.

 

 

 

• A couple in our group of friends got married!

 

 

 

• My princess/niece/goddaughter turned 8!

 

 

 

• David got more involved with YPW (Young Professionals of Wichita) and we went to their Founders Day banquet, which was tons of fun.

 

  

 

• Our twin nieces were born!

 

 

 

• My nephew moved in with us.

 

August

• We threw my mom a surprise 60th birthday party!

 

 

 

• I ran the Glow Run!

 

  

 

• We got involved with Red Shoe Society, a young professionals group that fundraises for and supports the Ronald McDonald House.

 

 

 

September

• I helped with my dear friend’s wedding – Such a gorgeous bride!

 

 

 

• We made a weekend trip to see the twins and my family

 

  

  

 

• David started a new job with a business intelligence software company and we celebrated with a date night!

 

 

• My best friend and her boyfriend came home for a long weekend!

 

 

 

October

• My nephew ended up going to live with his dad in California.

 

• I decorated for fall!

 

 

• We caught up on hanging out with friends, which we’d missed with my nephew living here.

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

• We celebrated David’s 24th birthday with a date at one of our favorite restaurants and then by having people over and going to the casino!

 

     

 

• We had our annual fall photoshoot with one of David’s best friends as the photographer this year – They turned out awesome!

 

 

• I got involved with Young Lives, which has turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

 

 

• We dressed up as Dorothy and the scarecrow for Halloween!

 

 

November

• We went to my cousin’s wedding and I taught all my girl cousins the gangnam style dance – Such a fun weekend!

 

 

 

• We visited my best friend and her boyfriend in Louisiana.. finally!

 

 

 

• We finally met Stephanie of Vintage Modern Wife and her husband in Dallas on our way home from Louisiana!

 

 

• We celebrated Thanksgiving with friends, hosted for our immediate families again, and made the trip to celebrate with my extended family as well!

 

 

  

 

  

 

December

• I decorated for Christmas! (Part 1 & 2)

 

 

• We sent out our third Christmas card and received a bunch of them, some from some of you!

 

 

 

• We had Christmas parties for a bunch of different groups/ministries we’re a part of, which made the month fly by.

 

 

  

 

 

 

• We celebrated our 9 year dating anniversary!

 

 

 

• We enjoyed all kinds of Christmas festivities with our families.

 

  

 

 

 

• I ended the year with 1158 total etsy sales, with 685 of them being this year!!

 

It’s been another incredible year, and I can’t wait to see what 2013 has in store for us! Happy New Year!