It’s so funny how life works out sometimes. At the beginning of the year, I remember whining to myself saying ‘this year is going to be SO boring, we don’t have anything planned, whah whah whah!’. Yep, I’m a whiner. And yet, it turned out to be one of our best years yet! That’s usually how it works, right?
Here’s Our 2014 in Review:
January/February – My sister-in-law, niece and nephew came for a visit.
This was definitely a highlight and a great way to begin the year. We had such a good time.
February – we moved to a new building at work
I am spoiled. It takes me no more than 10 minutes to get to and from work and I can go home for lunch every day to take the dogs out.
March – Lost Max
This was definitely the lowest point of our year. It broke our hearts. Max was a fantastic dog and we miss him every day.
We also went up to the Sandia Crest
This was my first time driving up to the top of the mountains. I’ve been up there before, but we took the tram. Driving is a whole different experience! We took Hannah with us. It was chilly but there were great views!
I also took and passed my CCA test. It was a whirlwind eight days. I am using my certification at work by writing a lot of our appeal letters.
April – Adopted Watson
Definitely a highlight. He is a ball of energy and keeps us on our toes and we love him to pieces.
We also celebrated our 4th anniversary. Four years have flown by. Love love love my husband. He’s my favorite. Can’t believe in April it will be FIVE years already!
May – Workaversary
Four years at my current job (same position too!). I still like it.
June – Josh got a new job
Josh got a new job at a law firm here in town. He traveled to San Diego for a week for training. He likes it and it’s low stress!
July – Tucson, Arizona
In July we (including my mother-in-law) traveled to Tucson, Arizona, for our Regional Convention. We brought our dogs (and would do it again in a heartbeat). The convention was wonderful!
July – We came back and two weeks later hosted a gathering at our clubhouse for about 80 people. It was a hit!
August – Manitou Springs, Colorado
We met most of my family in Manitou Springs for a long weekend. It was wonderful! The only one missing was my sister. Next time!!!!
August – we both auxiliary pioneered in August and got 30 hours in. It was nice!
We also held our Fantasy Football draft. This was the first year we did it online. It went pretty quickly, although next year we’re going to shoot for an ‘in-person’ draft.
September – In September we started an informal French class. A sister in our group is teaching it on Mondays. It has really helped and is so nice to get together with friends each week.
October – October was Balloon Fiesta. The building where I work is right next to Balloon Fiesta park, so each morning I would walk through the parking lot and take loads of pictures of the balloons. I never get tired of looking at them!
We also had our Circuit Assembly.
November – Hubby had a work conference in San Diego, so I tagged along. We were there for 6 days. It was awesome! We went to the beach, went to a football game, shopped and did whatever we wanted for 6 days.
I also went out on Black Friday with my friend again…our annual tradition!
December – December has been pretty busy so far. Today we are relaxing a bit and getting a few things done around the house.
We got to pin two more new places on our map of places we’ve been TOGETHER:
Tucson & San Diego.
Places traveled:
Tucson, AZ
San Diego, CA (Pacific Beach, Escondido, La Jolla, Le Mesa)
Manitou Springs, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
I read a few books. My favorite of the year? The Martian by Andy Weir. Amazing.
We went to a few movies. There were some REALLY good movies this year. My favorites? The Fault in Our Stars, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Mockingjay Part 1.
Many French parts were given….talks, Draw Close book, highlights, etc.
I slowly cleaned out (reclaimed!) almost every room in our house.
Looking back at my old blog post about my goals for 2014, I did pretty good! I am getting healthier. I am keeping up on my Watchtowers and Awakes. I am blogging a little more. The only goal that I didn’t complete was reading the Bible in it’s entirety. L I failed miserably. However, I am going to not give up and try my hardest to do it in 2015.
2015 should be an exciting year: we will celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary, go to an International Convention in Europe, my husband will give his first public talk in French, and much more. We are going to kick off the year in Nebraska for my nephews wedding. I can’t even believe I just said ‘my nephew’s wedding’. Unreal!! It should be a good time, and a great year!
