Goodbye 2010!

2010 has been a wonderful year for us! It has been so full of many happy memories, and a few sad ones, and I thought that tonight would be a great time to reflect on our year! (clicking on the grey words should open a picture or the original blog post)

January: When January arrived, it made it real as to how fast the wedding was approaching! We were busy planning and enjoying being engaged. The highlight of the month was an amazing date night that included a limo, a romantic dinner at the melting pot, and tickets to see STOMP at the Pantages theatre.

February: We spent much of the month working but we were able to have some time with our families. My wedding dress FINALLY came in, and I was nervous that I wouldn't love it like I did when I tried it on, I had a high sigh of relief that I still loved it and knew I chose the right one.

March: March = birthday month for our friends and family (we had five or six celebrations that month)! We were also able to celebrate the wedding of our good friends, Elizabeth and Ronnie at the golf course in Avila Beach. We had a tasting for our wedding dinner and I was able to spend a wonderful weekend with so many special people in my life at my bridal shower in San Luis, hosted by the lovely Jackie.

April: My Mother-in-law threw me another bridal shower at her home so that my friends that live down here could attend. My uncle was in a horrible motorcycle crash (and has now made an almost miraculous recovery) and Dad and I were able to visit him while he was in the hospital. Chris went on his bachelor party (a Carnival cruise down to Mexico) with ten of his friends and had a great time.

May: May was certainly a busy month for us! While we were busy putting the final touches on the wedding, I was picked up by my Maid of Honor for my surprise bachelorette weekend in Las Vegas! We sadly said goodbye to my Grandfather the week before the wedding, but we know that he was watching over us on our special day. We had the best time at our wedding and everything turned out perfectly! We were ready to go on the honeymoon to Tahiti and relax in paradise for a week!

June: We adopted two kittens and (we named them Captain Jack and Brick) they provide much entertainment. We were also able to celebrate the wedding of our friend Gus and Tiarra at a winery in Orcutt. We also continued our hunt for a home to purchase.

July: July was our month to travel: we spent time visiting Mom and Dad, we flew up to Washington to visit with my Grandma and Pawpaw's friend Tom, and we also went to Las Vegas with a group of friends. The highlight of the Vegas trip was getting to see the Beatles Love show. We enjoyed our travels, but were definitely glad to be home at the end of the month!

August: We both worked a lot in August and we were glad to have Chris' 28th birthday to celebrate to give us a little bit of a break from work. We went camping for three nights with some friends (including boating, fishing, hiking, s'mores and late-night game playing). I also met a wonderful "new" friend. Nicole's Grandmother and mine were friends while in Arabia, our Moms were friends growing up and now we have become close since she moved out to California.

September: It was wonderful to have time with Mom and Dad as they both came to visit during the month. Dad came down and we were able to go to Dodger stadium where we watched the Giants beat the Dodgers. Mom came on another visit and we did what we do best: shop, chat and just enjoy our time together.

October: Another month of overtime for us. We stayed pretty close to home, but we did get to enjoy a day of horseback riding in the hills overlooking Santa Barbara and Goleta.

November: We had much to be thankful this year! We spent a weekend in Santa Rosa for my brother's wedding, had been married for six moths and celebrated my 27th birthday with a relaxing weekend in Paso Robles. We had been waiting to hear if the bank had accepted our offer on a house that we loved and we heard that it was accepted!

December: This has been such a busy month for us! We have been signing our lives away on paperwork for our new house, going to LA Kings hockey games, celebrating two Christmases and trying to spend time together!

This has been such an amazing year for us and we have felt so loved by our family and friends who have shared in our joyous moments. We are looking forward to seeing what 2011 will bring to us! I wish you a year full of happy moments, love and time with those that are important to you! See you next year!