The Best of 2012

2012 has to be one of the most eventful years of my life. But what a blast! Here are some of my favorite memories from this year...

January

My cousin Leigh's birthday

February

Lot's of delicious Sunday dinners at Kenny and Becca's (this basically happened the whole year)

March

Leigh made me a darling birthday cake

Birthday surprise from my students!

April

We graduated ya'll!! 

 Picked up my brother Andrew from his LDS mission in NYC

Said goodbye to our good friends Matt & Hilary before they moved to Baton Rouge, LA

 

May

Said goodbye to my 3rd grade class. So hard to leave them all!

June

Visited our families in VA

Last time staying in the house I grew up in. My parents made the BIG move from VA to CA. Goodbye Logwood lane!

Saw good friends in VA

July

Manti Temple with the fam

August

My brother Cam left for his two year mission to Fresno, CA--Spanish speaking!

Said goodbye to my girlfriends in Provo

September

Was chosen for the show "Hoarding: Buried Alive" (aka moved to Kansas)

 Visited my parent's new home in San Diego

October 

Explored Kansas City, MO. Our new stomping grounds

November

Cory's family came to visit for Thanksgiving

December

My cute grandparents came to visit 

San Diego for Christmas (and a win for the cougs!)

Lots of change meant even more goodbyes to friends and family. Who we are missing so much! But really looking forward to 2013. Excited for the fun things in store!

Fall in Kansas

Here are the past three months in a nutshell. Are you ready? I know you're so excited to see all of these pictures of my life. This is probably on your list of favorite things to do. 

Downtown Kansas City:

Rodin's "The Thinker" in front of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art:

My favorite paintings in the museum. Mr. Monet, you've done it again. 

Cory and I went to the Royals game in early September. Despite their losing season, they won the game and we had a great time. Cory is now a fan (hat and all), so when they start winning he won't look like a bandwagon fan. But the chances of them becoming a good team are low, since they've never been good. At least we have the Chiefs! 

I started working at Pottery Barn. Since we got to Kansas after the school year started, teaching this year wouldn't work out. Luckily, Pottery Barn gives a pretty good discount and is keeping me busy for now. Busy spending my paycheck there. 

Cory's family made the long drive from Virginia for Thanksgiving. We had a blast! It was so fun to be all together and show them around. Did I mention how amazing my mother in law is? She helped so so much with the Thanksgiving meal. Couldn't have done it without her.

Kansas City LDS temple. What a beaut.

My good friend Lauren is serving her mission in Independence, MO, which is about 30 minutes away from where we live. She's a rockstar. So glad we can visit her. 

And there you have it.