A look back at 2013...

Soooo... I know it is January 9th and I am a little late but I have been busy making a baby okay. ;)

More than anything I write these blog posts for myself, so I never forget these memories. Life happens so fast and things are always changing that memories fade overtime and this last year had too many amazing memories I never want to forget.

2013 was quite a year... I experienced hands down the best moments of my life so far, and was also thrown a few curve balls that changed my life forever. But I am so thankful for every experience, I have already grown so much from the things I have experienced this year.

I experienced death and heartache, and also watched new life be brought into the world with the births of my nephew and niece. We lost too many beautiful souls this year, I am so thankful to have so many guardian angels and to know I will see them all again one day. It's funny as I sit here and think back on the year, for every challenge or heartache I can think of, I can think of just as many happy memories. God is amazing that way, one of my favorite bible verses ever is Romans 8:28 "God promises to make something good out of the storms that bring devastation to your life." I have found this to be true over and over again.


The first thing I think of as I look back on the year is how blessed I was to be able to experience everything I did with Cj. To be able to wake up every morning, and go to sleep every night with the one you love is something to cherish and never take for granted. I always think how lucky we are to have found each other so early in life, it just means we got to love each other that much longer. <3 He is seriously my rock, my best days are always with him and he is the reason I make it through the bad days.

We both turned 21 this year, which is of course the biggest birthday of our lives. Now we can do all the things we have been doing for years already.... Really it isn't that cool. ;) But to see another birthday is always something to celebrate!

We got engaged and married a few months later, which was the start of the most amazing adventure we have ever been on. These were by far my most favorite memories of 2013. I always find myself looking at pictures of the weekend we got engaged, and of our wedding. They make me so happy, I won't go into too much mushy detail since I already have a whole blog post dedicated to just how much this all meant to me.

 Shortly after we bought a house. This is one of the things I am most thankful for this year. Our house isn't just a house, it is OUR home. This is where we will build memories with each other, and most importantly raise our family. We have already had so many firsts in that house and it will only get better, especially after July. ;)

Not too long after we got married, we found out we were expecting our first baby come July 2014. I don't really know if I can even put into words how excited we are for this. We have both always wanted to be parents and we feel so blessed to be able to have gotten pregnant with a healthy baby and to have had no complications so far. I must say that I think our baby might be the cutest thing ever.... have you seen my husband?? He is going to make me beautiful babies. Oh how I hope they get his green eyes and long dark lashes, also his contagious smile and his kind spirit. We both think it is a girl, but of course could be wrong. Only a few more weeks and we will know!!

I am thankful for another year that was filled with love, happiness, heartache, laughter, tears, family, friends, late nights, early mornings, trips, food, puppies, babies, pictures, sweet spring mornings, watching summer sunsets, smelling crisp fall air, watching the first snowfall, trying new things, dancing, singing, watching movies, softball games, being lazy, working out, camping, hunting, drinking beer, good conversation, football Sunday's, Utah games, going to the beach, kissing the one I love every single day and living life to the fullest. The good, bad and ugly. I am THANKFUL for it all.

Bring on 2014.

XoXo