So Here's The Thing...: Recaping a Year in Photos

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Recaping a Year in Photos

2009 was a year of changes and fun. And here's the proof...

January: Martin Luther King Jr. weekend foiled by a coil.

February: A trip to Portland and a proposal.

March: Putting an offer on a home.

April: Closing on a house and moving in.

May: Planting a first garden, engagement photos, and a wedding.

June: A wedding of our own.

July: End of honeymooning and 4th of July festivities.

August: Picking up an organ, 1st visit from family, and a little Demolition

September: 1st camping trip, hiking, and painting.

October: Hot air balloons, pumpkins, and Halloween.

November: Thanksgiving and hanging lights.

December: Merry Christmas

5 comments:

Shae, Jay, and chillin' said...: I like the year recap of photos. Nice...wonderful year for you!; January 7, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Emily said...: This is one of my favorite posts. AWESOME! And I love your couch. Where did you get it?; January 7, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Mary Ann said...: Fun way to recap. What a year!; January 7, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Amber said...: Congratulations on a packed and fun filled year. I love the picture with Jacob tied to a rope out the window. I can only assume you are holding the other end?; January 8, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Laura Stringham said...: I love that photo of Jacob with the rope tied around him. i get so nervous when brent is on the roof. i'm going to try that next time.; January 10, 2010 at 9:19 PM

Words of Wisdom

“I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk’s lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone’s garden. I want to be there with children’s sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”

-Marjorie Hinckley

"There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second."

-Logan Pearsall Smith

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-Jane (from blog Asking Jane)

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-President Gordon B. Hinckley

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