2011 in Review

2011 has treated me and my family pretty well I think. It's always nice to take a moment at the end of the year to recap, so here goes...

January

Try as I might, I cannot find any pictures anywhere from last January. January is always sort of a sleepy month. But, last January 1st Charlie and I "celebrated" 9 years together, so that's something!

February

In February we went to Florida for a little weekend trip before Charlie's time in South Florida was over...

March

March took us to New Orleans where we danced in the streets and ate amazing creole seafood...

April

Max turned 30 in April...

And we built a fire pit and had our very first fire in it as the weather warmed up...

May

May was Eric's graduation party...

June

In June we hiked the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu

July

In July we went to Door County with my family

And hosted a college reunion in Columbus

August

August was full of canning the awesome produce in Ohio

September

In September we celebrated being married for four years by spending the weekend in Hocking Hills

Watched two of our very best friends get married

And celebrated Charlie's 28th birthday with polka at Oktoberfest

October

In October we watched Mindy and Matt get married

November

In November we celebrated Grandma's birthday

Went to Buffalo for Thanksgiving

And took an architecture tour of Buffalo while we were there - this is city hall (there are some amazing buildings downtown!)

 December

December took us to Costa Rica...

Overall I have to exclaim at how lucky and blessed we are. Life gets hard, and sometimes I feel like it is completely out of control and unmanageable. But really, who can complain when you went on 5 vacations, saw two couples get married, got to explore Columbus, learn about Buffalo, celebrate birthdays with your grandparents, hike, can, dance the polka, and lots more that I have not listed here. 

Here's to another year that is sure to be better than the last:)