I make plans to be consistent with blogging, but inevitably life happens. Instead of giving up, I'll keep going from where I'm at! Here's a few highlights of our 2018.
January:
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| We explored the Market Square in San Antonio. |
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We had a frozen day in Austin. Most everything was shut down because
Austin has hardly any equipment for dealing with ice. |
February:
We explored the University of Texas campus here in Austin.
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| This is a small portion of the football stadium. Yes, everything is bigger in Texas. |
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| We celebrated our anniversary in College Station. |
March:
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We celebrated Jonathan's first day of work at Home
Depot with delicious tacos. |
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| We found blue bonnets!!! |
April:
I still can't believe that I've actually been to Europe.
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| A cute little side canal in Amsterdam. |
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| We visited Begijnhof in Brugge. |
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| This was the view of Brugge right outside of where we were staying. |
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| A view of Venice. |
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| The Duomo in Florence. |
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| We had a beautiful day in Vernazza. |
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| We finished off our whirlwind tour in Rome. |
May:
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| The cacti were in bloom. |
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| We found the perfect beach. |
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| We finally explored Fredericksburg. |
June:
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| I finally hung up some pictures. |
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| We visited the museum at Camp Mabry here in Austin. |
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| We didn't eat enough delicious Texas peaches. |
July
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| These two ran us up and down the length of Texas! |
August:
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| We went to Family Fun Day with Home Depot! |
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| We enjoyed a Round Rock Express baseball game. |
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| We celebrated our 15th half-iversary. |
September:
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| We found where all the cowboys get their boots. |
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| We explored the new downtown Austin library. |
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| We tried Top Golf with my cousin David and his friends. |
October:
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| We watched General Conference with the missionaries. |
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We bought Jonathan a second bike after his first one was
stolen. The second bike is still in our possession. |
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| We took a trip to the Houston Temple. |
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| We celebrated Jonathan's birthday in Florence, Texas. |
November:
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| We went to our first hockey game with friends from work. |
For Jonathan's birthday trip, we went down to Houston.
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| This is a working model of the International Space Station. |
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| We got to go inside both the airplane and the shuttle. |
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| We visited the 1940 Air Terminal Museum in Houston. |
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| President Nelson came all the way to San Antonio to speak to us. |
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| We found an amazing view of the skyline with fall colors. |
December:
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| Jonathan and I found a delicious cheese store. |
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| The Home Depot Christmas Party involved bowling and playing pool. |
I went on a last minute trip to California.
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| I was there for my grandpa's 90th birthday. |
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I also went to say goodbye to Ginny. She was my
grandpa's girlfriend for 16 years and she truly was
a grandma to all of us even though she had her own family. |
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| I also was able to see Lyla perform in the Nutcracker! |
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| Ryan is now officially taller than me. I still can't believe it! |
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| We saw the Christmas lights in Georgetown, Texas. |
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| We decorated with our presents. It was a bad idea because I didn't want to open them. |
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| I finished reading The Book of Mormon. |
It was a wild year with many unexpected twists and turns. I don't know what this year will have in store, but I can't wait to find out!
