The year 2011 was the best year of my life (so far) for one reason: Evan. I am so in love with him and I cannot believe how lucky I am to be his wife.
Recap of 2011
JANUARY
Evan had left home from Christmas break to North Carolina making me wait patiently for February to come. Santa had gotten me a roundtrip ticket to use whenever I wanted to go see him, so I of course, picked Valentines day. I was also working, and Evan and I had our "long distance dates" weekly, which helped the time go by faster.
FEBRUARY
I flew out to North Carolina for 10 days. Our week was jam-packed with fun stuff to do and our Valentines Day was the BEST Valentines day I have ever had. I call him the "Romance King" because, he is.
MARCH
The month of my birthday (I turned 21) and the month we got engaged. He was only able to come out for a few days, but it was a big trip for both of us.
April
I flew out to be with him over his birthday (he turned 28 and yes, there is a 7 year difference between us). At this point, the long distance was really getting to me, I just wanted to be with him all of the time. During my stay, we went to the Outer Banks, went apartment hunting, and also went and visited the school I would be attending after we got married. And I was well into the wedding planning process and had my dress.
My inspiration for my wedding
MAY
Evan took a job at BYU to teach a class over the summer. I was thrilled about it but the thought of no more long distance was a little intimidating to me.
JUNE
We got our engagements taken and also took a trip out to Bryce Canyon for fun and for footage for our engagement video we created.
Engagement Video:
JULY
Wrapped up the wedding plans and sold my car, Lucy (I still miss her). Evan flew out to North Carolina to move into our new apartment, I had my bridal shower, we got our "groomals" taken, and I went through the Draper Temple to take out my endowments.
AUGUST
We got married! August 5 in the Salt Lake Temple. My parents absolutely spoiled me with the wedding they gave me. I day dream about that day all of the time and wish I could relive it - it went by in a blur! Luckily, I had an amazing photographer who gave us loads of pictures and I am so grateful for them. For our Honeymoon we stayed in Park City for 4 nights and then flew to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for 6. We deserved a long honeymoon and it was amazing. When our honeymoon was over we flew straight to North Carolina and moved into our apartment and then reality kicked in: we both started school a few days later. I was getting used to being the housewife; cooking and cleaning, etc. and loving every minute of it.
SEPTEMBER
We got settled into our place; painted the walls, redecorated, and bought a few (a lot) new things with our gift cards. We went to the beach to celebrate our 1 month of marriage and became busy with school, work, and making new friends.
a little piece of Utah in our home.
OCTOBER
Had many fun date nights planned and experienced a lot of cool things to do in our town: Farmers Market, Art Festivals, State Fair, etc. And had our very first Halloween together.
NOVEMBER
Evan and I cooked the entire Thanksgiving meal for us and Evan's parents who flew out to be with us for the weekend. It was so good to see them, we love them so much and are so grateful for them. I was also busy wrapping up the semester with finals and projects and Evan's Flag Football team won the championship.
DECEMBER
My first semester of my Interior Design program came to an end and we flew out to Utah to spend the Holidays with our families. It was a much needed vacation - I hadn't seen my family since our wedding day and I was really missing them. I wish that it was still Christmas Vacation.
2011 was a great year and I can't wait to share the new years to come and the rest of my life with Evan.
1 comments:
i love this post! ide do the same thing except i was pregnant half of 2011 and therefore dont really have pictures to post. :) love you! wish i could come visit while evan is gone!
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