January
I feel like January is always an uneventful month for me haha I hate winter and the weather always sucks in northern Illinois. One exciting thing that did happen is that I made it onto the deans list and invited to an honor society for having a 4.0 GPA for my first semester of college!
From 2015 and on, February will always be special to me because Austin and I started dating on the 20th. We spent the whole day in Chicago freezing our butts off and I almost turned him down when he asked me while we were ice skating because I was supposed to be leaving in August (sorry Aust) but I ended up saying yes and that's all that matters :) one of the best decisions that I've made :)
One of my favorite memories of March again involves Austin (notice there will probably be a trend going on). Toward the end of March, Austin and I took our first little trip together, little did we know that in the next few months we would go on 8 more trips to 9 more towns in 6 different states!
In April, Alec and I got to go spend a weekend with Mama Sue and Grandpa Jim to celebrate Mama Sue's birthday :) I always love going to Wisconsin to visit. The weekend always consists of a lot of naps and SUPER YUMMY food!
May was a pretty exciting month. I finished my first year of college, had my sisters bachelorette party and Austin and I took another trip! My sister's bachelorette night was so much fun. We went out for dinner and then went indoor rollerskating and bowling! A week or so after that Austin and I were on a plane to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a long weekend! That was our first far trip away together and we made it out alive ;)
June
June 5th..MY SISTER GOT MARRIED! She had such a cute little wedding and I'm so happy with how it all turned out for her! I got to make my first wedding cake, which was pretty nerve racking but I think it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself ;) It was such a fun day getting ready with all of the girls, seeing my sister marry her best friend and then Austin and I had a blast at the reception!
July
We went on another trip...surprise surprise ;) we headed to Ohio this time to visit Paige and Chuck! Had a blast as always! And at the end of the month we get to celebrate John's 97th birthday!
August
Every summer my family takes a trip to Florida for about a week, this year we went to Panama City Beach! I brought along Austin and Alec brought his girlfriend McKenna! It was such a fun vacation! We spent majority of the time walking the beach and at the pool, we also went on a jet ski tour and parasailing! Since we drove two separate cars this year, Austin and I decided to take a detour on the way home and stay in Nashville for a whole 36 hours haha
September
This was a bittersweet month for me. We got to celebrate my grandma Judy's 74th birthday! We had a pretty big party and she had such a fun, happy day. She got to see so many people, majority of the grand-kids, her great grand-kids, her brother from Tennessee and lots of friends :) unfortunately this was the last birthday we would get to celebrate with her, but at least it was a great one. A few days after the birthday party, my sister and I ran our first half marathon together in the Quad Cities! We kicked ass of course and finished in 2 hours and 32 minutes!
October
I feel like October was a super busy/exciting month. Austin and I went to Missouri to visit one of our best friends, Ash :) that was such a good long weekend trip! The following weekend Austin surprised me with another trip to Galena to celebrate my birthday and MY PRACTICALLY OTHER SISTER GOT ENGAGED!
November
This was the fastest and roughest month of the year. My grandma passed away November 2nd. I don't really know what else to say about that at the moment besides the fact that I miss her a ridiculous amount and not a day goes by that I don't think about her. This is one of my favorite pictures of her.
December
This month I would say the most exciting things that happened were Christmas and New Years. This Christmas was a Christmas of firsts, first Christmas with Austin, first with his family and the first Christmas that I got to spend with Mama Sue and Jim! As for New Year's Eve, Austin and I drove down to Champaign to stay the night with Hannah and John :)
If you're still reading this super long post thank you for enjoying my year with me :) This year had so many surprises and it makes me so excited to see what next year brings! I already know of a few things that will be in this type of post for next year ;)
A lot of the things I mentioned in here I have already written a blog post about so make sure to check those out for more fun pictures :)
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