As my sister-in-law, Katie, told me over the Thanksgiving break, I used to have a blog. And after six months of neglect, it’s time to update!
To be honest, the reason I didn’t update was because nothing much was going on. Our lives are pretty boring right now, working our 9-5 jobs and spending time with friends and family on weekends. However, I’ll try to share a few of the best stories from the last few months.
JUNE
The last time I updated was for the wedding. It was absolutely beautiful!! I was so thrilled that we were able to share our day with my entire family, despite the fact that most of them live across the country in Georgia.
And if that wasn’t enough, we traveled to Georgia a couple weeks later for our Georgia reception. My parents and family worked so hard to make the pool/backyard absolutely gorgeous, see for yourself!
Does this look familiar?? (Tangled?!) The decorations were breathtaking, the food was delicious, and it was such a treat to see all my friends from Georgia. A big thank you to everyone who was able to make it, it really meant a lot to me to see everyone (and show off my new hubby of course!).
JULY
July was fairly uneventful, just adjusting to married life and learning my new role with Disney. I used to work in the Credit Card Management office as an intern, but now in my full-time role, I support Financial Reporting, which is much more accounting-based (my intern role was more finance-based), so it fits my background much more appropriately. I made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot :)
AUGUST
Another fairly uneventful month. I think the best thing about August was the realization that I didn’t have to go back to school!! As you start to approach graduation, everyone tells you that after you graduate, “real life” starts, which is much harder and takes all your time away from you, so enjoy your time while in college. Well, to be honest, I feel I have much more time now that I’m out of college! When I get off work at 5PM, I get to go home and have the rest of the day all to myself (no required boring textbooks to read, no tests to study for, no painful essays to write, the list goes on and on). And no more studying on weekends!
SEPTEMBER
In September, Kenny and I went to his parents’ cabin in Big Bear with our good friends Scott and Kayla for a weekend. They have three quads up there, so we took turns riding them around – it was so much fun!!
Look at all that smoke! Go, Kenny, go!
Let’s go!
Scott and Kayla looking cute
Kenny and I looking not so cute ;) It was still fun!
OCTOBER
October brought our much-anticipated honeymoon cruise! I get excellent deals on Disney cruises (let me know if you want to come with us next time! I can book 3 cabins….), so we booked a 7-day Mexican Riviera one for a great price. We spent two days in Cabo San Lucas, a day in Ensenada, and a few days at sea (mostly hanging out in the adults only pool and hot tub).
Just arrived on the ship, the Disney Wonder!
Formal dinner on the ship
Riding the tender boat to Cabo
Lunch in Cabo at “The Office”
The chips and salsa was the absolute best, and the place was RIGHT on the beach! I even went in the ocean for a little dip while we were waiting for our tacos.
Snorkeling!
On the catamaran that took us snorkeling
View of Cabo from our ship
Had to get a picture by the Disneyland sign on the ship!
Of course we had a different little towel creature as part of the turn down service each night, this was the fanciest one – a swan!
Last breakfast on the ship before disembarking – Triton’s restaurant
All in all, the trip was awesome! We ate really yummy food, saw really good Disney shows, saw lots of pretty fish while snorkeling, swam in the warm and amazingly blue water in Cabo, and enjoyed our time together.
NOVEMBER
In November, we were able to travel to Florida to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my family! And not only did we enjoy a delicious meal with family (thanks, Mom!), but a long-time dream of mine came true – to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios!!! Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures (I was way too overwhelmed and excited to remember something like my camera), but nonetheless, we had a great time! We ate at The Three Broomsticks, rode the most amazing ride I’ve ever been on (Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey – truly unique!), and I even got picked for the wand ‘show’ at Ollivander’s! The wand chose me (as we all know, the wand chooses the wizard), but apparently, to keep it, you have to pay (of course). My mom already got me a wand, so I wasn’t about to buy another one. I through since the wand chose me, I deserved to keep it, but oh well, it was still fun to be chosen!
DECEMBER
December brought my and Kenny’s (and probably most everyone elses’) favorite holiday, Christmas! It’s just such a happy time when everyone around you is always singing songs, giving, sharing, and smiling. And let us not forgot the best part – the movies!! We watched most of our favorites (we had to cut our marathon short since we had to move out of our place by the 30th), and spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day with Kenny’s family. We even got some Heagle family pictures done on Christmas Eve.
At the end of the month, we decided to move out of our first apartment together, since our lease was up, and they were going to raise our rent significantly. We recently moved into a house with Kayla’s parents and are renting the second floor for much less than we were paying for rent before, with at least the same amount of space (if not a little more).
And that sums up 2011! The very beginning 2012 brought another exciting event which deserves a separate post. I’m also working on another post with my 2012 goals (since you haven’t read enough of those posts yet, have you??).
Hope you all enjoyed your 2011, here’s to an even better 2012!
