(Note: If you'd like to see the larger version of a photo, click on it!) :)
1.) Rock climbing was a big hobby of mine this year!
2.) Mary & Shawn got engaged!! (This is us at a celebration for them.)
3.) Sarah graduated from college! (Here are our parents at the ceremony.)
4.) I quit teaching after my first year. (This is a painting one of my former students did our last month of school.)
5.) I moved to a lovely little house...
6.) ...And got a new job! (Here's a photo, previously shown on this blog, of me on my first-ever overnight business trip to Winslow, Arizona!)
7.) My best buddy, Andrew, and I went to a friend's wedding in Colorado.
8.) My own sister, Katie, then got married!
9.) These days, it's rare to have the whole fam together.
10.) The wedding was beautiful and awesome.
11.) Mr. and Mrs. Knapp enjoyed some time with their niece, Claudia!
12.) I also acquired a kick-ass roommate (James) and kitty (Isaac, here with laser-eyes).
13.) James & I overwhelemed the living room with our colletion of books and movies.
14.) I learned that two high school friends of mine (Amanda & Maria) now live in Arizona, too!!
15.) Sedona, extremely close to my new home, proved a wonderful place to frequent.
16.) James introduced me to the drama class's costume room. Hehe.
17.) Our sage-like office printer offered words of wisdom.
18.) On a random trip to Albuquerque, I stopped to admire the annual hot air balloon festival. It was awesome.
19.) The weekend after Albuquerque, I hit up Vegas with a high school/college friend of mine (Joe), and we met some very nice strangers.
20.) I got to see my cousins and their respective children!
21.) James made our house's first fire of the year! :)
22.) On a spur-of-the-moment splurge, I flew to Cleveland for Thanksgiving, just in time for my niece, Claudia's, birthday.
23.) The four sisters posed with one very bored boyfriend.
24.) During Thanksgiving, I was also fortuante enough to see some good friends.
25.) My father showed his patience with my niece, Tabatha's, antics. (I can't help but find his expression here hilarious, considering how little Tabatha is.)
26.) I flew a lot (14 flights this year alone)!
27.) I also drove a lot (about 30K miles logged on my car)!
28.) Andrew got his first "real" job as a guidance counselor in Page.
29.) Meanwhile, we got mini basketballs to play with at my work.
30.) My new buddy, Jared and I, showed off some shades in a ghetto-fab store in Phoenix.
31.) Back in Cleveland, I got to see lots of friends again! :)
32.) Sarah and I kicked it with our nieces and our family.
33.) Yay, friends!
34.) And yay, more friends!
35.) I love my parents. :)
36.) Old college roomies get to bowl when we're all in town!
37.) Again, it's so awesome having good friends.
That's all! It was a crazy, eye-opening year, and I shall remember the important lessons I've learned.
2008, here I come!
1 comment:
That one picture, of that one awesome-looking guy was my favorite... what was his name- Andrew? Women must want to jump him all the time, I bet it's hard for them to control themselves around him.
:)
Great pictures!
-Fandrew
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