2012

The upside of these picture round ups is that I remember the good things that happened in the year. 2012 was overwhelming for us, and I think that most people had that same experience. We struggled a lot, and continue to struggle but 2013 is a new year and as long-time readers and friends know... I'm all about a new year. I'll write more about my goals for the year later, but for now... 2012 in lots and lots of pictures that are totally not in any particular order.

I got better at doing my own hair this year! 

I got to see my big sis get married in the beautiful NC mountains!

Some of the lovely women of my AAC -- Lauren (in white) was married in March and just had her baby boy a few weeks ago. She'd just found out she was pregnant when this picture was taken!

Adult Prom!

I have pretty friends...

Iggy and Fletcher

Fletch is our guy -- sometimes he'll insist on saving part of his meals for Jeremy!

I got to meet Erica

And Lindsay in real life! 

This is Detroit from the Canadian side-- I got to visit TWO other countries this year!

Jeremy attempted his first ultra marathon with the Pine Mountain 40. He only made it 26 miles, but from what I can tell it's widely regarded as one of the toughest trails in the Southeast. 

The crowd before the race -- I was very impressed with the number of women there! Girl power!

At LI I made a lot of new sister-friends and had my first ever bowl drink-- it was delicious!

India and I both have panda phones-- and there was a panda!

I played a lot of Arrested Development Hangman with Jimmy and Sarah

Jordan tried to get us to let him drink coffee

Nakayla tried to do Sarah's hair

I made my first batch of preserves with pretty decent success!

Jimmy and I rocked the church staff retreat

I spent a lovely evening at Six Flags

I got to meet The Bloggess-- one of my favorite writers and a real inspiration to me!

We got to visit the Botanical Gardens, which are my favorite

Orchids

Atlanta Skyline from the Orchid house

We attempted a garden with moderate success-- it got WAY too hot and we couldn't keep the plants hydrated, so better luck next year!

We even had a corn stalk taller than me!

I got to see Michelle, my best friend from growing up, whom I haven't seen in over 10 years!

I got some neat shots - right place at the right time

I made new friends on the AAC 

I saw Judah and Nikki and had a BLAST!

Mom got a new dog after Belle passed away. Maggie is a big baby, we love her!

My girls did SO well at recruitment!

We had live goldfish in the centerpieces

and we have an ENORMOUS chapter now!

All in all, there were a lot of highlights to 2012. I think that Jeremy and I really rocked it out as best we could and I'm proud of what we accomplished. 2013, here we come!