The Best of 2011...

Where did 2011 go??  Well...let's recap some highlights....

 

1.  The biggest highlight is that I became a Mrs!!  2011 will always be a most special year because it's the year that I got to marry my best friend!!   It's hard to believe that was already 8 months ago.  I love being married and I'm so thankful for my sweet husband!

 

 

 

2.  Richard graduated from Greenville Tech with an Associate's Degree in Health Science!  I'm so proud of him!  Now he is moving on to USC Upstate to work on a BS in Nursing.  He works so hard and I can't wait to see where his future takes us!

 

 

 

3.  We added a new member to our family...Miss Tupelo!  She has been a joy to have and in my biased opinion she is one of the cutest things ever.  She is getting really good at obeying commands like sit, stay and fetch but she's still working on the potty training.  She does great most of the time but both Richard and I have been peed on recently and she especially likes to choose pillows to use as her personal toilet...thanks Tupelo.

 Tupelo the Reindeer did not want to pose for a picture.

4.  My brother, Will, graduated from Officer's Candidate School and joined the Marines.  We are so so so proud of him!!  He worked really hard and even spent a week in the hospital while he was there.  But he powered through and we got to go up to Quantico, VA for his graduation a few weeks ago.  It has been really interesting learning more and more about the traditions and Marine lifestyle.  There is such a part of me that worries about him with this new adventure but I trust that the Lord will protect him and be in control so I just have to pray for him and support him as best I can.  He is so handsome in his uniform...I cried the whole weekend.

 This is right before we got to see him for the first time.  He is standing just to the right behind the guy in front.  I barely recognized him!

 This is graduation day.  He is on the front row but now it is really hard to pick him out!

 Sweet brothers after Will took his oath

 

 My parents each got to pin a star on his uniform

 Perm and I got to pin a bar on the side of his uniform

 Will's first salute

 So handsome!!  I can't even believe it is for real.

 

 

5.  Lots of babies!!  Several of my friends had new babies this year and I have loved getting to know their little ones!!

 

Those are some of the highlights this year.  Of course there have been many more in between and I hope to keep documenting more of the fun times as they come.  2011 was a busy year!  I can't wait to see what 2012 brings!!