Engagement

Time Flies! 1 Year Already

Friday, May 8th, 2009 | Positivity | 0 Comments

Wow, it’s really hard to believe Justin and I have already been engaged for a whole year!
Justin surprised me today with a pair of earrings to mark the occasion (What a sweetheart!). They’re not any old earrings, either. They’re Swarovski earrings that perfectly match my engagement ring. Super awesome!

Maybe we’ll actually plan a wedding… one of these days…

Let’s recap the year:

May - Engaged on the River Walk in San Antonio!
Val! and I went out to celebrate the engagement
June - Justin and I started off the summer right with a picnic in Flushing Park (photos)
We headed to Montana (photos and more photos) for my work and spent a day in Denver, which was a lot of fun (photos from Denver)
Justin, Mom, Val!, (Joey), and I had a misadventure while hiking in the Catskills which resulted in stitches for me (photos)
July – We had a great trip to Puerto Rico with Marisa and Alex (photos)
Justin, Val! and I all turned 28
August – Justin and I were stressed because Ruby developed Cherry Eye… but we got it fixed and she’s been great since!
I got to see Sheila’s new house and Justin and I spent time with lots of family and friends in August (photos)
September – I was back in Montana for work and Justin visited me for one amazing weekend (photos)
JetBlue was completing work on T5 and Justin and I went to the Chili Pepper Fiesta in Brooklyn (photos)
October – Justin and I celebrated our 4th anniversary by taking a vacation to Poland (with a stop in Vienna)! (photos)
We met up with Jenny and Cody in Vieques, Puerto Rico! (photos)
We celebrated Halloween properly by having a Pumpkin Carving Party (photos) and heading to a Halloween Party (photos). The puppies also got in on the action (photos)
We took a day trip to Maine to check out fall foliage (one photo)
November – Justin and I took off for two weeks in Australia, including Thanskgiving!
December – We returned from Australia to enjoy snowy weather in NY and Christmas in Texas (photos)
We drove our car alllll the way from San Antonio to New York! (photos)
January – Not my favorite start to the new year. Justin and I found out I was being laid off from my job.
February – I left for a week in Switzerland to visit Val! and BigP (photos)
We visited Eric in LA (photos) and had a lot of fun with friends here in NY
March – Sheila’s baby shower was this month (photos)
Our friend Thao got baptized (photos)
We went to Puerto Rico (El Yunque and Fajardo photos and Culebra photos) with Alex, Marisa, Tom, Niki, and Emily. Fun times!
April – Brennan, Sheila’s baby, was born (photos)
We took Alex and Marisa to Texas for the weekend (photos)
May - Ruby and Eve, our puppies, turned 2 years old (photos)