2011 in Review

Can't believe today is the last day of the year!! I feel like it has flown by!! Here is a snapshot of 2011...

January- January 6th I turned 22! whoo!! But really it was nothing exciting. After 21 nothing exciting happens.

February- Sean had his senior swim meet at the CRWC and I won my iPad! Also, Sean had his Big Ten Championship meet up in Minneapolis...his last meet as an Iowa swimmer. It was sad but also exciting! My mom and I went up there to watch. The Hawks swam great!!


fight song after the senior meet



Katie, Sean, and Pat

Katie, Pat, Chris, and Abby. Chris are you really wearing a shirt that says IOWA??

the cool fog over the diving well the last day at Big Ten's

lunch at the restaurant at the hotel


March- March 12th-19th we went on our spring break trip! Oh yeah and we got engaged :) March 14th



right after Sean proposed

loving the beach

family



digging in the sand

group picture!

sunrise

April- April 5th we booked the Enrichment center for our venue! April 11th we booked Christiani's. Then we celebrated being together for 3 years on April 27th.


They day we signed up for the enrichment center

before a bridal show

May- May 22th Sean graduated from the University of Iowa with a BBA in Management Information Systems. May 19th we booked our photographer, Caleb Jamin. May 20th I bought my dress! May 21st-May 27th I went to Key West with the girls from my family (minus Zoey), Diane, Jill, and Jana. It was a blast!!


Sean's graduation day

Key West sunset

cousins

group picture at sunset

our bikes

view from the highest point at Key West

June- Sean started his internship with HNI corporation and on June 2nd I started this blog :) June 4th Sean's sister, Abby, bought me my wedding shoes! June 9th my grandma (on my dad's side) passed away :( After the funeral we made our way back to Iowa for my cousin's wedding; Nathan got married to Emily on June 11th! June 18th-25th I spent in Utah for a Substance abuse conference for school.


Abby, Ashley, Adam, and Garrett

Me, Abby, Sean, and Alex

Garrett kiss

Nate and Emily June 11th

Salt Lake City, Utah :)

Mountain top

on the side of a mountain :)

(partial) group picture

Native American dancers at the picnic

July- We spend the weekend of July 4th up in Spirit lake with Sean's family and we started our 1 year countdown...

Avery at the lake

Sean and I caught a fish in our pajamas

August- I vacationed down at the Lake of the Ozarks with my mom's side of the family the first week of August. August 4th we bought the bridesmaid dresses! We had our engagement pictures taken on the 6th. We had our engagement party on the 13th! Also in August we moved into our current apartment with my sister Ashley, Sean started his masters program through UIU, and I started my 2nd year in pharmacy school. And, my sister Ashley got engaged to Adam on the 30th.

engagement party

September- September 23rd Sean started to work full time at HNI corporation

October- We had a meeting with our decorator, Missy, and we sent out our save-the-dates.

November- We made it to both families Thanksgivings

December- I'm officially half way done with the "class" portion of my PharmD program! December 20th Sean turned 23! That sounds so old! We also made it Christmas at both families again! Sorry still going to post about Christmas, but I've been busy working full time as part of my program...