Remembering 2009

I know this is about 3 weeks late, but I wanted to review the year we had in 2009 before starting into 2010.

In January Josh started back to school in the police academy. He went to class every weeknight and on Saturdays. He continued to work at American Express and was very busy. I still worked (and am still working) at The Heart Center. We didn't get to spend much time together, but greatly enjoyed what little time we had! We got our wedding pictures back and enjoyed seeing the images of that special day.

February brought our first Valentine's Day as a couple. No more "single awareness day" for me-yay!! Josh had to go to school for most of that day, but he sent me roses at work during the week which were beautiful. That night we picked up dinner and stayed at home, enjoying the time we had to be together. I turned 29-which was a great day with Josh as we both took the day off of work. But I'm definitely not looking forward to my next birthday!

March was more of the same-work and school. I made my goal of getting our "thank you" cards done by our 3 month anniversary.

April brought a lot of good things as Josh graduated from the police academy with two awards. Both of our families were there to celebrate with us and it was a wonderful day.

In May we went on our first vacation together (besides our honeymoon). We took a weekend and drove to St. George/Cedar City. Josh has family who live in Cedar City, so we went to visit them. We had to sleep in St. George because we ended up going at the time of SUU's graduation. We had a ton of fun visiting with his family and enjoyed seeing Cove Fort on the way home. We also went to Disneyland this month with Paul and Kelci. Josh enjoyed his first time to the magical kingdom, but still prefers camping trips over Mickey.

June brought the birth of our niece, Presley. She's Payton and Maclain's little sister and she's adorable! Becky is such a great mom and we have fun being aunt and uncle to her 3 youngsters. We also went to the airshow at Hill Air Force Base. Josh used to live there and it was fun to learn about it's history and see the various planes.

In July Mary and Ryan got married. We had such a great time helping them get ready for their special day as well as being a part of it. We also went camping with some of Josh's family. It was a great 3-day weekend and I'm happy to say that Josh still loves me even after I haven't been able to shower for that long. We also bought our truck that month and found out that I was a fugitive. Thank goodness we were able to clear that up quickly!

August was a month of hiking for us. We bought a book and started to enjoy some of the hikes around Salt Lake. We didn't go to very many of them and hope to go on more this year.

In September we went on a weekend trip with Maren and Tyson, Josh's cousins, and had a great time trying to 4-wheel up in Ogden. We weren't able to find many trails but had fun trying. Josh also turned 24. He says he's a "2 for 4" now. We also kept hiking and ended up getting lost on the way to the living room.

October was our second Halloween together. We didn't do much the first year because we were focused on wedding planning, but this year we dressed up. Josh made an amazing costume and we had fun showing off for our family. This was also the month that the motorcycle was put to bed for the winter. How sad!

November was our second Thanksgiving together. We both had the day off and enjoyed running in the Utah Human Race and visiting with both of our families. For our first, Josh had to work, so I mostly spent the day with my family.

In December we celebrated our 1-year anniversary. It was a wonderful first year! I'm so grateful for Josh and for our marriage! I love him more every day! We also had a wonderful Christmas together and had fun in our search of presents for one another. Christmas Eve was spent with Josh's extended family and Christmas day was with mine. I love waking up to Christmas morning with my husband!