Viva Las Vegas: 2012 Year In Review

I know we have been in 2013 for a week now, but I am just now getting time to do this post, so bare with me. I would say we had a very interesting year! The first few months of the year, we were pretty calm and then life just seems to have gotten crazy! Many big things happened for us as well, but those were at the end of the year. Lol! See here's my year in review.

January: This month was full of trying to be good. New year, new opportunities, new tie? Yes. I got Garrett a sweet Mizzou tie and he wore it during basketball season.

February: Valentine's Day and Garrett sent me flowers at work! Everyone was quite jealous!

March: Here is where things seemed to pick up a bit. We spent some lazy days at the cabin and enjoyed being outdoors after being cramped inside during the winter.

April: We had fun with our niece and nephews for Easter. Isn't she just too cute in this bonnet?
I also had some fun with rice crispies for Easter! Shaped like eggs and dipped in colored chocolate.
I also had some fun with Pinterest. I made the chalkboard below with dates of the Mizzou football games on them. Currently, the chalkboard has basketball games on it for a month at a time.

May: I finished up my 3rd semester of nursing school with a really entertaining study session with my friends. Complete with wall art. For Memorial Day weekend, Garrett had to work, he was finishing up his surgery rotation, so I went with some friends to the baseball game and boy was it an eye opener! Officially checking 'see a streaker streak' off the list.

June: Garrett turned 26 and we celebrated with friends and my Dad, Lara, and Brian at the Urban Chestnut. We also celebrated Cindy escaping teen pregnancy at the end of the month. Happy 20th!

July: We went to Marco Island with the family. Okay, well I did, Garrett had school. We had so, so much fun! I'm sure someday soon we will return there!

August: This month was a big one for us. It was so full of things. First off, we celebrated our one year wedding anniversary and Achilles and Clio got to join in the celebration with little pieces of cake. Then Lara and Brian got engaged and set the date for June 1st, 2013. Then at the end of the month, Garrett packed up and headed off for his away rotations with the Air Force.

September: Began the long two months of Garrett being gone! :( Good thing I did a lot to compensate for him being gone. My friend since 2nd grade, Julianna, got married on the 7th of September. There was a huge downpour not ten minutes before the wedding started. My hair was a disaster. The same day was my Mom's 50th birthday and we celebrated with some good old fashioned fun complete with Red Solo cup on a wine stem.
In the middle of the month, I went to visit Garrett in Omaha. This was to be Garrett's big sell on Omaha. He wanted to rank it first, and I wasn't so sure. We had a lot of fun! We went to the zoo, and the bridge, of course had some Omaha steak. In the end, I enjoyed Omaha.

October: Claire came to stay with me for a month while she was on a rotation in StL! We had a ton of fun including prepping for Halloween and a bad life decision that seemed like a good one at the time, Hair Coloring. We also had Oktoberfest! This year Lara and Brian joined the festivities! And Claire made it down for a few drinks but not so many that she was unable to drive us home. Yay!!
Just in time for Halloween, Garrett came home! I am so happy to have him home!
Halloween was a great time!

November: My freshman roommate, Nichole, got married and we had to have the bacherlorette party! We made a stop at the Magic Tree and then continued on for a night of fun! Garrett spent pretty much the entire month hunting and we have the deer meat to prove it. I'm glad that he got so much as I'm not sure when he will get another opportunity with residency and us moving out of state.

December: Another big month for us! I graduated nursing school! Finally. After years of not knowing what I wanted to do then finally figuring it out and then being on a waiting list for two more years, I finally finished. Now I just have to take my boards here in February or so.
A few days after I graduated, we got the news on where we are moving! Garrett matched to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada! This means in five shorts months, Garrett and I are moving across the country!
After all that, we followed it up with Christmas and New Years with family and friends!