2008 Reflections

I was scolded repeatedly by my family members over the holidays for my lack of blogging. So instead of screaming “Yeah well I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT!! NOW PASS ME THE TEXAS SHEET CAKE!!” I decided to buck up and get back in the posting mood. The month of December, the month that tried to murder me, is now over; and I lived! Haha, take that December, you bastard. So now I find myself reflecting on 2008 and getting organized for 2009. I LOVE organizing for the new year; but more on that later. Today I shall post the highlights of my year, which was a pretty dang good year I must say.

Finding “The Dress”



Yeah see those little clips along the back? Just a few alterations right? Wrong. This dress almost murdered me, this dress was drama. This dress and the month of December are in cahoots. They got together one day and they were like, “You know what would be fun? Let’s stress Erica out until she almost kills herself and all of her loved ones! High five!” But looking in the mirror that day, I realized I was getting married, and that was pretty great.

Ski and Snowboarding Trip



I was able to add another sport to my list of sports I’m not good at, the list is titled “Every Sport I’ve Ever Attempted”. But still, this was one great weekend.

Camille’s Birthday

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Okay so Camille’s birthday really isn’t a HIGHLIGHT of my YEAR. But this photo is perhaps my favorite photo taken in 2008, and therefore, notable. SWEENER.

Rachel and Chad getting engaged! (and also married)



Zach and I were rooting for this arrangement for quite some time. Back when they were dating, Zach was taking me home one night after we had all hung out and Zach said, “What if Rachel and Chad get married? The four of us would be UNSTOPPABLE!” And our eyes got wide as we silently imagined the possibilities. Now they pretty much just ditch us for Rachel’s family most the time, but it’s still a great foursome.

Taking our engagement photos!



Yes, this was the year of wedding obsession.

Griffin coming home from training



And we just found out he’s leaving us in January for a year in Germany!! We want to go visit, so you can give me some money if you want.

THE WEDDING



Bringing us to May, and of course, our wedding. Which completely took over the blog and my life this year; and I’m not complaining.

THE HONEYMOON



You can’t really go wrong with the Bahamas. But yes, we know our feet aren’t cute.

Our first living quarters



Right after we were married we rented my great-uncle Robert's vacant condo. It wasn’t ours, and we didn’t decorate it, and we only lived there four months. But it was our first toe-dip into living together, and who knew it could be such a blast. This condo was: Wii playing, loving our close location to Tempe Marketplace, movies every weekend, attempting cooking for the first time, making plans for our future, falling down the stairs, Zach’s vacuuming technique, paper/scissors/rock over who had to go downstairs to get something out of storage, and fighting over bed space. Oh, and yelling “We’re married!” at each other, whenever we felt like it.

The donning of the bee costume



Yes, this was a highlight of my year.

Our second living quarters



Moving into and decorating (yay!) our first official apartment!

Halloween



My mom's first annual Halloween party and the 5th annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. Oh Halloween how I love you.

Holbrook in the Fall



Cleaning up leaves with my Grandma and Hailey one afternoon in Holbrook was one of my favorite days this year. It finally felt like fall, I was with people I loved, and the holidays were coming.

And then in about 5 seconds the holidays were over, 2008 was over, and a new year is upon us. Happy New Year everyone! Here's to more blogging in 2009!