2013 Year in Review

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Hey y’all!
I can’t believe 2013 is over! It seems like this year has really flown by. A lot has happened, and it’s been fun to look back over everything I’ve done this year. Here’s a little recap of my 2013!

January

We celebrated Christmas with our family in OKC.

Tracy and I saw Les Miserables.

We celebrated Ashton’s birthday.

Daddy got his third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
February

I turned 27!

Ashton and Annie took me to lunch to celebrate.

I got to spend time with Jessica.

I saw the Harlem Globetrotters.

We said goodbye to Kendall as she moved to LA to model.

March

I went to Blissdom for the second time.

Daddy, Colby, and I saw Bon Jovi in concert.

I celebrated a year with The Vintage Pearl.
April

Regina and I got to meet up for dinner.

We went to an OKC Redhawks game.

May

Central Oklahoma was hit with a devastating tornado outbreak. Over the course of two days, 26 people were killed, and many homes, businesses, and schools were destroyed. It was the worst tornado outbreak I’ve experienced since I’ve lived in the OKC area. As terrible as it was, it was also inspiring to see how our state pulled together to help and support each other.
Blake Shelton organized a benefit concert to help with tornado relief, and Colby and I were able to go. It was a night of great music, but also a lot of tears.

Joyce and I took the Littles to the zoo.

June

We celebrated Father’s Day with Daddy and Momma.

Neely made her first visit to OKC so we could see New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, and Boyz II Men in concert.

I got a surprise visit at TVP from cousins I haven’t seen in years!

July

I went home for the 4th of July weekend.

Momma and I visited Miranda Lambert’s store The Pink Pistol in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

Lori and I went to Toby Keith’s OK Twister Relief concert, and I fulfilled a life-long dream of seeing Garth Brooks perform.

We had a fun summer sale at TVP.

I got another visit from Regina!

I always tweet during the Bachelor and Bachelorette, and one of my tweets ended up on tv!

Kathi Yeager from 101.9 The Twister, my favorite radio station, visited TVP.

August

Adoptions were finalized for two of the Littles! It was an incredible day as we celebrated Little Girl and Little Man becoming a permanent part of Joyce and Wade’s family!

Little Man turned two!

September

I attended Rebekah’s OKC baby shower! It was so fun to celebrate her sweet little man!

Ashton and I went to see Wicked.

I got to babysit two of my favorite kiddos.

October

We said goodbye to Becky as she left to become a flight attendant.

We had a little bit of Halloween fun at TVP.

November

Little Girl turned two.

We celebrated Joyce’s birthday too!

I went to my first Bloggy Boot Camp in Dallas.

TVP had a Thanksgiving chalkboard contest between the three stores, and my store won!

I celebrated Thanksgiving with my church family and with Joyce and Wade’s family.

We had a fun Black Friday at TVP.

December

Momma and Daddy came up so we could go to Donny and Marie Osmond’s Christmas concert! More details coming on that later in the week.
OKC was hit with a snow/ice storm that was super fun. Not.

Neely got engaged!

Rebekah came to visit, and I got to meet her sweet little James! To pray for something for so long and then to see that prayer answered in such a wonderful way was truly amazing.

I went home to celebrate Christmas with my family!

2013 was a good year! I got to meet a lot of great people and I saw a lot of great concerts! I wish I would’ve been able to spend more time with my family, so I’m hoping that will happen in 2014.

I’m excited to see what 2014 holds. I’ve got a few goals both in my personal life and my blogging life. Some of those things I’ll share here, and others I’ll keep just for me :) I hope you’ll stick around for the ride!

Happy New Year, y’all!

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