dear 2013,
how are you almost over?
all i can say is that we loved you,
and can’t believe how every year
just keeps getting better and better.
here’s an attempt to recap you in one song:
and as for a little 2013 blog recap… in january we rang in the new year by hosting a party with friends , enjoyed our winter break and played in the snow the downton abbey premiere gala to california and moved into a new apartment in the bay…we got settled and saw friends , explored more and more of san francisco , some fun date nights with friends and explored half moon bay for martin luther king, jr. day in february we took a last-minute trip home for the funeral of chase’s sweet grandpa… we then celebrated valentines day, had a little trip to seattle off to paris rome to warm weather in march we went to a pro tennis tournament celebrated st. patty’s day in style , and threw a party for our bff’s birthday . we had some fancy date nights chase got into lots of law schools {but has since decided against it.} we saw the pretty new bay bridge lights and celebrated easter with friends who have become family. in april we made a tradition of temple + tacos fun runs together a week in laguna beach with my family husband’s mom & grandma came in town for a fun visit , and of course we kept visiting the SF ferry building farmer’s market threw me the cutest birthday bbq and then i turned 23!! may got off to a great start then we headed to miami beach the best vacation! we had some fun weekends and then bookeda lighthouse hostel on the coast for memorial day weekend our best friends. we summed up what we’ve learned about marriage so far as we drew close to a year of being married on the first of june our one year wedding anniversary rolled around, and chase planned the perfect celebration we finished year one of teach for america and summer began my dad for father’s day of my best friend’s a bridal shower chase got hired at GOOGLE i visited SLC solo chase came home and surprised me & we celebrated our friends ralph and abby’s wedding some boating and family time in july we made it back to the bay just in time to throw a party for chase’s 25th birthday we were off to CHINA amazing trip ever before chase started his job at google in august we ran the SF giants half marathon besties, and i made it to jackson for the best trip of the year before starting year 2 of teach for america we explored alameda island hit our one year mark of living in the bay!! husband went homefor one of his best friend’s weddings, and i finally got the prettiest wedding band end of august with some nice california days summer with some mini golf september brought a fun labor day adventure touring all of the california gold rush towns, and then my brother and sister in law came for the most fun visit .travel show for the blog, and got toinvite two couple friends for an amazing week cannon beach, oregon my parents came to town a fun visit…they toured google hiked muir woods , them our favorite spots on the coast we also started to do our first features i ran the st. george marathon october with my whole family and got to spend a gorgeous fall week in utah posting some travel tips and i got obsessed with GIF’s our fun visit to portland baby shower checked the half moon bay pumpkin festival off our bucket list, and paid a little visit to treasure island we posted our bay area bucket list and kept checking items off. we had a new york halloween which ended october perfectly. in november we had such a fun trip to new york city {that place is perfect in the fall } then a little miracle joined our family as our nephew. we had another visitor and some perfect, warm SF weekends .we celebrated thanksgiving chase’s family in the mountains.
our december calendar was full of festivities, dates, parties, and fun. we had chase’s holiday party for google explored jack london square juicing christmas cards took my TFA students on a field trip to google soaked up december in the bay then headed home for a white christmas with a special christmas eve christmas day december right with the most relaxing and nice ski weekend in deer valley and got some exciting news we will share soon! here’s to an incredible year that i can’t believe we got to live. can’t WAIT for 2014. xo 
What a year you’ve had!!! Quite simply amazing!! Wishing you a wonderful 2014 and hoping I get a little more travel in :)
What a year pretty girl! Congratulations on a wonderful 2013 and a better 2014!!!
looks like you had a great year :O)
happy new year! hope 2014 is just as good or better!
Happy New Year’s! What a great recap! Cheers to 2014 xoxoxoxoxo
What a fun year you shared! Such fun to see so many of the same places that we visited in 2013. You are inspiring me to start taking videos. We always take photos, but videos have a different vibe.
I can’t believe all the amazing trips you took! I hope it continues in 2014 because I’m living vicariously through you, girl!