Friday, January 01, 2010

10 Years

It’s 2010! These 10 years have really gone by very fast. I have really enjoyed reading blogs that did a 10 year review so I thought I’d do one too!

2000

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I graduate from Baylor, start teaching 3rd grade in Plano, and buy my first place. I also get my first baby, Jack.

2001

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Kelly graduates from college in Minnesota and moves from Nebraska all the way to Plano, Tx to start teaching 5th grade. (old pics of Kelly are limited here!)

2002

We start talking a little at school and he asks me out in January of 2002.

july

We spend a lot of time together and hit it off!

may

2003

We visit San Antonio during our Spring Break.

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We get engaged in June!

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We ring out 2003 in Omaha.

2004

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We get married, honeymoon in Switzerland and move into our house in McKinney.

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2005

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I leave Plano and start teaching at the elementary school in our neighborhood. We enjoy married life! Our nephew, Maxum, was born.

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2006

We visit some of Kelly’s friends in Las Vegas.

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We get to visit my friend Hillary in Washington, DC.

2007

We start off 2007 by watching the Nebraska Huskers lose at the Cotton Bowl. A few weeks later we found out…

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I was pregnant!

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Our sweet angel joined us in October!

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2008

Gracie sees her first Texas snow. (It snowed 2 separate times in one week!)

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We love our family of 3.

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Gracie turns 1. I get to teach part time Special Ed. Kelly graduates with his masters in Education. I turned 30!

2009

Gracie starts walking all over the place and her little personality comes out!

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We take our first family trip to the beach.

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Gracie turns 2. Kelly turned 30. We said good-bye to my Nana.

Here’s to a great 10 Years! Filled with lots of memorable moments and some sad times too.

2010?

What’s in store for us this year? We’re not sure! I have a few new adventures and options to consider for myself so we’ll see. I do know that we are enjoying our life and making each day count! Happy 2010!!

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Happy New Year!

6 comments:

Tammy said...

i love this! I think I'm going to copy! I love the way you wrote it, and knowing you both since the begining is making me feel quite sentimental! I love that I've gotten to know you in a different way through blogs, too! Love ya, all three of ya!

Joy said...

great post! I loved seeing all the old photos. I never knew you had such long hair. YOu look gorgeous in the new yr photo. Happy New Year!!

The Gleasons said...

Cute post!!! :)

G.G. Hughes said...

I loved this look back. It made me cry to see all that has happened in 10 years! GG

Oliver and Nicole said...

Great job! Loved that. I'm so glad I've known you for so much of my life! (Geez, you're SO photogenic...always have been! Just a beautiful girl always!)

Leslie said...

Great review! Milly! 10 years have flown. But how great they've been.