2012 Recap

 I absolutely can not believe how quickly 2012 flew by.  As I type this we are already 1/2 way through January, 1/2 way through February, 1/2 way through March!!!!.  I really don't know where the time is going.  I am thankful that we have kept ourselves so busy though, because I was afraid the adoption wait would drag, but these past 6 months were gone before we knew it...here's hoping this spring proves to be equally as exciting and busy!

*As you look at the pictures below, if you click on them they will get big enough to see without a magnifying glass :) *

January 2012 
Settling in back from an awesome trip in Las Vegas, Christmas with Jenn's dad, and  praying about a very important decision (hint hint..something we decide in February)

February 2012 
Mark's 30th Birthday, beach trip with friends,  spa weekend for Shannon's 30th birthday (no pictures), and after many prayers we made the decision to attend an adoption information session with our agency!

March 2012 
We decide to move forward with the adoption process and complete our preliminary application, trip to Charlotte to celebrate Mark's mom's birthday and tell our parents that we are starting the adoption process.

April 2012 
Attend our first adoption conference at our agency, visited with friends and family in Charlotte, and managed to catch a Bulls game

May 2012 
Mountain Trip with friends, Charlotte for Mother's Day, Finally some free weekends to work on our massive amounts of adoption paperwork

June 2012 
School wrapped up for Mark, Summer officially started, Jenn took a trip to lake with the girls, Mark to the beach for a Bachelor party, Home Study completed, Trip to MD to visit with Shannon and Brady, and  annual trip with friends to Charleston and Hilton Head.

July 2012
Philadelphia with Catelyn to visit Bryan, Mountains for Jon and Sarah Jean's wedding, Melissa and Eric's wedding in Raleigh

August 2012 
Officially on the adoption waiting list (August 1)!  Trip to NJ to visit with family, School starts back, Summer comes to an end

September 2012 
Fall started off with a bang...our friends threw us an amazing adoption shower Click here  and here  for pictures from a previous blog post.  We hosted our first (and likely only) adoption yard sale Click Here to see pictures from that post.  Then we went to Maryland to spend time with Shannon and Brady and celebrate his 2nd Birthday!  And then we went spent time with Mark's family at Myrtle Beach...Remember? (click here)

October 2012 
Three weekends this month were spent in Charlotte; Girls weekend, wedding weekend, and then our 2nd adoption conference.  The last weekend we got to enjoy a high school football game and some time with family!  Click Here to remember

November 2012 
Flapjack Fundraiser, Panther's Game, Jenn turns 30!!!! and Thanksgiving.
Click Here, Here, and Here

December 2012 
2012 Ended with month full of time with friends and family, Christmas parties, illnesses, and Christmas!
To Remember Click Here  and Here

I know this is a l.o.n.g. post, but I know that when I look back on this blog after a few months I will be so glad that I did a 2012 recap.  It was tough trying to remember what we did each month but so fun to go back and look at pictures and remember all the fun times.  I hope to stay on top of it this year so that I don't have to spend 3 months of 2014 trying to remember what I spent all of 2013 doing!