This past year has been full of life changes! It has brought some of the best things and some really hard moments. Here is our 2010 year in review:
Miguel and I started off the year as an engaged couple! Yay! We were soo excited!
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| Engagement Photo by Two Sparrows Photography |
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| Engagement photo by my talented father-in-law... we found the stadium unlocked! |
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| Engagement photo by my talented father-in-law |
We wanted to get married in May, so we only had 5 months to plan the wedding! Oh my!!! Wedding planning is very stressful!
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| Thank goodness for selfless friends who helped with the wedding planning process! |
We both graduated with our undergraduate degrees! Miguel with Highest Honors from Georgia Tech and I graduated from Georgia State. We didn't go to my graduation because it was the day before the wedding.
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SO proud of Miguel for graduating with Highest Honors in a very challenging major! And our friend Kyle Finnegan too!
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| Handsome and talented brothers! |
Couldn't wait to get on with our lives as a married couple! Only two weeks away from the time Miguel graduated. We had to tie up loose ends like applying for our marriage license.
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| Applying for our marriage license |
We got hitched!!!!!!! May 16, 2010! On my parent's 29th wedding anniversary!
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| TWO rings now! I'm a married woman! |
Took our Honeymoon in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
After we got back from our honeymoon we moved to a new city, Savannah, and into our first apartment.
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| Before the moving guys came... |
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| After the movers came |
Miguel started working as a Stress Analyst Engineer at Gulfstream.
We are really enjoying our new home in Savannah!
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| Savannah and the islands are so beautiful! We are blessed to live here! |
We were lucky to be able to go visit my sister and her husband who live in Seattle, WA.
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| Seattle! |
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| Seattle |
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| We went to the Boeing Factory in Seattle. They let Miguel and me pilot. |
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| Kayaking in Seattle... you can see the tower in the distance behind Miguel's head |
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| Fun to visit my sister! They live in such a cool city! |
We've enjoyed having friends and family come visit us! Can't wait till next summer when more people can come visit and we can take them to the beach!
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| My mom came to visit! Yay! |
Living with a boy has been fun, challenging, and humorous!
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| Living with a boy... "Laura, the cheese isn't melting on the chili"....that's probably because you used sandwich cheese slices instead of shredded cheese! lol! =) |
It's been fun cheering on our favorite teams together!
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| Cheering on the USA in the World Cup |
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| Cheering on our team, the Braves, as a team! |
Miguel started graduate school for Aerospace this fall. He's doing distance learning through Georgia Tech. He's handled working full-time, grad school, and being married really well! Much better than I could do it if I were in his shoes!
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| So diligent! Working over Thanksgiving! |
And of course we adopted the best puppy ever! Emma is such a big part of our little family. I can't imagine our lives without her!
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| At the Humane Society adopting the Emma-do |
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| A great addition to our family! She seems happy to be at her forever home! |
We've enjoyed celebrating the holidays together!
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| Halloween, ya. |
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| Emma in her costume |
We have loved spending time with both families over the holidays! It's a blessing to have them both live in the same city! Makes holidays a lot easier!
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| Celebrating my father-in-law, Pedro's, birthday over Thanksgiving |
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| Playing games with the Leeper side of the family on Thanksgiving |
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| Us, my dad and mom, and sister, Sarah, and brother-in-law, Jared taken over Thanksgiving break |
Christmas is almost here! I can't believe how fast this past year has gone! I'm looking forward to going home and seeing my families! I love that my family has grown so much in 2010. We've really been showered with blessings. Can't wait to see what God has in store for our lives in 2011!
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Our first Christmas tree!
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