2009...a year in pictures

I've wanted to do this blog for a few days now and I figured since it looks like this outside (keep in mind, this is a lot for KY)

and Abby is taking a nap,

I figured there's no better time! So this blog is as much for anyone who happens to read it as it is for myself! It is so fun looking back on the year that was. It was a crazy year with a lot of traveling and millions of unforgettable memories. So here we begin. In the words of the great Aaron Carter, "and it goes a little somethin like this, hit it!"

(1) Finished out 2008 and rang in 2009 with some of my best girlfriends at Winterfest in Virginia! While there, we...

gave Jon the best Christmas present ever

jigged to some Nova Scotia

snuck into the front row (where we belong!)

made some new friends

loved our nuts
and had some FUN! ringing in the new year!

(2) UK actually cancelled classes for a day due to a huge ice storm!

(3) Did a LOT of Winterjamming (and by a lot, I mean only 6)..Not much compared to some people ;) It seemed like it took up a lot more of my life than that though. AMAZING tour!!! Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Knoxville, Lexington, and Nashville FTW!

(4) I started my own business with Mary Kay!! I've met some amazing women and learned some mad business skills.

(5) Went to Nashvegas for Spring Break...

...oh yeah with a random side trip to Panama City, Florida for a day or two

(6) Went to a couple Rock and Worship Roadshows (Rodeos) - One in Columbus, One in Iowa...two days apart...those are close right?

(7) FInally met HUSBAND!!! Freaking. David. Cook. I officially couldn't breathe when I met him. And the way I got to meet him...spectacular. Just amazing.

(8) Got a PUPPY! Abigail (also known as Abby, Abs, Absie, Abby-Doo, Poo Poo, etc...somehow she seems to respond to all of them)! She's a maltipoo and was 8 months when we got her and we celebrated her 1st birthday in September!! She definitely has a big personality and always keeps us laughing.

(9) Went on a girls trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan! It was here that the Sisterhood was formed

and went to a concert in a swimming pool (do not be alarmed, there was no water in it at the time! ;)

(10) Saw Phil a few times..LOVE him and his sweet, cute little wife!!!

(11) Met AARON CARTER. At a dance club. Enough said. Oh yeah one more thing...Heeeeyyyyyyy!

(12) Went to Washington/Oregon/Idaho for family time (oh and a couple concerts!)...SO good to be home!!! I miss my family (and the beautiful scenery) so much.

(13) Met/saw some American Idols

(14) Was a bridesmaid in a wedding for one of my new best friends!!

(15) Watched lots of UK football...(from the front row, might I add) through the good and bad. And rejoiced when basketball season finally came :)

(16) Had a very Apple-y August. Became a MacBook Pro and an iPhone user all within the span of a week. And then fell in love with said electronics and vowed never to return to their competitors.

(17) Celebrated my 21st birthday about 5 or 6 different times

(18) Took a little pre-Christmas vacation to Nashvegas

(19) Got a chance to take my dad to our first Bengals game. And we won -- and clinched our status as AFC North Champions!!

(20) Rang in 2010 "partying like its midnight New Years Eve" with one of my new favorite bands (Honor Society) and some of my new favorite friends!!! I have a feeling I'll be seeing a lot more of them in 2010 =)

If 2009 was any indication as to how spectacular 2010 will be, I say bring it on! "Anything can happen." This year, I already know that I'll graduate college and get my first "big girl" job. And heavens knows a few more concerts here and there are in order ;) Here's to 2010, my 22nd year on earth =)