Sayonara Twenty-Twelve!

It's 2013 and we're not dead! Congratulations on your millionth "end of the world" survival! Ha! Ok, ok, all jokes aside I must say I am much more excited for 2013 than any other year that I can recall. I think part of it may be that I'm particularly excited for where the military will be taking us. Thomas has been in the process of reenlisting and it has taken a bit longer than expected since he's trying to LAT move (change jobs), so that in itself has been quite the tedious process. But, we have hopes that everything should be getting done soon.. And when it does that means a new job for Thomas and it means back to California for the both of us!

We have both been away from home for about a year and a half and I cannot begin to explain how much we miss it! Not only are we estranged from all our friends and family but we're away from the most beautiful state in the world! We miss all that Cali has to offer us so we are anxiously patiently awaiting for the news of when exactly we will be PCSing back home! Hopefully these new changes in 2013 are kind to us!

Now, I don't have too many exciting moments to recap for 2012 because, well, I was just trying to get use to the Virginia lifestyle.. That makes me sound pretty lame doesn't it? Ha! I guess I could dig up a few moments worth mentioning. Okay, here it goes..

• January/February- Both Thomas and I turned 21 (Society makes it sound far more exciting than it really is)! So blessed to be living another year.
•  My MIL came to visit us for the first time! She was also our very first visiter which made it pretty exciting! 
• Thomas got promoted to Corporal and this lucky gal got to pin him! I am so proud of the Marine he has become and I am eager to see his further progress!
• April- We adopted another Miniautre Pinscher named Cash but eventually had to return him back to his shelter. Unfortunately, he was far too viscious for us to handle and a law suit would have surely been coming our way if we kept him any longer! Nevertheless, the time we spent with him was a great learning lesson, to say the least!
• May- I got to witness a live birth! Can you say wowzers?! A dear friend of mine who also happens to be a Marine wife asked me to be with her during labor and I was so honered! It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen and I will never forget the experience!
• June- We purchased our dream cars!.. Well, sort of.. We traded in our Hyundai Sonata for two different cars. Thomas finally got a truck- I swear his grin was far too contagious, it was like a child on Christmas morning! And I got a fully loaded, and I mean, fully loaded Jeep Commander.
• July-Llove was in the air! Thomas and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! Woot woot! We celebrated the weekend with a little romantic getaway to Virginia Beach including an ocean front hotel and lots of yummy food! Oh, and a surprise dinner date by Thomas once we were back home! He set up the table with some scattered candles a dozen red roses- cutest thing ever!
• October- We got rid of my gas-guzzling Jeep Commander and opted for a more (much more) gas efficient Hyundai Elantra. The Jeep was a beauty, but the mpg was beyond ridiculous!
•  I also started a new job and I couldn't be any happier! I really do love what I do!
• December- Mama Cindy came to visit again! She's always a fun time and I am so greatful to have such an awesome MIL!

So that's my whole year in a nutshell! As I said, not too exciting but I'm hoping this year is a bit more eventful. I was originally going to post my new year's goals but this post is longer than expected so I'll be writing about that in my next post!
 I'll leave you now with a few memories from last year :)