1. i started the year off with one of my high school friends erin at a low key house party. its sad to see that i probably haven't had a real conversation with erin since that night. we had a great time and i miss her!
2. this year i found my people at school, my frat. i have gained some of my best friends from my fraternity and that night was our bidcel where we got to party with the new pledges
3. we had a ridiculous amount of snow january and february where we got around 3-4 days off of school because we had so much snow
4. spring semester 2014 I was officially a brother in my fraternity and got to take my first little! he's been pretty much perfect, he's so chill and is like an over-protective brother to me. that was the day the little found out who their bigs were, i accidentally ruined my surprise earlier that week.
5. i went to what was most likely my last IUPattys weekend ever. We defiantly went out with a bang! I got to dance on the bar on country night and witnessed a riot. was definitely the best IUPattys weekend ever
6. About 3 weeks before spring break my friend holly and I decided to plan a spring break trip to puerto rico! this picture was on the first day we arrived and went to the private island the hotel had.
7. this picture was taken on the last day right as we were about to get on our shuttle to the airport. the trip was amazing and very relaxing.
8. i have really been taking a liking to hockey. I get very into it and going to the games and being able to sit 10 rows back from the ice has been amazing!
9. printmaking has been an amazing class for me, I have been able to make some really cool things in the class and actually sell some print as well.
10. this year i was able to try benny's pizza which is practically a slice of pizza the size of your face for $4. its the best pizza ever!!!
11. my best friend graduated from college and I was able to drive down to CNU and watch her walk across the stage. She is now at JMU with me at their grad school
12. during the summer I made the usual rounds around the country concerts at Nissan with some amazing friends and was able to see some old friends from high school!
13. I took a 3 day internship job with a photographer to be his assistant photographer in DC. unfortunately I was ridiculously sick had didn't have as great as a time as I expected, but it was an experience
14. Of course I made the usual trip(s) to georgetown for some cupcakes and went into the new macaroon shop and was able to try my first macaroon
15. this year my sister graduated from high school (huge surprise seeing as she never went to class). After her graduation we went to the national harbor and had lunch and road the ferris wheel
16. bailey was able to get pit tickets to the fall out boy/paramore monumentour and had an extra ticket so I was able to go with! We were so close to the stage and the concert was awesome.
17. I spent most of my summer at the beach working again at the frozen yogurt shop, I was able to be their "social media consultant" I got paid to run their facebook, instagram, and twitter as well as work there
18. my parents became empty nesters this year when kristen and I went to college. They also had to start collecting a lot of purple and gold things since mine and my sisters colleges school colors are purple and gold!
19. living with my best friends has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. Its great to always have someone there to talk to and be goofy with
20. this is the first year my whole family came to visit for family weekend. we went to the JMU game, which we won!
21. I started growing my family by taking a second little and my first little taking 2 littles which makes them my glittles! I seriously love my family, they are one of the best things to happen to me this year, and yes... they are all guys.
22. I attempted to make one creative halloween costume this year and go as a piñata and my friend go as a mexican. well turns out once i put my costume on it all fell apart... and i had only 30 minutes to come up with a new costume! so i thew on some minnie ears and called it a night!
23. This was the first year my fraternity ever did beer olympics and it was one of the best events we have ever put on!! I was apart of team USA and had one of the most dope shirts I found at good will
24. Semi this year was at a beautiful cottage in the middle of no where! I had the most perfect dress I bought from nastygal and some cute cobalt blue heels!
25. one of the hardest parts this year was at the end of november, my family had to put our dog hoss down. He was the most precious and most loved dog ever, I don't know one person who didn't love him. It was a huge loss for the family and my dad took it the hardest. To this day he really misses having a chubby buddy to lay with him while he does his work. So during thanksgiving break we went to a bulldog farms to check out some puppies! we are going to get a new one for sure but its a bit to soon. But expect to see a little one running around in early 2015!
this year has probably been the worst year of my life. going back through my instagram you can't really tell but obviously no ones posts sad posts on instagram. My family started 2014 out with almost losing my grandfather to a horrible illness that landed him in the hospital for about a month, the middle of the year my dad found out he needed surgery on his back and ankle, and now were ending the year without our dog hoss. I'm incredibly grateful for the good moments I was able to have in 2014 but I'm ready for this year to end. I'm hoping 2015 will bring better memories and more adventures!
