The majority of 2015 was a pretty great year. I had lots of personal breakthroughs with my business, my fitness and even blogging. Nate and I made some awesome memories together and overall had a really good year. Three pivotal moments I would say were these: leaving our church of 4 years, my Grandma passing away and seeing my little sister embark for the Peace Corps. All three things were hard, but God taught me a lot through each. (I linked up to past blog posts if you want to read more about the events of 2015!)
JANUARY
January was pretty low-key until we got snowed in from traveling out to Syracuse for our annual basketball game. Then it just never stopped snowing. Ever. I participated in Fun-a-Day for the second year! Towards the end of the month I joined a local co-working group and met some great people.
FEBRUARY
It snowmageddoned all. month. long. Luckily I discovered Being Boss and School of Greatness podcasts around the same time, so I binged on those while I hid from the snow. I attended Inspire Photo Retreat, which was a huge learning experience and I met some awesome friends!
MARCH
It kept snowing. The Fun-a-Day show was hung in Aviary Gallery and so many of my friends showed up to the opening! My little swim team gave it their all at their two-day Championship meet. My friend Kay and I saw Pentatonix in concert!
APRIL
The snow slowly melted. I hosted a day-long headshot marathon to help raise money for the School Sessions. I started taking weekly watercolor classes that I loved! I got into a minor car accident (my first ever) on the same day I was diagnosed with bronchitis. Good times.
MAY
My friend Sarah and I saw Steve Moakler in concert! Nate and I trekked up to Acadia National Park for 5 days to explore which was my favorite memory from 2015! This was the trip when we decided we were going to be more outdoorsy people for the rest of our lives. We also made the tough-but-necessary decision to leave our church of 4 years and find a new one.
JUNE
I turned 26 and made a commitment to Crossfit regularly (and haven’t stopped yet). We bought kayaks as part of our ‘be more outdoorsy’ pact, which led to many an adventure all throughout summertime. And! I got a new tattoo!
JULY
Nate had a lot of free time and I had zero upon zero weddings, so we used July as our ultimate vacation month. We visited Camp Spofford for a few days, we camped on the Cape with our college friends and we put those new kayaks to work every weekend! I also started blogging for FUN right HERE! (p.s. Nate turned 26!)
AUGUST
Nate + I celebrated 3 years of marriage on the 12th and had gorgeous photos taken of us! I pulled out my back in Crossfit (I got better.) I biked and ran a lot in preparation for my Tri. I also took a solo weekend trip to NYC for a photo shoot and to see friends!
SEPTEMBER
September was PACKED. We visited the family lake house in NH for a weekend. We saw my sister off on her 2 year Peace Corps journey in Cameroon (cried a lot) (it’s fine) (she’s making waves) (so proud of her). I joined and ran with a local running group a few times. My besties and I celebrated 10 years of friendship! I hung two of my art pieces in the local library! I competed in (and completed!) my first Triathlon and loved it. The last conversation I had with my Grandma was the night before my Tri and she wished me good luck. Her condition worsened over the next two weeks until she met her Maker on the last day of the month.
OCTOBER
I mostly just remember October as the month I drove a lot: up to NH for a wedding, lots of driving around MA for photo shoots and down to CT to celebrate Gram’s life. We had a lot of family time in October. It was nice, but not for a nice reason. I miss her. Also — I don’t know how to transition to this, but it must be noted — Nate and I saw Ben Rector in concert!
NOVEMBER
Nate and I took a last-minute weekend trip to DC to explore! We attended our first Friendsgiving at Amy‘s! I ran a turkey trot and then we went to Nate’s parent’s house for Thanksgiving. A few days later we went up to NH to have Thanksgiving with my family.
DECEMBER
Christmas happened, and everything surrounding Christmas happened, and now it’s over. No, but seriously, we had a great Christmas afternoon with my family and even got to Facetime with Megan in Cameroon! (oh yes, and I saw Johnnyswim in concert!)
I feel like I’m forgetting stuff.
Theme of this year: Go for it. Do stuff. Don’t be scared. I completed a triathlon, took a watercolor class, went to a huge conference by myself, met locals who also love to run and networked with a ton of local business owners. Nate and I explored so many rivers and lakes, and were spontaneous and curious. We listened to God when he spoke a big thing into our lives and try our best to keep doing so.
I feel like this was the year of becoming an adult. Like. Just do stuff that you want to do and the stuff you know is RIGHT and don’t let anyone (or fear, mostly) stop you. Basically. #wisdom
In 2016 I’m gonna keep doin’ what I’m doin’. Plus eat more veggies.
-S