The end of 2011 is coming fast and I’ve taken some time in the past week or so to really think about how I’d like to improve in various areas in 2012. I’d realized I hadn’t taken much time to reflect on the happenings in 2011.
The year started slow. When we started 2011, this was our Brooke:
and now she’s a little kid showing no signs of baby anymore!
As spring rolled around, we did some traveling within Texas. We checked out Brenham where we went to a fun 50s diner, a fun center where Brooke & Keith drove go-carts and Brooke bowled for the first time. Then we made a trip to Sea World San Antonio, which was great fun!!
Last we went to Austin where our hotel had the best Brooke-friendly pool! We spent hours enjoying it!
Shortly after our Austin trip, we found out we’d be making our biggest change of the year. Moving from Texas to Tennessee as Keith got a new job with the University of Tennessee Athletic Ticket Office!!! So we packed up our apartment, made the 14 hour drive and arrived at our new house!
The adjustment to new state, new home, new jobs, new daycares and the hiccups along the way made the first little while a bit rough. But we got through it and have had some great moments here in Knoxville too!! Our first Tennessee football game…
While not actually IN Knoxville, we took a road trip up to Michigan where we celebrated Brooke & Keith’s birthday!
Brooke and I took advantage of actual fall-like weather in October (unlike we’d known in Houston) and enjoyed the outdoors!
A highlight for Keith was his trip to East Lansing for the Wisconsin game. College Game Day was there and we saw him on TV quite a few times!! To top it off, the football game came right down to the wire with a crazy play to end the game with an MSU win!!!
Brooke and I took another road trip to Michigan where we celebrated Thanksgiving and Aunt Jess’ Baby’s Party (aka Baby Shower)
Before we knew it, Christmas hustle and bustle was in full swing. It started with the arrival of Twinkle, our very own Elf on the Shelf.
Then we had the UT Athletic Department Christmas Party where Brooke got to meet TWO Santas!!
Then before we knew it Santa had visited, we were all spoiled silly and that leads us to today. Ticking away the final hours of 2011.
Here’s to saying goodbye to the past and embracing the future. Happy New Year!
