I love the idea of a year in review

However, when I started thinking about it I was worried nothing would stand out...

Until I started going through pictures.

It's been a busy year with ups and downs

But I'm really looking forward to 2013!

January:

We began the new years with some of our friends. We all had a brunch on January 1st. Other more notable things: since my dad decided he was going to die we also went through his will, bank accounts, etc. and added my name to everything so I could continue to run the household. fun, fun. I also started my last full year of undergraduate classes.

February:

I turned 22! Birthday celebration number one took place in the castle at Disney with my dad. Once again I was able to get in without a reservation. I tell you, it really pays to be a group of two. We chose to take this trip "just in case" it was our last together. The weekend after we got back my dad had his first surgery and they found out the tumor was MASSIVE.

Birthday Celebration #3 was at the Busy Bee with some of my favorites. They have this drink called the Queen Bee. A-MAZ-ING. If you're ever in the Raleigh area I highly recommend it. 

March

March signified Robert and I's 5th anniversary. 

For Spring break we took a trip to Disney.

April

The Semester was winding down. 

We had some Easter celebrations with family. 

At the end of April we picked out an engagement ring!

May

My last spring semester was OVER!

And on May 19th Robert proposed!

Obviously I said yes!

My dad also started the part of treatments that were every day for a month.

June

I bought a wedding dress (well my mom did, she's the best).

We set a wedding date!

And I spent most of June taking my dad to his appointments at the cancer center.

July

July marked Robert's 22nd birthday
and 2 days later, a year until our wedding date!

My dad's treatment frequency went down and he got a clean scan.

My last living grandmother passed away.

Robert and I also moved into our first apartment together!

August

What I thought was my last semester of school began.

And I learned that living with a boy had its ups and downs

(mostly ups :) )

I met with this lady who introduced me to Chris, THE person to talk to about the graduate school program that I am now in.

My friend from Liverpool came to visit and a bunch of us got together to celebrate!

September

I took the GRE after a hellacious week of exams.

Didn't blow it out of the water but did okay.

The bridesmaid that lives in Orlando came to visit the Bern.

October

October mostly just marked the beginning of my Pumpkin Spice addiction

November

I found out I got into graduate school!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our Reno family!

And Robert started wearing a pair of jeans that he has worn almost every day since... without washing. It's gotten so bad I've had to threaten to damage the pants.

We also took a billion some engagement photos

December

And here we are at December.
You can read my recent blog posts for that.

Basically:
We graduated (finally)!
Moved to a new apartment in a less sketchy area.
Celebrated a billion and 5 Christmases (sp?)

December also marked a year since my dad found out he had cancer.

And this is my last year as a non-married person. CRAZY.

Now time to end the year the way we started it: with a group of our friends, an oyster roast, and hopefully a nice brunch to begin 2013.

Happy New Year Everyone!