Merry Christmas Eve, friends! The stockings are hung, the eggnog is poured, and the shrimp are breaded and ready to be deep fried. We are currently watching the Santa Clause 2 (Santa Clause was already watched early.) Soon, we’ll eat the best meal of every year – the Feast of the Seven Fishes! Merry Christmas Eve to all of you!
I posted a longer album on FB, but for those of you who do not follow me there, enjoy the year in review in pictures!
xo – J
Well, it’s an exciting time at Providential Life friends – Jeff and I got engaged this weekend!
This is the photo from Mary (thanks Mary!)
We are very excited for all that the year ahead will bring, but especially thankful that all of our friends were present for our big moment. Jeff proposed by the ocean, at sunset, two of our favorite things, with friends close by.
Before we were engaged, we were goofing off, per usual. Here, Mary, Ryan, and I nail the jumping shot on the first try.
Jeff was trying to propose, and I was meanwhile setting up a group photo. He was acting unusually frustrated – and now I know why…he wanted to propose!
And afterward, we got some shots with various friends, which was so fun and special!
Here we are updating facebook/instagram/etc with the news!
We were at the beach to celebrate Rebecca’s move to London, and so everyone we loved was there, luckily!
Thank you to everyone who came out and made the night so special (despite the fact that no one knew!) It was certainly a night to remember!
I am so excited to marry my best friend. I am so glad I got proposed to around all my friends, and then was able to enjoy a turkey sandwich. Afterwards, on the way home, Jeff and I stopped for In-n-Out fries and a shake to celebrate, and we talked about the night, which still feels so surreal, and I couldn’t help but think, I am the luckiest.
I love you, J. I love you, friends. It is truly a good, wonderful life we live.
Well friends, I ran my first 10k last Saturday. I was nervous because I had been sick for a few weeks prior, and hadn’t had a chance to run between my 5k on Thanksgiving and my 10k on December 8th, but I just figured I’d do the best I could do, and that was that.
I ended up finishing in 1:22, about a 13:22 pace. Slower than I would have liked, but still, as I crossed the 5k mark, I knew that I was running further than I ever had. And no matter what, every pace past that was a personal best.
Here we are at the finish – how cute are we, despite our tiredness?
We met up with Jen and Aaron, who were about to run the 5k, and color coordinated even though we didn’t realize it!
Ellen’s dad came out and was there close to the finish line, cheering on the runners, and giving me a high-5 when I past, despite the fact that Ellen had finished 17 minutes earlier…his smile and encouragement DEFINITELY got me going for the last .2 miles, indeed! Not to mention running into Jen, Aaron, and Jeff, who jumped in and finished the race with me!
Here we are looking for Ellen’s name, and my name, but more importantly, look at our cute hair ribbon that Ellen made for us!
Overall, I am glad I finished, that I didn’t finish horribly, and that I had such a great support group there to watch us run! I can’t wait to run another race and to work towards another goal, and luckily we have one coming up in February.
Hope you’re getting some goals ready for 2013, friends!
