Happy New Year!We were very blessed in 2010. Blessed with health, opportunity, friends, family and travel. Ben & I slept in today, and as we laid there on our backs listening to our neighbors outside playing in the snow we reminisced about 2010 and we decided to come up with a 2010 top 10 list. And next yr, we'll have a 2011 Top 11... and so on, and so on.
So 2010, you were good to us...here goes:
1) May - I graduated dental school! Probably one of the most exciting days of my life (second to my wedding day)
2) June - We took the opportunity to move to CT! Why not?
3) We lucked out so much with our townhouse, that we decided we should include that as a top 10 moment.
4) Ben finding a job as soon as he did - a great blessing.
5)Aug - Elliot & Bobbi come visit CT! We were truly so excited to see familiar faces. It was fun hosting these two.
5) Oct - Our parents visited during the beautiful Fall. I know our parents wanted peace-of-mind to physically see where we were living, working, etc. It was fun to show them around the area and spend time with family.
6) Mini trips to Boston. Boston is an unbelievable city with so much history. Exploring Freedom Trail with Stu, Katie and Elliot was a pretty memorable experience. It could have been the good company, or the perfect summer weather, the Boston Lager, or the sites... but when you get all of these wrapped up in one - well, it makes the Top 10!
7) Able to go home for Christmas! Boy, oh boy, it is a lot of work to travel over the holidays. "I'll be home for Christmas" isn't just song, it's a goal. It required planning, but we learned not to expect those plans to actually happen the way you imagine it - which in general is a good life lesson that we learned over and over in 2010. Ok, ok we got it now. We're here to go with the flow.
8) Our Graduation/Going-Away Party. After arriving in CT there was a bit of shock that hit us. Wow, we really moved FAR away. No familiar faces, grocery stores, restaurants, streets, phone numbers, shopping malls, etc. We knew we would miss friends and family and we remind people of that all the time - but it's amazing how we've only been able to come back a few times a year. The holidays is an extremely difficult time to get together - it's busy, people have their own plans, families, etc. Having that party and all those that attended, really made the occasion an important and memorable one. Bottom line, people need to gather and party more often.
9) We became Godparents!!! To a perfect and handsome lil' man, Kyler (our newest nephew). We have Skyped a time or two with Kyler and at 3 months old, he doesn't say much - but it's been a good way to watch him grow. Plus, he's easily entertained by the computer and the fact we can play hide and seek with the magic of a laptop and camera on the computer. He's a cutie and we were happy to physically be able to hold him and meet him over Christmas.
10) Going to NYC! We love any chance to go to NYC. Our anniversary, the Martha Stewart show, the Macy's Day Parade and for New Year's! We had a party of 8 carting around the city together for New Year's. The partners in crime: Ang & Peter, Jana & Shervin, Nicole & Seth (and a recruited couple - Scott & Koko and some girl names Indra, haha). We mainly ate, drank, splurged on a dessert, and then repeated steps 1-3. We did get to see some sites and we went on long walks through the slushy left-over snow from the big snowstorm. We attended a rooftop party and had plenty of entertainment (a belly dancer??) to welcome in the NEW YEAR! Lot of stories, cocktails, love and laughter from the 31st floor.
Hope this note finds you well and here's to the new year!
Cheers!
-B & P
So 2010, you were good to us...here goes:
1) May - I graduated dental school! Probably one of the most exciting days of my life (second to my wedding day)
2) June - We took the opportunity to move to CT! Why not?
3) We lucked out so much with our townhouse, that we decided we should include that as a top 10 moment.
4) Ben finding a job as soon as he did - a great blessing.
5)Aug - Elliot & Bobbi come visit CT! We were truly so excited to see familiar faces. It was fun hosting these two.
5) Oct - Our parents visited during the beautiful Fall. I know our parents wanted peace-of-mind to physically see where we were living, working, etc. It was fun to show them around the area and spend time with family.
6) Mini trips to Boston. Boston is an unbelievable city with so much history. Exploring Freedom Trail with Stu, Katie and Elliot was a pretty memorable experience. It could have been the good company, or the perfect summer weather, the Boston Lager, or the sites... but when you get all of these wrapped up in one - well, it makes the Top 10!
7) Able to go home for Christmas! Boy, oh boy, it is a lot of work to travel over the holidays. "I'll be home for Christmas" isn't just song, it's a goal. It required planning, but we learned not to expect those plans to actually happen the way you imagine it - which in general is a good life lesson that we learned over and over in 2010. Ok, ok we got it now. We're here to go with the flow.
8) Our Graduation/Going-Away Party. After arriving in CT there was a bit of shock that hit us. Wow, we really moved FAR away. No familiar faces, grocery stores, restaurants, streets, phone numbers, shopping malls, etc. We knew we would miss friends and family and we remind people of that all the time - but it's amazing how we've only been able to come back a few times a year. The holidays is an extremely difficult time to get together - it's busy, people have their own plans, families, etc. Having that party and all those that attended, really made the occasion an important and memorable one. Bottom line, people need to gather and party more often.
9) We became Godparents!!! To a perfect and handsome lil' man, Kyler (our newest nephew). We have Skyped a time or two with Kyler and at 3 months old, he doesn't say much - but it's been a good way to watch him grow. Plus, he's easily entertained by the computer and the fact we can play hide and seek with the magic of a laptop and camera on the computer. He's a cutie and we were happy to physically be able to hold him and meet him over Christmas.
10) Going to NYC! We love any chance to go to NYC. Our anniversary, the Martha Stewart show, the Macy's Day Parade and for New Year's! We had a party of 8 carting around the city together for New Year's. The partners in crime: Ang & Peter, Jana & Shervin, Nicole & Seth (and a recruited couple - Scott & Koko and some girl names Indra, haha). We mainly ate, drank, splurged on a dessert, and then repeated steps 1-3. We did get to see some sites and we went on long walks through the slushy left-over snow from the big snowstorm. We attended a rooftop party and had plenty of entertainment (a belly dancer??) to welcome in the NEW YEAR! Lot of stories, cocktails, love and laughter from the 31st floor.
Hope this note finds you well and here's to the new year!
Cheers!
-B & P
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