Bye bye 2011.

July July was good. No, scratch that, great. My niece was born!! We took a family trip to Illinois and got to sightsee and watch the Minnesota Twins and meet my niece.


I also enjoyed a fun 4th of July weekend with friends. August In August I moved into my very first apartment and started my sophomore year of college.


September I'm not even sure what I did in September.


Ohhh that's right. I went to a wedding and started seeing this guy whom I met there. September was a doozy. October


I ran the Mankato 10K and did awesome!


I was also Ke$ha for Halloween. November This was one of my favorite months.


I got this buck hunting! I ran the Baxter Turkey Run 5K with my family.


And had an awesome Thanksgiving with everyone home.


December I had my annual MOA trip with my mom, grandma, and aunts. Also, like most, I celebrated Christmas and had a grand ol' time.


I had a super fun New Year's weekend but that's for a later post! Whew I finished! As I said before...2011 had too many ups and downs--more downs. However, with the love of my family and friends, but especially my mom, I made it through. I honestly cannot wait to see what 2012 has in store as I'm sure it can't be worse than 2011. Here's to living up this year as big as I can!! With love, Ali