A Review of 2011: July-December

So, once I started on this post I noticed it became a lot longer than I had expected. Which is why I split it up into two parts. So, here is part two of the Doyle's year in review!

July

Hunter and I took a trip to Ketchikan, Alaska to visit some friends.



I also hit up the Nordstrom Anniversary sale and participated in the Warrior Dash!



August

And then... I left Hunter with my parents and took off to Turkey to visit Jesse while he was deployed!







September

Jesse returned home from his deployment on our fourth wedding anniversary.



We took a trip down to Portland for a weekend. We ate, shopped, and went to the zoo and an amusement park. Great weekend!!



And then we got Air Force orders to move to New Jersey in June 2012! Oh yeah and I got a new car!

October

We took a little family outing on Jesse's boat.



We celebrated Hunter's 2nd birthday!



We made a trip to the pumpkin patch.



And then Hunter and I boarded a plane (or three!) followed Jesse to New Zealand for 17 days! In October, we visited Willowbank Wildlife Refuge, Hanmer Springs, and wine tasting in the Waimara Valley.







November

We were in New Zealand for the first week of November. During that time we took a road trip to Queenstown and Lake Tekapo.










We also had my two nephews and niece spend five days with us over Thanksgiving week. We had SO much fun with them!

December

Hunter decided he wanted to start potty training!



Our dog, Henry, became a father to NINE puppies!



Hunter loved Santa.




And we made some HUGE decisions for our family! Jesse signed reenlistment papers for six more years in the Air Force and I put in my notice at work. I will be a stay at home mom starting January 5th!!!


Wow, I felt blessed in life before writing this. But... now I feel blessed beyond belief after seeing how many wonderful events and oppurtunites the Lord has given our family over the last year. Glory be to God. :)

A Review of 2011: January-June

I've seen a couple other blogs that did a recap of the year and I love the idea! It's a great way for me to look back and see all the things that have happened in our lives in just one year.

January

We took a trip to our timeshare at Ocean Shores.





February

We took a trip to Minnesota for Jesse's great grandma Nellie's funeral. Althought the circumstances were not the best, it was great to hang out with Jesse's family. It included a trip to the Mall of America, a waterpark, and my first time ice fishing.









March

Hmmm, looks like it was a rather uneventful month. My sister in law had her bridal shower, here is a picture of my sisters and the sister to be!



April

April was a busy month for the Doyle Family. We were preparing for Jesse to leave on his 4 month deployment at the end of the month. So we tried to pack in lots and lots of fun family time. This included building Hunter a "Daddy bear" with Jesse's voice recorded in it, a trip to the tulip festival, Easter, and worked on Hunter's playroom!











And at the end of April, I watched my little brother get married to his beautiful bride.



May

In May I went kind of into an antisocial funk. I stayed at home a lot of the time I wasn't at work. So, nothing too exciting to report, so I'll just share a cute picture of my kid, k?



June

Jesse's mom came to visit for a weekend all the way from Washington D.C. The weather was amazing while she was here! I also got baptized in June! :)