One Year

So -- as of last week Alan and I have been married for one year!  How fun is that?!  It feels like it FLEW by!  My Dadhas been asking me if my anniversary would be blog worthy (seems I'm not on here too much....) and so I'm here to write something for the 2 of you who still read this!

A YEAR IN REVIEW:

September 17, 2011
-- Alan and Leanne get married
--Leanne's Grandma passes away



September 18-21, 2011
--Alan and Leanne Honeymoon



September 23, 2012
--Leanne's Grandmother falls and breaks her hip
--funeral activites

September 24, 2012
--Leanne's Grandma's funeral



October 16, 2011
--The Duigan's go to the State Fair


October 18, 2011
--First dress up date since wedding.  We went to the Pregnancy Centers fundraiser dinner with our friend Laura Dominick


October (a date which I cannot remember - probably blocked it out)
--Leanne has to put down her sweet kitty Gracie due to major health issues.  Alan gets initiated into the life of a married man by digging a geometrically perfect grave for said kitty.




November (exact date a tad sketchy)
--Alan and Leanne move into their first house.



November, 24, 2011
--Alan's first Texan Thanksgiving




Deccember 6, 2011
--Alan sees The Littlest Wiseman for the first time.  (Leanne laments that not living in Fort Worth keeps her from truly being a part of this year after year.)


December 7, 2011
--Mail off Alan's Green Card paperwork!

December 9, 2011
--Second big date since getting married! We went to see The Gift of Christmas at Prestonwood Baptist.

December (a Sunday which I cannot remember the exact date of)
--Alan and Leanne make the joint acting debut at Mr. and Mrs. O'Malley - the inn keepers - in the church's Christmas play....hysterical.

December 24-25, 2011
--Alan does Christmas with the Meppen clan - year 2.


 


December 31, 2011
--New Year's Party with a couple of cute boys (the nephews).



January 2012
--we took it easy - nothing major happened this month...unless you count taking Mercy to obedience classes major....

February 14, 2012
--Our first Valentine's day together...and as a married couple!



February 28, 2012
-- 6:30 am appointment at the USCIS building in Dallas b/c Alan's brother had been sick and we needed him to have the right to travel.

March 9-11, 2012
--We took a trip to Fort Worth to see our friends there and to go to sweet Sydney's Quinceanera.



March 12-17
SPRING BREAK!!!!!! A week spent in preparation for the Saturday....

March 17, 2012
--PADDY'S DAY!!!  We through a big ceili at the house.  I cook several Irish recipies (make soda bread!) and we taught Irish dancing.  Possibily the most fun yet!