A Tail of Two Sisters...

Lady and Bella, the two furry sisters lived in a tall tower.
Bella, the black kitten, loves her big sister Lady and tries to get her to play all day long.
Lady, the Grey Goddess, likes to lounge at the top of the tower.

Of course, Bella does her fair share of lounging.
This year the two kitty sisters made a new years resolution to share more and be nicer to each other. Here they are sipping their "Cat-sip" kitty milk from their Christmas stockings.
They even share their favorite shoe-lace toy. They've come a long way!

Cheer throughout the year...

My spirits needed a little lifting after a rough Tuesday, so I thought I'd go back through my holiday photos and I found this. Gotta love the dancing kitten elves!

Sixteen...

...is the number of addresses I've had in the last 10 years. Last night I got to thinking about how weird it will be for Kyle and I to live in the same apartment for another year and I realized that the reason is because I haven't lived anywhere for longer than a year in over a decade. With this realization, I decided to finally unpack the rest of my stuff. Yes, I have kept some of my belongings boxed up because it has been much easier to keep them boxed than to unpack them and repack to move again and again. It will be nice to see my old pictures and books again :)

Does this mean I'm settling down?

A little Reflection on 2009...

Last year when I started this blog, Kyle and I were hoping to keep our families up to date with some of our life events, both big and small. I recently spent some time going back and looking at all the changes this year has brought and realized just how amazingly awesome last year was. I also realized that this blog has been a source of enjoyment to us both and in a way has served as a scrapbook of our lives.

We have come a long way in a year that's for sure! Last year at this time we were wondering where Kyle would go for school, if I would still have a job in the fall, where we would live for the rest of the year, how will we go about planning our upcoming wedding, if we should adopt another kitty, what would our new nephew be like, etc.

Now, Kyle is going to Stanford, I'm still working, we have a cute apartment in a good neighborhood, we have a pretty good handle on the wedding planning, a new kitty, and a beautiful and funny nephew, Brock. We definitely consider ourselves to be very fortunate.

2010 is sure to have more excitement in store for us and probably some difficulties too. Probably most exciting for us will be in July when we finally tie the knot! (As of today we have 6 months to go!) We are anxious to meet our next addition to the family when Brett and Jill have their new baby sometime in August. We will watch my best friend since elementary school marry the love of her life in September. We will be missing Ryan when he moves to Spain in March. We will begin a new lifestyle when Kyle takes leave from work to go back to school full time in September. We greet this year full of anticipation and new years resolutions to live healthily and responsibly. We can't wait to watch these expected events take place and enjoy the unexpected surprises to come our way. We are thankful to our amazing friends and family that support us, encourage us, and love us along the way. We wish everyone a wonderful 2010!

Happy New Year!!