What a year 2011 has been! Last year at this time, the mister and I were getting ready for the movers to come pack us up and bring us home to San Diego. We had such an eventful year!
We started 2011 with our amazing Antiguan honeymoon. Not only did we fall in love with the beautiful scenery, the friendly people and the amazing beaches, we got some much needed rest and relaxation before starting new in San Diego.
We had so many visitors our first month in our new house. My sissy love was on leave between South Korea and Huntingdon, England. She stayed with us for about 3 weeks, so of course our parents came out to visit for a family reunion! It was the first time in over a year our whole family was together so we needed a new family photo. We flew out my cousin Kristine (who also shot my wedding) to do our family portraits. She did such a great job!
In April, one of my best friends came down to visit with her kids for a week! We had so much fun watching old episodes of Inspector Gadget, drinking sweet tea vodka at book club, going to Sea World, exploring Balboa Park, crashing housings Easter Egg Hunt and a birthday party! The kids had so much fun at Auntie Teeta's house :)
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| Being pirates at a toddlers birthday party! |
In May, the mister and I got to go to Santa Cruz together for the first time. Unfortunately it was for his grandmas funeral, but it was nice to meet the Donatelli side of the family finally. Anthony hadn't seen some of his cousins for 15 years so it was really great to finally meet them. We got to see them all again in November for a much happier occasion, his cousins wedding! I am so close to my family and I hope we can have the same kind of relationship with his.
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| Some of the cousins with the "new" Donatellis! |
This summer was the first time in probably 8 years that I had time off to take a proper trip to Minnesota! My doctor takes a week off in June every year and I took the opportunity to go visit my parents. It was so nice to go out there and not have to rush to see everybody! I even got to go fishing!

































