wow, another year has come and gone! here's our annual year-in-review post. i absolutely love putting these massive posts together every year because it is such a neat way to reflect back on the year. looking back over the past year, so much has happened in twelve months. here are our highlights from 2017 . . .
in january, we
rang in the new year with our families and
celebrated five years with leko.
i turned 32 and we
celebrated my birthday with dinner and
a family birthday party. we both
worked the national tour of jersey boys the musical when it came to town, and
leko fell in love with our sink colander. we took a day trip to columbia, pennsylvania to
visit the turkey hill experience too.
in february,
leko looked for his shadow on groundhog day and
we threw a little super bowl party just for us. we got a
big snow storm, ryan
went to a technology conference in the town of hershey, pennsylvania, and we
admired the broadway-themed ice carvings at the clarks summit ice festival. i shared
a few tips for fighting winter blues and then
it actually turned warm enough for us to get our bikes out for a ride!
in march, we got hammered by
a crazy blizzard that left us with
over 2 feet of snow! we
saw the national tour of cinderella when it came to town and
celebrated the first day of spring with free rita's ice even though it was cold outside. we
celebrated ryan's mom's birthday,
received a sweet mail surprise from ryan's aunt sandy, and
survived another show season.
in april, we
saw the ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus perform. we spent
the long easter holiday weekend in
walt disney world visiting
the magic kingdom,
hollywood studios, and
epcot. we
ate a ton of great food while we were in disney and
made a little video of our trip. we
took a quick trip to nyc to
see the cherry blossom trees and
the spring flowers blooming at the brooklyn botanic garden too. we
saw a local ice hockey game and
admired the tulips blooming outside my office window at work.
in may,
we both worked the national tour of pippin when it came to town and i participated in a pippin dance workshop. we
celebrated mother's day with our families and
my parents and i explored ice lake. we
enjoyed the azaleas and
other flowers in bloom in our back yard. over memorial day weekend,
my parents and i visited historic millbrook village and
quiet valley historical farm too.
in june, we took advantage of the nice weather and
worked on several projects around our house including
building a raised garden bed for veggies and herbs. we both
worked the dierks bentley concert tour when it came to town.
i was featured on local tv to promote my dance studio's annual recital and i
performed in the recital and shared several
recital memories and
dress rehearsal photos too. we
celebrated father's day and ryan's dad's birthday, and we finally captured pictures of
the nutty acrobatic squirrel who lives in our yard. we finished out the month of june with
a sunday afternoon date at a local minor-league baseball game and
a much-needed hair cut to kick off summer.
in july, we
celebrated the fourth of july with our families with a cookout and fireworks. we
spent an afternoon in downtown easton and
we went to knoebels amusement park. we
went biking on a new trail and
picked strawberries. we both
worked back-to-back concerts,
i worked all of camp bisco, and then
worked some more concerts.
in august, we celebrated
our seven year anniversary by going on
a cruise to bermuda aboard the celebrity summit with our families. we
worked the peach music festival and
celebrated ryan's 33rd birthday. i took a trip to nyc with my parents to
see the broadway musical bandstand and to walk over the brooklyn bridge. we
went to the west end fair with my mom,
celebrated ryan's birthday with a fiesta-style party with our families, and went to the
harford fair.
in september, we celebrated labor day weekend by
going to la festa italiana with our families. we
enjoyed the nice weather on labor day by
exploring salt springs state park. we
worked our last summer concert of the season, and
leko turned six years old! we
went apple picking with our parents and
made our annual visit to roba family farm too. we welcomed the start of autumn by
going to the bloomsburg fair. i
visited our town's local trolley museum with my parents and
rode an authentic trolley for an excursion too.
in october,
i became an official member of the stage hands union and
celebrated my blog's 6th birthday. we
visited the paper caves in honesdale,
worked the national tour of a gentleman's guide to love and murder when it came to town, and
visited ritter's cider mill. we
got lasik eye surgery,
carved and painted our pumpkins for halloween, and
enjoyed trick-or-treat at our house on halloween night.
in november, we
saw straight no chaser in concert and
celebrated my dad's birthday. i
attended the broadway theatre league gala, and we
worked the national tour of a christmas story when it came to town. we
enjoyed thanksgiving with our families too.
in december, we
visited the annual scranton made holiday marketplace and
celebrated my mom's birthday. i
danced in my dance studio's annual christmas show and we
attended the annual christmas tree lighting at the university where i work. we
worked several christmas shows, mailed
our 2017 christmas cards to our family and friends, and
went to ryan's company's employee christmas party. we
drove around to admire christmas lights too. we
took a trip to nyc to see the department store holiday window displays and
to see the city decorated for christmas. we closed out the year by
celebrating christmas eve at my parents' house,
opening presents on christmas morning at our house, and
celebrating christmas day at our house with our families.
hope everyone had a great 2017!
happy new year!
love, laurie
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