January
I'd had my braces on for just over a month and then started the new year by getting my wisdom teeth removed and another tooth pulled. On a related note, I dropped down to my college weight at this point as I spent the month of January eating almost no solids :)
February
We spent 10 days in Texas and New Mexico. Since we didn't get to be with family for the holidays, this was our belated trip to see them and also to attend our 5 year college reunion at Lubbock Christian University. Most importantly, we got to hang out with our niece, Lucy, for only the 2nd time in her life.
March
We discovered our home had major foundation problems in the month of March, and that radically changed the rest of the year for us. This news came exactly one year after we purchased our house.
April
Easter was a big weekend for us. Kory preached at all 4 services at Redeemer's Fellowship and I cooked my first Easter Feaster, which is sure to become a Mereness holiday tradition, complete with breaking our 40 day soda fast for the 40 Days of Water.
May
We celebrated 2 years of marriage with a weekend at Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino. The weekend included swimming, sleeping in/naps, The Office on Netflix, and ice cream. Perfection!
June
We participated in the Run for Ohm 5k for the first time. Our times weren't particularly note-worthy, but we did finish before the 10k winners came in, and called that a win.
July
We flew to Angel Fire, NM to spend an extended weekend with Kory's family to celebrate a 60th birthday, 80th birthday, and 60th wedding anniversary. After only seeing Lucy once in the first 18 months of her life, it was awesome to see her again, just 5 months later.
August
After talking about it for 2 years, we finally climbed South Sister with our best friends, Abby and Jeremy. We camped, hiked, and spent the weekend on Oregon's 3rd tallest mountain.
September
After over a year of planning and preparing, Kory helped put together a Parenting Conference this Fall. His parents flew up and taught at the conference and we enjoyed a wonderful extended weekend together.
October
We hosted a Halloween party and ended up with about 45 people at our house at some point in the evening. Kory was dressed as Zombie Steve Jobs and I was a green M&M.
November
I graduated from Launching Your Leadership, which is a leadership training program through the State of Oregon. I spent most of the Fall driving back and forth to Salem for this program.
December
As anyone who is Facebook friends with me knows, we just flew back to Texas to surprise family on Christmas morning. A detailed post about this trip will soon follow, but I'll leave you with a picture of the newest additions to the Mereness family, Molly and Jude.
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