Recap of 2015

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2015 - another successful year in the books! What happened? Let's see...


First of all, I moved out! Of course I miss living with my family and roomie (Dad), but am really loving the Arlington life. And I got so lucky to live with three amazing gals!


Second, I traveled. A lot. And loved it.

I spent a couple weekends at my Aunt Shelly and Uncle Ken's condo in Ocean City, MD - thank you both so much for your hospitality and generosity!


 



I visited my Aunt Suzy and cousin Taylor in Colorado!


I went to Phoenix, AZ for the first time for a work trip. It was HOT.


I got to go back to Austin, TX!


I visited my family in PA twice!







And visited my family in New Jersey for the first time in way too long!




I visited Claire and Adam down in Delray Beach! And at the end of 2015, Claire and Adam got engaged!! So happy for the lovely couple - It's been a long time coming! :)




I went on a girls trip with Anna and Melissa to New Orleans! Crazy but fun city!



Annie and I took a spontaneous road trip to Raleigh, NC because we could!


I took a couple trips to Virginia Tech! It was a little weird visiting as an alumna, but always a good time.
 


I spent many beautiful weekends at Lake Anna!








I explored Annapolis and Baltimore-




I went to several Caps games!


And Nationals games!

   

And a Redskins game!




















I went to a just a few concerts.....
My favorite of all time so far... Taylor Swift!
Taylor Swift



Train, The Fray, & Matt Nathanson
Train, The Fray, & Matt Nathanson
Trevor Hall
Mumford & Sons
Shania Twain & Gavin DeGraw

Needtobreathe & Switchfoot
Darius Rucker and Cassadee Pope
Toby Keith

Not pictured: Back to the 90s concert, Dan+Shay and Kelsea Ballerini.
If you can't tell, I love live music.

I hit up some beautiful wineries:
Bluemont Vineyards
Stone Tower Winery
Bull Run Winery

Two beautiful people - Daniel Shull and Allie Shull got married! I'm so glad we were able to help them celebrate their special day.




















We welcomed a new member in to our family! Knox Michael Foley was born in July! I'm so happy for my cousins Melissa and Tom Foley and the now big brother, Rhys Foley!




















Anna opened her own Target Express in Rosslyn! Such an awesome accomplishment - so proud of her!



























I got to see some of my favorite people graduate. Congrats to these two and all the other grads!


Thank you to everyone who made 2015 a great year! Obviously there were many more good times (and some not so great times), but can't write them all in one post. And now I'm excited to see what 2016 holds! Bring on the new year.

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