With another year coming to a close, I thought it would be interesting to look through my blog from each month of 2011 and highlight/share the important/cool stuff from each month and what I have learned this year! Here are the first 6 months of 2011:
January 2011
This post (“minimal words”) stuck out the most to me because of the picture in it….
School wasn’t cancelled that day either. Other things that happened in January? I cooked a lot. It snowed a lot and I swam a lot.
February 2011
I ran outside for the one warm day of Feb. and signed up for a half Marathon that night. 
I also had a delicious shamrock shake from McDonalds! 
I also made an accent vlog in February.
March 2011
I ran the half marathon that I signed up for on a whim in February. My time was 1:46:16 which is an 8:07 pace. Not bad for 19 degree weather. Brrrr.
Jimmy and I also went to Florida together. It was SO nice to be wearing a t-shirt and skirt in the sunny state while Pittsburgh was still experiencing snow and freezing temperatures.
April 2011
I showed everyone my baby. My food baby. I get food babies at least once a day.
My family had 9 people living in our 3-bedroom house for a week. The extra 4 people were cousins/an aunt from NY. 
We went to a local park and took goofy pictures.
Jimmy and I went to Phipps Conservatory in downtown Pittsburgh
Swimming ended and I started running more and doing lots of road races. I also celebrated being a vegetarian for 1 month.
May 2011
I won a 5k when it was 86 degrees outside.
I made Jimmy a hamburger cake for his birthday.
I stated why I wear a purity ring and why I’m waiting until marriage to have sex.
I also accidentally ran 24 miles. 
June 2011
I shared the fact that I enjoyed taking 2 lunches to work… I get hungry okay?!
I ran a 5 mile race in 35 minutes (7:00 pace) and then became injured for the whole month of June.
My family + my boy’s family went on a cruise to Florida and the Bahamas. I got to pet a dolphin.
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That is a basic summary of the first 6 months of 2011 in my life.
As I look back, I am able to see how blessed my life was! I was able to travel out of state twice and out of country once. I saw some awesome sights, ran cool races, dealt with an injury, cooked a lot, and spent time with family/friends. Very awesome and blessed indeed.
That snow is so crazy. I would hate to have to deal with that in the winter! Fortunately I don’t have to ;).
I love the pictures from throughout the year especially because I wasn’t reading all that time. The food baby is crazy but I get it because I’m also really small so if I eat a big meal, it can happen to me too, just because everything else on my body is so small in comparison. The hamburger cake is also pretty epic :).
what a journey! Here’s to 6 months more indeed.
Merry Christmas.
xoxo
I loved reading all of your recaps–it has been so fun being a follower of your blog! Happy Christmas Eve!
Love this recap post, it’s so fun to see all the adventures you’ve had! Hope you have a blessed and wonderful Christmas my friend 🙂
I loved following you this last year (and the first six months). Your food baby still cracks me up!
looks like you’ve been able to do a ton in 6 months! I love that “burger” cake- so creative!
I remember that hamburger cake! I still want one. 🙂
Congrats on a stellar year. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas weekend full of food babies.
I love this and have been missing out on your blog!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!! 🙂
that hamburger cake was so dang cool!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING!
I love these look-back posts… I want to do one too! Merry Christmas, Allie! xo
I love this recap! What a great first half of the year you had–minus the giant pile of snow and the injury. Okay, some people might like snow, so that one isn’t all bad. Merry Christmas!
Aww I love this post!! I think I started following you midway through the summer so I missed a lot of these! Now I have reading material =D
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!
❤ phipps!
I’ve loved following your blog this year. I remember most of this!