MoneySmiths 2010.

January-we packed up our lives, said goodbye to family and friends and moved across the COUNTRY!

February-we found ourselves in a new town, buried under a ton of snow, with heart-shaped pancakes. Most of all, we loved being in our new city and loved seeing all the new exciting sights & art around town. We had our first house guests, the Ahpings, before we had any FURNITURE!

March-We painted our apartment, enjoyed stake conference in the DC Temple Visitor's Center (and church across from the temple every week), and it was both of our birthdays!

April-The Smiths came to visit from Florida, the blossoms were gorgeous, we had Easter, General Conference, and early morning walks to work. Oh! And I got called to the nursery at church!!

 May-A visit to Charlottesville, VA, for our cousins' daughter's baby blessing. Cute Maebel! Then to Pitman, New Jersey, for more cousins and John's famous burgers at the Memorial Day BBQ. Don't forget our wonderful Mothers and talking to Elder Money in the DR on Mother's Day. 

 June-was celebrating fathers and FUTURE Fathers everywhere. I love my hot future dad. I also was a leader at Girls' Camp.

July-The Money family clan + tons of Nesbits came to visit! We celebrated the 4th of July in DC for the first time, watching the fireworks at the Washington Monument, sang patriotic songs on a crowded subway, went to Hershey Park and perfected our pizza recipe.

  

 August-We said goodbye to good friends, Jill, Brian and Cedric, went to a patriotic rally, and enjoyed the last days of summer. (Not too much though...it was a HUMID ONE!)

 September- saw another inspiring exhibit, planned a bachelorette party, and saw my best friend, Morgan Cummard marry Tom Skeen for ALL ETERNITY in the house of God. It was beautiful and made me so grateful that I'll be with my own sweet, Collin, FOR FOREVER!

  

October-Road trip to Martinsburg, West Virginia, where we saw AJ Money's place of residence on his mission, and picked up a cute little souviner--the newest member of the MoneySmith family, Montgomery Jack-O-Lantern Smith. There was an excellent trip to Florida and a very memorable Halloween.

 November-was a jam-packed month. The leaves were changing and gorgeous, the weather was perfect, we visited the Temple visitor's center with good friend, Yi, and saw my favorite band, Azure Ray, play together for the first time in 6 years. Monte had his first plane ride adventure, we were in Phx for less than 24 hours, Collin and I celebrated our 2 years of marriage at the happiest place on earth (besides Hershey Park), saw lots of family, and had a really delicious Thanksgiving. Then..we had to say goodbye.

 December-Collin's sister, Kendra, got married, Monte got bigger and cuter, we had a taste of Mongolian culture, I made ornaments, we went to a really fun sing-along, Montgomery made a new best friend, Shadow, and we spent a WONDERFUL Christmas with the Smiths in Kentucky.

And this is just scratching the surface of 2010. What can we say? It's been a good year. And this one has already gotten even BETTER.