2017

Hooray for surviving the first week of the New Year! 2017 is now over and we can begin a new chapter. This past year I can personally say has been the hardest year of my life. For personal reasons that I don’t wish to disclose and honestly not everything has fully sunk in but all I can say is now I know more than ever that nobody is perfect. Growing up I always thought that adults never made mistakes but boy was I wrong. I have learned a lot about myself and with this new pain I have had to endure it also has brought me great resiliency. We are stronger than we think. You guys seriously don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Truly the human body is capable of so many emotions, yet its how we handle them that truly shows us who we are. I really have to thank my husband for sticking by me and being my rock. I don’t know where I would be without his support through all that I’ve been put through. The better part of this year has been watching my nephew Kellan grow up and watching Liam’s personality shine through. I adore those kids and I’m thankful that my future children will have them as cousins. I visited a lot of places this past year such as Oklahoma, Cancun, Arizona, and Texas to name a few. I would certainly say that Cancun was my favorite. I wish we could have room service 24/7! We came back and I had this realization that I had to cook all the meals again haha. I went to Oklahoma & Arizona to watch my brother graduate from Basic Training and AIT for the Army. My brother was an Honor Grad in basic training which is super impressive. Way to go brother! Proud sis moment 🙂 He will be getting deployed overseas this upcoming year and that is something I am not looking forward too. With that being said I am so thankful I have grown closer to my brothers in this past year. Through everything we’ve been dragged through in the past year it has certainly created a bond that’s unexplainable. I hope that for this coming year I can continue to grow not only to better myself but for those around me. I want to be the best wife, coworker, sister, daughter, aunt and friend I can be. I have taken great strides to create new friendships because sometimes you can’t tell your husband everything and you just want girl time and that’s okay. Even if that means getting on an app to find those friends. This month marks me living in Colorado for 3 years. I truly mean it when I say I was always meant to live here. I guess since the moment I met Jon I just knew I wanted to end up here with him and fast forward 5 and a half years later and here we are! I couldn’t have made a better decision when he asked me to marry him and then ask me to move here. Wait no, it wasn’t even a question he said okay when do you fly out? He was persistent and I liked that 😉 We just knew California was too expensive to try to start a life together and the thought of going somewhere new excited me. Don’t get me wrong I love California but Colorado feels like home only a bit colder and with snow. I’m proud of myself for staying consistent with going to the gym with my husband. Can you say #fitcouple 🙂 One huge milestone we hope to tackle this year is buy a home. Crossing fingers! Another thing on my to-do list is teach myself a new language. I have started using Duolingo and I love it. You can download the app and it really helps with practicing and I’ve enjoyed using it so far. Let’s see where the Journey of Jon and Jess takes us this year…stay tuned ❤