Well this is becoming a bad habit. This will be the second time I write a year-in-review post and it’s embarrassing. I have no idea why I don’t update our blog more often and for that, I apologize. I do the same thing with my scrapbooks… of which I’m 4 years behind. OMG. Well, just like I said in 2009, I’ll work on it… but this time I’m not going to swear on my eyes.
Let’s recap 2010… a very exciting year for the Ledfords.
Last December (2009), we went to Boston and had a BLAST – check the post for more details. We also spent some more time in Chapel Hill and then went back to Charlotte where we started a new year and enjoyed some Charlotte snow!
In February, my amazing friend Mallory (check her out on etsy.com) and her sweet dog Maddie had Moe, Chad and I up to visit her winter bungalow in Foscoe where we went on a ski trip at Beech Mountain.
It was a blaaaast. I not only got a chance to brush up on my skiing but also got to catch up with my Malro.
This winter, Zach moved right across the street from us and started working at the Doubletree hotel in the area. Naturally, he is really good at what he does and has been very successful. He has had some interesting living experiences but is currently doing really well and just celebrated his first year at the Doubletree!
The spring pretty much flew by with busy work schedules and social lives. One weekend in particular was an amazing weekend where friends from all over the continent came together in the Queen City to celebrate our friend Stephanie’s wedding!
We all had so much fun celebrating Steph’s “Easterette” weekend… definitely a weekend to remember. We started hiking again once the weather warmed up a bit and decided to go on a smaller camping trip up to South Mountain with Zach.

The weather was great and the campsite was perfect… minus the scary clown that rocked Zach in his hammock that night, but that’s a different story. 
Well, May rolled up on us and before we knew it – summer had begun… and what a summer it would end up being.
At the end of May a position opened up at JWU for an Academic Counselor and I knew I had to apply. Not only would this get us out of campus housing but it would also give us so much more freedom to start a family, make a home and live life without worrying about the duty phone. As if that wasn’t cause enough, I figured that this would be a good opportunity to learn more about our academic side of things… something all future Deans of Students should know. Anyways, I applied and spent the summer in an anxiety-ridden state regarding the interview process and the uncertain future. During this time, we spent lazy days at the pool at Zach’s apartment complex and did everything we possibly could to get out of the ridiculous heat. It was horrible. We celebrated the 4th of July with a barbecue on the roof of Courtside where Drew lives 

and then took the party to 3tailer where Zach…aka Uncle Kickass…brought the most intense firework collection to life.
Zach’s fireworks last year rivaled the city of Charlotte’s and we all had a crazy amount of fun. 
We also road-tripped it up to Maine with Zach and his then-girlfriend Emmy. We met up with our family and long lost cousins once we got to the cottages and the fun lasted all week. We grilled some…
and we ate some lobsters…
and we celebrated Chad’s birthday…
and took some naps…
And we hung out at Two Lights…
Overall, it was an amazing trip with our amazing family and we’re already planning our next trip up to the beach this coming summer.
We also went home to go to Steph and Pat’s Celebrity Dairy wedding. What a beautiful wedding … it was so much fun and it was the best way to kick off an amazing marriage. 
Well, I was mid-interview process in Maine and finished the process out early August. GUESS WHAT!?!? You guessed it… I GOT THE JOB!!! My new coworkers are amazing, the job is SO great, and WE GOT TO MOVE OFF CAMPUS! I finished out my residence life experience in September after move-in and then began my sweet sweet sweet 8:30-4:30 affair with academic services. This new position meant a lot to Chad and I in a couple of different ways. Primarily, it gave us the chance to make a home with our own furniture, decorations, dishwasher and a cozy fireplace. A home where we could start thinking about starting a family. We went from our one-kitchen-drawer apartment:
To a cuddly multi-drawer condo in less than 4 weeks:
Moving over a block is a story that deserves its own post so I’ll have to write some more about that later. Our place has been fabulouso … hanging photos, arranging furniture that we own… planting a window box, drinking coffee on our patio in the morning and taking bubble baths. Everything has just been so great, I can’t believe we were missing out on having our own place for so long.
We celebrated our 3rd anniversary at Morton’s where we met the one… the only… PAULA DEEN.
Ok so we were eating at Morton’s in one of those booths that forces us to be same-side-sitters and we notice Paula Deen walk up to the booth next to us and she started talking to them. Chad and I start staring like total weirdos and when she walks by our table, we smile and Chad says “I LOVE YOU!” Paula says “what?” Chad says “I love you…akdfaskdjf;lakjd” So before Chad goes any further, I said, “We think you’re great it’s so nice to see you…” Chad says, “It’s our anniversary” Paula: “Happy Anniversary Ya’ll!” and that was that. We met Paula Deen at Morton’s on our 3rd Anniversary.
ASU Homecoming was a blast as usual. I got a chance to meet the Wolly Worm:
And this year, we were invited to sit in the Chancellor’s Box which was really neat (thank you 3tailer).
Chancellor Peacock was there along with the Provost, various Vice Chancellors and faculty. They even had custom made Krispy Kreme donuts.
The weather was gorgeous and we were able to take some time to get to the parkway to visit our favorite place, Moses Cone Manor.
Halloween was quickly around the corner and yet again, the guys dressed up as the same exact thing. Chickens. I was skeptical at first but actually… it was the best group costume they’ve done yet.
I ended up being a chicken farmer… lame, I know, but it fit sort of. No photos but Moses was Batman and was the cutest Batman EVER!
Thanksgiving went as it usually does, it amazing food and family time in Cherryville. Maw Maw’s broccoli casserole was so delicious and Chad and I had to be rolled out of the house after eating so much.
Christmas was, as usual, the best holiday season ever. We decided to not take any trips but to spend some quality time enjoying our still-new home and visiting the family. We got the biggest Christmas tree ever:
I made a ton of sugar cookies:
We also had a great 3tailer holiday party where Chad and I dressed up like Buddy the Elf (and Jovie) to bring in the holiday season. We rounded out our 2010 Christmas season in Chapel Hill with the family.
All of our Christmas dreams came true and it even snowed causing us to lose power for an entire day!
We ended up bringing in the new year in an interesting and less-desirable way. We threw a new years party with our friends on our rooftop terrace and friends of friends showed up who said some not-so-friendly things and it ended poorly. Needless to say, we will not be throwing any type of party, short of a tea party, any time soon. Regardless, 2010 was a great year filled with exciting times and amazing people. 2011 has been great so far too and I will really work on updating the posts more often. Seriously.
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