"Life is not counted by the amount of breaths you take.. but by the times life takes your breath away"

WOw, I am truly blessed. From all the nice emails, comments, and mail that I received this week for my bday.. I could not help but feel the love from all my friends and family. Thank you everyone for the bday wishes!

So I was reflecting on my 22nd year of life. There have been a LOT of good times.. and man.. a lot of stuff I regret!!!!! I did a lot of growing up.. and have a lot of that to do yet. SO.. I guess pictures are worth a million words.. so here are some to sum up this crazy year!! Thank you to EVERYONE who played a part in my life. God has really blessed me and made me realize how much I have been given. My heart overflows in thankfulness and love because of this.

Now here are the pictures!



My 22nd birthday! So happy to spend it with all my friends!A cold winter.. had a HUGE storm! I will never forget.. me and Josh just took off to Walmart in the middle of the storm and barely made it there! Then they next day?? We went to Lincoln with his parents and we saw more than 100 cars in the ditch and it took a LONG time to get there. However, it was really fun and such a good memory.
Spring break Josh and I went to Washington where he got to meet Patrick and Sammy! There we we were the first to find out about Ethan! What an exciting time!
This was one of my favorite because the background with Patrick :)
I got to meet Josh's really adorable nephew Caleb. It was really fun getting to know his family and go to Lincoln to meet his brother Kyle and Lori ( and Caleb of course! )

I worked at the day care in Sioux Center. I loved every min of it. I still go by and see the kids who don't remember me anymore!
Camping.. I JUST LOVE IT! I finally got to sleep in my new tent. It was good times with my girls at Dordt.
Going out with the girls. This time we were celebrating Jill's engagement.. but I have no idea where she was in this pic. This was also a big day.. My dad called me right before that pictures was taken and told me he wanted to come home for a while during that summer... which was a really hard decision to make. However, I did go home for that summer.. which was really good.
My girls and I took some nice photos before we graduated. This is my favorite. I really hope to blow it up and frame it someday. It's weird to think that we all have moved on and probably will ever all be all together again.
Bowling. I did A LOT OF THAT. I never got any better either!!!! I took a bowling class and bowled quite a bit. I guess it never was my thing.. but I did always have a good time while doing it!

Then I graduated from Dordt! Whoo HOO!!
WE all made it :)
Then I came home to Washington... it was weird being home but it was nice to be back for such a long time. There is never a dull moment in the Feucht household!
I worked at a Urology and my dad's office. I love it there, the people where fun and the work was also somewhat interesting. If anything.. learned A LOT about urology ( more than I really wanted to know!!) And it was really nice to see my dad a whole lot!! I also got to see him preform a surgery for the first time~
Then something serious happened. My dad had some heart problems and really made me realize that my parents are not as invincible as I had previously thought. It really made me thankful for my parents even more than I had already been. I am really glad my father is doing well and sounds like it was a wake up call for him and now he is in good health!!!
I saw my last grandparent for the last time. My crazy little Grandma Feucht, I really loved her and she is missed.
She passed away while I was at my friend Jill's wedding. I was honored to be one of her bridesmaids. She was a beautiful bride and it was a lovely wedding.. even though I cried through it ..don't know why weddings do that to me!
Then on the other hand, my wedding money was spent on a car :) My little Lucy.... ain't she a beauty ??? An NO ACCIDENTS OR TICKETS! ( Hopefully that goes for a couple more years !! ;) )
Then I traveled to Edmonton, Canada for Shannon's wedding! It was really fun being there for a week before the wedding.. getting to be part of her family. I also got to stay with her husband's family ( Brian Bouma ) for a couple weeks before the wedding, so I was not homeless in Sioux Center! It was such a good time that would be cherished forever!
Then Nov. 1 a little blessing came into our lives! Ethan Andrew Flanagan was born :) I love the little guy and I can't wait to see him grow up!
My little sister was also in Iowa for the first part of the year. I love her so much and I am sad she is in Germany:( LOVE YOU DIANE!!!
I also still have friends in IoWA! WOW! I have fun hang out with old friends as well as making new friends!
Old friends have came to visit me! I love it... and I am so glad that we all have still kept in contact!
I also love work! This is Kathy.. not a good pic.. but I love hanging out with her so much! We have the best times together! I also love working at the nursing home.. it is making me realize that maybe someday I would want to specialize in geriatrics?????
And Iowa is still a cold icebox. This is my neighborhood... which tends to be a lot more snowy and more drifts than the rest of the town. I hope the rest of Sioux Center is thankful for this because we take the grunt of the wind to protect them from it!!!
However, I am still a little crazy and love to have a good time. :)
Hopefully, 23 will be a good year!!!


Anyways.. it is getting really late and I did not get much sleep this weekend. I hope everyone is doing well! I will post pictures of the weekend up later! And again.. thank you everyone who has played a part in my life!!