2013

In 2013 I...

• Tapped my boyfriend out at his coin ceremony and gave him the biggest hug after two months of letters and an occasional phone call
• Saw him graduate from basic training and experienced one of the proudest moments of my life
• Got engaged
• Spent most of the year away from my fiance and soon to be husband
• Eloped in the Wichita Falls, Texas courthouse (married my best friend)
• Switched from team iPhone to team android, and BACK to team iPhone
• Went to Texas a total of three times
• Experienced another proud moment when my husband graduated tech school
• Welcomed Shawn home after seven months away
• Planned a wedding in 3 months
• Posed for a photo shoot
• Had an amazing ceremony and gained another amazing family, hands down the best day of my life
• Packed up my life and moved 4,500 miles away with my best friend
• Said goodbye to everything I have known for the first 19 years of my life
• Realized the tremendous support and love my family has for me, and how much I truly miss them
• Bought our first car, and SOLD our first car!
• Made a house into a home
• Turned 19
• Gained a furry four legged family member who is my baby
• Found out I am going to be an aunt again, and again!
• Met a few moose, and a bear!
• Climbed a mountain
• Went skiing and snowboarding for the first time
• Learned I hate skiing
• And made new friends

WHAT A YEAR! 

Fun facts about the Fremgen's...

• Shawn and I went to school together since first grade, September of 2000.
• I can't tell you exactly when we met, it's not like sparks were flying in our little 6 and 7 year old minds!
• We became close friends in middle school, when we would hang out in town or at the base ball field down my street.
• I never thought I would've ended up with Shawn. In 11 grade he dated Nikole (my best friend) for about two weeks (LOL) and before we started dating, I swear he tried to get me together with his best friend. (LOL, again)
• We hung out A LOT before we started dating, there came a point where we were pretty much inseparable. 
• After we started hanging out a lot we had these nick names for each other. Shawn called me teddy bear and I called him puppy, which is actually a really funny story. He called me teddy bear because if he ever fell asleep or we were laying on the could he would always hold me like I was he little teddy bear, and he still does to this day. I called him puppy because one day Shawn was in the kitchen getting me ice cream (cause he's great like that) and my dog started waking towards me so I said "whatcha doing puppy?" (of course talking to my dog) and I hear from the kitchen "I'm getting you ice cream!!" So from that day forward, Shawn became my puppy.
• Our first kiss was in my kitchen at like 2am, and it was very awkward. :p
• We went to the carnival one night and we walked there and back (because I wanted too) and we were with a group of friends. On our walk home we stopped at the canal in town just to hang out. Apparently that is bad and public safety came and gave us an ear full. (It doesn't help that Shawn was caught peeing in public! nasty.) It was hilarious anyways because we were doing nothing wrong. Anyway, that was the night Shawn asked me to be his girlfriend (kinda). After we got back to my house and our friends left Shawn and I were hanging out in the den and I asked him "are you ever going to ask me out?!" and he answered by asking "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" So I said "sure," which by the way he bugs me about ALL the time. He says "you said SURE" This was August 4th, 2011.
• We never had any "breaks" like a lot of couples now a days, but when we went back to school in September, I was an awkward girlfriend. I am so not one for PDA so I would always awkwardly give him a little kiss and a hug. That phase passed pretty quickly though. I'm not awkward anymore, but I still dislike PDA, I don't need to see that.
• We had a pretty typical relationship through high school. We went to prom together and made it through graduation. And the real fun started (as you all know) when Shawn decided he was going to join the Air Force. 
• I was NOT a happy camper, to be honest, I tried to convince him out of it. It didn't work. He stuck with the commitment he had made to the recruiter and in November 2012, he was off to basic training, while I was stuck at St. Josephs College (BLECH).
• I worked at old navy and finished out a semester at St. Joes. My parents could have killed me when I gave up my full scholarship.
• 100 letters and two months later, Shawn graduated basic in January, 2013.
• I went with his parents and Grandma to his basic training graduation where Shawn asked me to marry him, (kinda). He didn't have a ring and we have already decided to get married through our many letter back and forth during basic. So on January 21st, Shawn gave me his dog tags which was our make shift engagement ring. 
• Shawn stayed in Texas for tech school and what I consider the "real" proposal was the day he found out he was going to be stationed in Alaska. I got a text from Shawn saying "Alaska lol time to get married" romantic right? and Just a few weeks later I was off to Texas to make it official.
• We got married March 1st, 2013 in the Wichita Falls court house.
• Shawn came home in May and we had our ceremony on June, 9th. So, if you're keeping track, that is three anniversaries. August 4th (three years together next August) March 1st (one year in march!) and June 9th! and if you want to include January 21st, our engagement day (kinda). We are a couple of many anniversaries! 
• Well, now we are here in Alaska as of June 20th. And not much has happened since my last update. Still waiting for some Christmas cards and Milo is still in the healing process for his leg! Oh! and Shawn won a surf board that I just got in the mail today! on our ceremony day (June 9th) Shawn entered a contest to win a jet ski when we stopped at shop rite before the wedding. Well, a few months later and he actually won a surfboard! That doesn't do us much use in Alaska... oh well! Maybe we'll trade it for a snow board ;) 

Christmas 2011, our first and so far only Christmas together! He was in basic last year so we will have to make up for that this year :)

I was just very bored today but I hope you enjoyed reading my fun facts. I'm sure there are so many more that I can't think of right now, so if I do I will make a fun facts part dos! Until then, BYE! 

Tis' the Season!

I want to start off by saying how thankful I am to have the opportunity to make our house a home. I was just looking back at the pictures I took from when we first moved in and man, was it bland! In the last six months we have transformed this house from the cold cookie cutter housing into something unique, that is just ours. I love decorating and I can't wait to continue to personalize each and every room in the house! And, you might of guessed... I love decorating for the holidays too! 

We have had our tree up since before thanksgiving!

We may have jumped the gun a bit... but I love our decorations!

This definitely makes it more homey for the holidays and maybe it will help make it better that neither Shawn nor I will be heading to New York for the holidays.

But we will have our home and our little family and friends to spend Christmas with! Now the lights outside, they were a challenge to put up!

Well, without a ladder and all! Good thing I have a very creative husband :)

Milo helped decorate, by knocking all the ornaments off the tree with his whip of a tail... everyday! 

But he's cute right? :)

We also had an amazing photo shoot so we will always have a keepsake from our very first Christmas as a family together <3

I am so thankful for my beautiful little family!

We had an amazing photo shoot with an amazing photographer. Even Milo was a great model! Speaking of Milo...

December didn't start off very well. On December first clumsy Milo took a tumble. He was playing with Shawn and chasing him down the stairs when he decided to jump from about eight stairs up. I've never heard him cry like that before and I never want to ever again. He broke four toes in his paw and he is now in a cast for a while and we are hoping that the splint works because if it doesn't the vet said he may need surgery.

Our pup is strong though :) He is back to his normal self... running around like a crazy boy with me chasing after him trying to calm him down! We know Milo is going to be fine and heal nicely because he is an amazing and strong dog and we have hope that he will not need surgery <3

Milo will hopefully get the cast off mid-January, but for now it is weekly check-ups. Thank goodness the cast doesn't phase him and he will be just as happy for the holidays!

 Thanks for reading again! We want to wish you the merriest Christmas and the happiest New Year! Happy Holidays from the Fremgen family, your favorite eskimos! <3

 Shawn, Ariana, and Milo of course!