{the best of} 2013

These are some of my favorite things and favorite moments from 2013.  Thank you to everyone who loved, prayed for, and supported Frank and I this year in all the different ways you have.  We hope your 2013 was as fruitful as ours!

Favorite Life Moments of 2013

1. Our Wedding Day!
2. Our honeymoon
3. Cutting my hair the first time
4. Summer together
5. Frank's birthday
6. Family time
7. Frank's first 5K
8. Hearing my calling
9. Winter Formal
10. Our first Thanksgiving
11. Seeing the second Hobbit
12. Our first Christmas

Favorite Blog Moments of 2013

1. 100 Blogposts
2. Our Wedding
3. My Husband

MUSIC

Favorite songs listened to from 2013 (no particular order)

1. The Curse by Agnes Obel
2. You Know Me by Air Traffic Controller
3. House of War by Tristen
4. The Man Who Lives Forever and Ends of the Earth by Lord Huron
5. Fury oh Fury by Nico Vega
6. If I Had a Heart by Fever Ray
7. Down to the River by Brown Bird
8. Royals and Team by Lorde
9. Heartbeats by the Knife
10. Fire by Noah Gunderson
11. Gracefully Facedown by The Devil Makes Three
12. Blunt the Knives by The Hobbit Dwarf Cast
13. Sweet Tennessee by Judah and the Lion
14. Major by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
15. G# by Kitten
16. How You Like Me Now by the Heavy
17. Pompeii by Bastille
18. Lost in the Echo by Linkin Park
19. Hearbeat by Kopecky Family Band
20. Black and White and Blue by Ladyhawke
21. YOLO by The Lonely Island
22. All Saints Day by the Silent Comedy
23. Is Your Love Big Enough by Lianne La Havas
24. Change by Churchill
25. Gangsta by Tune-yards
26. Comeback Kid by Sleigh Bells
27. Thrift Shop by Mackelmore

Favorite Artists listened to from 2013

1. Agnes Obel
2. Kopecky Family Band
3. The Heavy
4. Brown Bird
5. The Devil Makes Three
6. Old Crow Medicine Show
7. Lorde
8. Lord Huron
9. Metric
10. Nico Vega
11. Awolnation
12. The Wiyos
13. Kristian Stanfill
14. Gungor
15. Phil Wickham
16. Matt & Kim

MOVIES

Favorite Movies Watched in 2013

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
3. Tombstone
4. Monsters U
5. Anchorman 2

TELEVISION

Favorite Television Shows Discovered in 2013

1. Duck Dynasty
2. Once Upon a Time
3. Downton Abbey
4. Property Brothers
5. Vikings
6. Brain Games
7. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
8. Allo Allo
9. The Black Adder
10. Sherlock
11. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
12. Swamp People
13. Band of Brothers
14. The IT Crowd
15. The Bible
16. Too Cute

Favorite Blogs Found in 2013

1. Today's Letters
2. Kyle Donn
3. Life Ever After
4. Life Ever After Photography
5. Old Enough For Fairytales
6. WanderLost

Favorite Websites from 2013

1. Nielson RewardTV
2. Half Cut Tea

I'm looking most forward to 2014 because...

1. Celebrating the second year I'm married to Frank.
2. Going to Johnson City for the first time
3. Getting my back completely fixed
4. Frank graduates!
5. Emily graduates!
6. To see this movie.
7. To see this TV series.
8. And this TV series.
9. Seth Myers hosting the Late Show
10. Getting to see what God has in store for us!!

2013 was jam-packed with lots of good times and memories.  Come on, 2014!  We are pumped and ready for you!  Happy New Year, life lovers!