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Year in Review | 2021

annieamalone@gmail.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:59:59 +0000

When I started this blog, I published a Year in Review post almost every year around this time. They are time consuming to put together, but it’s always a lot of fun to look back on a year well spent, and worth it for my own memory book! Over the past several years, the kids have gotten older, our family was even busier, and somehow these posts fell by the wayside. Today, I am bringing back this tradition with a look back at 2021!

Travel

After the year we had in 2020, we were lucky and thankful to take quite a few wonderful trips in 2021! Here are some highlights.

Family

The kids are growing like crazy! They are all at such fun ages and it has been so much fun to see them grow and change, in the space of just one year. Here are a few “day in the life” posts, birthday recaps, and more!

Malone Maison

We have enjoyed our home so much this year! Here are a few requested updates.

Our Paint Colors | Our Outdoor Space | A Peek in Our Bathrooms

Holiday Celebrations

As the kids grow, I have loved celebrating each holiday with new activities and old traditions. Here is a look at how we celebrated a few holidays this year!

Easter | Halloween | Thanksgiving | Christmas

Entertaining at Home

If you have been around this blog any length of time, you know that I love an excuse to entertain. Here are a few of my most memorable parties from this year!

Recipes

Here are a few of my favorite recipes from this year…I have used them time and time again. I hope you will try these, and enjoy them as much as we do!

Main Dishes/Sides/Salads

Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya | Crabmeat Casserole | Cheesy Zucchini Chicken & Rice Bake | Crack Potatoes | Antipasto Arugula Salad

Appetizers

Desserts

Cinnamon Apple Pie | Halloween Desserts | Candy Cane Brownies

Cocktails

Thanksgiving Margarita | Strawberry Basil Margaritas | Summer Brew Cocktail

Tablescapes

No dinner party of mine is complete without a beautiful tablescape! Luckily, I snapped photos of all of my favorites! Holidays, memorable gatherings, and seasonal inspiration – it’s all included here.

Wow! It has been so much fun to look back. So many wonderful memories were made in 2021. I’m very excited to see what 2022 will bring. Cheers to another great year!

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Year in Review | 2018

annieamalone@gmail.com — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:25:53 +0000

Better late than never! I always love going down memory lane a bit and recapping the highlights from our year. I have been doing this for five years now and I always love looking back on our memories.

It was obviously a big year for us as we completed our family with baby Molly in September. When I look back at the start of 2018, I’m flooded with all the memories of sickness during the first half of my pregnancy. The blog posts were sparse, but we still managed to fit in some fun things. I know that the beach was my best cure!! In so many ways, that time seems like ages ago. Seeing Molly’s sweet smiles every day helps erase all those nauseous days with her in my belly.

:: IN 2018 ::

WE TRAVELED…

Disney // New Orleans // Rosemary Beach (Matt’s Birthday) // Vail // Rosemary Beach (Our Anniversary) // Rosemary Beach (Family Vacay) // Montgomery // West Palm Beach (Babymoon) // Gainesville // Rosemary Beach (Thanksgiving)

WE ENTERTAINED…

Brody’s Shark 5th Birthday // Madelyn’s Ice Cream 3rd Birthday // Madelyn’s Pinkalicious 3rd Birthday // Christmas Dirty Santa 5th Annual // NYE // Thanksgiving Table

WE CELEBRATED…

Easter // Blue Angels // AK’s Unicorn Party // Back to School // Halloween // Thanksgiving // Christmas

WE WATCHED THE KIDS GROW…

PREGNANCY…

:: Our Previous Year in Reviews ::

2017 |2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013

2018 Family Video

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Our Year in Review | 2017

annieamalone@gmail.com — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 12:00:23 +0000

Happy NYE friends! As we are wrapping up the year, I thought I would go down memory lane a bit and recap our year. I have been doing this for four years now and I always love looking back on our memories.

:: In 2017 ::

WE TRAVELED…

Sonoma // Disney World // Vail // New Orleans // Miami // Exumas // Destin // Martha’s Vineyard // Rosemary Beach

WE ENTERTAINED…

Brody’s 4th Birthday // Madelyn’s 2nd Birthday // Friendsgiving // Christmas Dirty Santa // NYE

WE CELEBRATED…

Easter // Baby Connors’ Christening //4th of July // Halloween // Thanksgiving // Christmas

WE WATCHED THE KIDS GROW…

Brody Year 4 | Madelyn 16 Months | Madelyn 19 Months | Madelyn Year Two

:: Our Previous Year in Reviews ::

2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013

:: 2017 Video in Review ::

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Year in Review | 2016

annieamalone@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:00:53 +0000

I love having a recap of our entire year. These posts are always time consuming to put together, but it’s so fun for me to look back on all the old posts and look what we fit into the year. These are all of our highlights. We love to travel, entertain, celebrate the holidays and watch our babies grow. These are the reasons I love to blog. Thanks for following along and for anyone that is new, this is a good time to catch up

:: In 2016 ::

We Traveled…

Meredith’s Baby Shower in New Orleans // Miami Bachelorette Weekend // Palm Springs // Baton Rouge Wedding // Newport RI // Atlanta // Rosemary Beach // Destin with Friends // Vail in August // Destin with Family

We Entertained…

Valentines Day // Baby Carter’s Baby Shower // My Nephews Train Birthday // Madelyn’s Baptism// Brodys 3rd Birthday // Madelyns 1st Birthday //3rd Annual Dirty Santa Girls Party

We Celebrated…

New Year’s Eve // Valentine’s Day // Mardi Gras // Easter // My Best Friends Wedding // 4th of July // Halloween // Thanksgiving // Christmas

We Watched the Kids Grow…

Madelyn

Month One // Month Three // Month Four and Five // Month Six // Month Seven // Month Eight // Month Nine // Month Ten // Month Eleven // Month Twelve

Brody

Year Three // Three Year Four Month Update // Brody’s Febrile Seizure

And a new blog design for Home of Malone’s in November!

New Design

And that’s a wrap folks!! Here’s a look at past years too:

2015

2014

2013

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Year in Review | 2015

annieamalone@gmail.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:30:00 +0000

These posts are always the hardest and most time consuming to write, but they are so fun to look back on. Twenty fifteen was exciting as we got to welcome our second child, Madelyn. The first half of the year was pretty tough for me since I spent a lot of it sick during my pregnancy; but looking back through my old posts, I’m still amazed at how much we accomplished.

Ringing in the start of 2015

We traveled quite a bit…

New York City // Seaside Bachelorette // Key West // Destin // Highlands, NC //

Anguilla

Vail, CO // Seaside Wine Festival // Miami

We announced that we were expecting Baby #2….

Pregnancy Round 2 Announcement // Boy or Girl Round 2 // Gender Reveal 16 Weeks // 20 Weeks // 27 Weeks // 33 Weeks// 36 Weeks // 38 Weeks

We welcomed Madelyn Faye…

Madelyn’s Birth Story

And we had lots of fun entertaining and hitting up some great parties…

My 30th Birthday Party // Nephew’s Easter 1st Birthday // Brody’s 2nd Birthday // Harry’s Sip and See // Madelyn’s Sip and See // Dirty Santa Party

Overall, it was a pretty fab year. If this year is any indication of what my 30’s will be like, I think I have a lot to look forward. Cheers to 2016!

Year in Review 2014

Year in Review 2013

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Year in Review | 2014

annieamalone@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:16:00 +0000

Within the first two weeks of 2014 we had the ultimate high of finally moving into our new home that we’ve been building all through 2013, but we also had the ultimate low as we lost my Father the same weekend. It was a really rough start to the year; but we grieved, stayed busy and continued to move forward as we had to raise a family of our own.

Shared our House …

First Floor // Second Floor // Brody’s Nursery // Master Closet // Carriage House and Man Cave

Traveled…

Tampa // Turks & Caicos // Miami // Vail with Brody // Seaside for Labor Day // New Orleans // Abacos, Bahamas // Aspen

Entertained…

Matt’s Birthday // Easter Weekend // Brody’s First Birthday // Formal Dinner Party // Dirty Santa Party

Watched Brody Grow…

Baby Brody : Month 7 // Baby Brody : Month 8 // Baby Brody : Month 9 // Baby Brody : Month 10 // Baby Brody : Month 11 // Baby Brody : Month 12 // Baby Brody : Month 15

For a look at last year…
Year in Review | 2013

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Year in Review | 2013

annieamalone@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 02:06:00 +0000

I started this blog just over a year ago and announced that we had a new home! Well, we actually had a piece of land that was going to be our new home. You can read that first post here. We have spent all of 2013 building our first home and I have documented it along the way. We started framing our house on January 2nd of this year and I can finally say we have a move in date of January 10th, 2014. It’s been a long journey and we’ve certainly learned a lot. We feel very fortunate, but hope not to do this again for a very long time!!! But I can’t wait to share the finished product with you guys during the new year. For now, here’s a look back on 2013….

We built a house…

We traveled a little bit…

We absolutely love to travel and happy that we were able to fit in a little this year even with Brody being born. We rung in the new year in Vail, CO with friends and family and I traveled to Charlotte to visit friends from college. We welcomed my sister-in-law into the family as her and my brother married in St. Petersburg, FL and then my whole family traveled to the Bahamas in April where we celebrated my Dad’s 60th birthday and Matt and I’s one year anniversary. After Brody was born, we made a few small road trips and took him to the beach in Destin and then traveled with out the baby one weekend to Rosemary Beach with friends.

We squeezed in a few parties…

We threw a super bowl party and saw Jimmy Buffet in concert. I went to New Orleans for my sister-in-laws bachelorette party during Mardi Gras and then we celebrated Mardi Gras back at home in Pensacola. We joined in one of the biggest 5K runs around for St. Patricks day and then partied for my brother’s wedding. We spent Memorial Weekend at home in Pensacola which was also the weekend we moved into my Mother’s house. I went to my 10 year high school reunion swollen and 37 weeks pregnant and then we hosted the holidays at our house my Mom’s house in Pensacola.

We announced we were pregnant with a baby boy…

In January, we announced we were pregnant with a baby boy and then spent the next 6 months celebrating him. We had lots of wonderful parties showering him with tons of gifts and patiently anticipating his arrival.

Our baby boy was born…

We have spent the second half of 2013 raising this amazing little boy. We are so lucky to have a healthy baby that brings us so much joy {most of the time}. You can read updates on this little man from this year, here. Every age is more and more fun just as people tell you and I feel so blessed to watch this little man grow every single day.

Cheers to 2014! I hope to slow down, be mindful, enjoy my family, appreciate my husband and all he does for our family, strive to be healthier and make sure not to take any day for granted.

xoxo,

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