AJ
and Vicky’s Year in Review
That’s right, this year
AJ and myself have joined forces to bring you our year in review. If there was
a word to describe this year it might be CATS. We started the year off by
welcoming Topcat into our lives and by April he was joined by Baby, they are
happily settled into their ownership of us and make sure things run smoothly at
the apartment. Baby has taken to making sure that we are up daily by 6:30am,
sometimes she is nice on the weekends at lets us sleep till 8. Topcat has made
it his job to stand watch at our front window and make sure no one weird comes
into the apartment building.
Another word we could
use to describe the past year would be FOOTBALL, or as most American’s call it,
Soccer. Our household is truly filled with soccer every day. On any given day
AJ can be leaving or coming back from one of his four games depending on the
season, the cats have taken to making sure his stinky socks move around the
whole apartment. We could also be talking about our 2014 trip to Brazil to
watch the World Cup or getting ready for a Premier League game at our favorite
Irish Pub Mage Pies (Go Arsenal!). AJ this past year traveled with the
Rochester Chapter of the American Outlaws to watch the USA vs. Mexico friendly
game and he came back to tell about it.
We are also please to
let everyone know that all the members of my family under 4 feet, or as I
collectively call them the Babies, know that AJ’s name is really AJ and not CJ
as they thought last Christmas J. He has taken to spreading is love of
soccer to them near and far. He also survived is first trip to New Jersey and
is hopefully that my newest baby cousin Luca will be the next great USA player
and that possible Dylan will be the next great goalie.
A word that has for
many years described me was PAGEANTS, sadly April marked my 24th
birthday and the end of my eligibility in the Miss America System. I have so many wonderful experiences
throughout my years in the system and truly meet so the greatest girls and
volunteers ever. I competed again in October in the Miss New York International
Pageant and was so happy to be able to be there to support a good friend of
mine as she gave up her crown. I am also happy to announce that while I am not
competing anymore I have accepted a board position with the Miss Greater
Rochester Scholarship Program, which was my first pageant even in the Miss
America System I will be serving as their Public Relations Chair.
BIRTHDAY was something
else we celebrated a lot of this past year. We celebrated my father’s 80th
Birthday. AJ also celebrated his last birthday in his 20s, he celebrated it in
fine fashion along with St. Patrick’s Day in March. I participated in Relay for
Life this year, helping to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s campaign
for more birthdays. I celebrated my birthday this past year the Zonta’s Annual
Lucky Numbers Luncheon, the first one I have attended as a member of Zonta
International.
Those words really
bring to focus a lot of what we have done over the past year….now on to 2012!
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year we hope this letter fines you happy and
healthy.
Love,
AJ, Vicky, Topcat and
Baby
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