I realized that today is the anniversary of our moving to Nebraska 19 YEARS AGO, which is a little insane! 😳 So much has happened and changed...including the length of my hair. 😄 During that time, I've graduated from high school, college, worked for the State of Nebraska (3 different senators) for over 10 years, owned/leased four cars (Eclipse, Lancer, Blue Outlander Sport and the "Iced Latte" Outlander Sport), traveled to five countries (Italy, Vatican, San Marino, Ireland and England), started a blog and photography company and learned that Nebraska has both a Hooker and a Keith County (but why?!?!).
I started scrolling through my Facebook pics and found ones from almost every year from 2000-2019. Admittedly a couple of the dates are conjecture, but considering what was going on around them, they're pretty educated guesses.
Here's a smattering of the last nineteen years, from our fateful Midwest vacation that landed us in Nebraska (long-ish story) to my utter lack of love for winter, 2019.
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| Wildlife Safari Park, Ashland NE 2000 |
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| Vacation, 2000 I had those glasses that would tint in the sun, but never quite get clear when indoors. Not my smartest choice, lol. |
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| Cabin in Colorado with the Boucheys, Fall 2001 |
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| Feeding a chipmuck in the Rockies, 2001 |
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| Pres. Bush rally with Abby and Mom (the photo taker), 2003 |
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| Some dude in glasses (sans hat), Jared, Bill, Mike and I at the Pius Prom, 2004 |
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| The dress I wanted for our graduation dinner-dance, but it cost $400 (so I didn't keep it). 2004 |
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| Me, Bill, Mike and Jared at our End of the School Year Party, 2004 |
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| Matt and my extra curly hair at the Winter Dance, 2005 |
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| I also found this one of Sam, Tommy and Matt from that night , which is amazing. They were such babies... and now they're all grown up! |
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| Roughhousing with Johnny, Christmas 2006 |
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| Napping with tiny Joey, 2006 |
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| On the side of a mountain in South Dakota with Bill, Abby and Matt J., 2007 |
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| Houston with Jessica J., 2008 I lost a game of giant chess. |
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| My first car (Mitsubishi Eclipse), 2008 |
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| Mom and me in Italy, 2008 |
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| Freezing in Anchorage, 2009 |
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| HuHot with Abby and Maura, 2009 |
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| I was the maid of honor at Jessica J-now-C's wedding, 2011 |
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| Quick selfie before my first Josh Groban concert, 2011 |
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| Loveland Pass, Colorado. 2012 |
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| Jack-in-the-box with Maryann (picture taker), Brandon and Bill, 2012 I was so happy, because I never get JitB. The guys thought I was super weird...which is fair. 🥪🌮 |
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| Found my office Halloween costume, 2013 |
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| Denver Botanic Garden, 2014 |
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| I realized Matt and I didn't really have any pictures together as adults, so a friend of mine kindly took some for us in 2014. |
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| Halloween at the Capitol, 2015 |
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| A Tardis appeared at The Grand Theater, 2015 |
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| John Vesely of Secondhand Serenade stuck around after their concert to take pics with fans. 2015 |
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| Matt and I at the Governor's Inauguration Ball, 2015 |
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| Snapped a selfie before heading to KC for The Fray and David Cook concert, 2016 |
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| Matt, two of his friends and I at the Chargers v Broncos game, 2018 |
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| My hair with a blue hue, 2019 |
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| Why is it cold? Winter should be abolished. 2019 |
Did you participate in the 10 year photo challenge? Find any fun old pics from 10 (or 19) years ago? It is the blessing and curse of our photos living online. It can be fun to occasionally go through old ones...but it also means there will be ones that you wish didn't exist...online...forever. 😐
~ Katie Q. 🐧
Bonus pics of mini-me! These are a couple of my all time favorites. :)
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| Easter, 1988 |
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| October, 1989 |
Oh my goodness Katie! What a joy to read this and see the photos! I LOVE them all! I've scrolled through 3 times now and smiled each time! So many happy memories. THANK YOU!
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