Looking Back at 2015

With 2016 on the horizon (a beautiful horizon from our location in the Florida Keys!), I thought it would be a good time to reflect on all the wonderful moments of 2015. Here are a few of my highlights from the year:

1. 2015 was the year of the WEDDING. From a wonderful bridal shower, to a super fun girls bachelorette weekend in the mountains, to the actual wedding day – everything was perfect and more than we ever could’ve imagined. This was definitely the biggest highlight of the year! Check out all the wedding posts (with more to come!) here. 
2. Hosting super fun online fitness challenges. I’ve started taking my love for fitness virtual – via online challenges and even an online training group that I hosted while I was on the road for 2 weeks this fall. A few of the challenges: 12 days of fitness, Pro Tip series, Online Training Group, the Squat Challenge, the Push-Up Challenge, and the Plank a Day challenge. I can’t wait to host more online challenges in 2016!
3. Our mini-moon adventure to Roanoke. Any avid hiker knows about McAfee Knob, one of the most hiked and most photographed spots on the Appalachian Trail. I loved being able to share this with my husband! We enjoyed a lovely few quiet days together after the craziness of our wedding. I’m so glad we planned a mini-moon right after our wedding, in addition to our honeymoon to the Florida Keys!
4. Florida Keys honeymoon. When we started thinking about a honeymoon adventure, Johnny wanted to go somewhere warm. Florida became part of the conversation, then we decided to adventure to the Keys! Neither of us had been there before, and we’re total adventurers who love the idea of exploring lots of islands with different possibilities. So exciting!
5. Tons of fun fitness events. Whoa – we really did a lot this year! From 90s Zumba, Into the Jungle Zumba, and Disney Zumba to Sun Salutations in the Park (for the summer solstice), to Zumba in the Park, to the 31 planks challenge, to a Zumba Master Class – this has been an awesome year of fun fitness. I can’t even wait to see what is in store for 2016!
6. Fresh, local foods. I’ve been a Colchester Farm CSA member for nearly 5 years now. I love it! Johnny cooks every day, and we love incorporating fresh produce from the farm into our meals. This year, I even tracked a price comparison with local grocery stores. We’re all signed up for 2016 – you can be, too!! (edited in 2018 to note: Colchester is no longer in operation.)
7. Travels to fun places for work – Stanford, Muir Woods, the Golden Gate Bridge, Boulder, Aspen, San Diego, Houston and Austin. I love that my work enables me to travel all over the country!
8. Daily Yoga practice. With a few exceptions, I practiced yoga daily in 2015. I mostly followed the challenges by Kino and Kerri, and learned a lot about myself as a yogi this year. Yoga has helped me immensely with patience, self reflection, and mindfulness.
9. ZOOMA Race Ambassador. After running several ZOOMA races, I was so excited to be chosen as a 2015 ambassador for the Annapolis race! Even better, I recently found out I’d been chosen for the 2016 season, too. I’m so excited to ramp up training this spring.
10. Fit with Aundra. When I started this blog, it was Fit for Life, and it was a place to document adventures in homesteading. My blog and I have seen some amazing developments since that time (March 2010 so you don’t have to scroll back), and this year I officially merged the blog and fitness stuff under one roof. It’s been fun to work under this new name!                                                      

With all of these great events in 2015, I can’t even imagine what 2016 will bring. I’m excited for this New Year, and my FIRST full year as an Anderson!