Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's already 2013! (Side note: I realize January is now almost over, but this post has been sitting in my drafts for about a month now -- 2013 has been crazy busy already --so, read or skip this, I don't care, I wasn't prepared to just delete it :)

 Here's a look back at some of the highlights of my 2012...

In January, I made my first big, big girl purchase when I bought a car for myself. It was a 2008 Lincoln MKx, and I loved it!

Kody and I also got to go see the Razorbacks play KState in the 2012 Cotton Bowl. It was our second time to go to a bowl game together, and it was fun to celebrate a win! (Side note, KState fans are the nicest -- so glad they had such a good season this year!)

February wasn't too exciting as far as I remember, but it did bring me an Erin Condren planner for Valentine's Day. Thanks, boyfriend :) I received my new one for this year already--I love them!

March brought my last spring break as a student. Our fun "Emily, Party of Six" group (inside joke) planned a last minute vacation to Gulf Shores. I always have a great time with this group, and I look forward to many more vacations with them :)

In April, Kody and I celebrated his 24th birthday and our 4th anniversary together. I gave him a bow that I had kept secret (along with a lot of help from our friends/family) for over four months! I also made these tasty golf cupcakes that turned out pretty well.

Kody and I also attended his "Cadaver Ball" at UAMS in April. Despite the name of the event, it was a good time. 

In May, I started this blog. I celebrated getting my Master's degree in Higher Education from the University of Arkansas, and we spent a fun weekend on the lake for Memorial Day with great friends!

June was FULL of weddings and wedding showers. You can check those out here, here, and here. It was also spent getting ready for July...

July was BY FAR the best month of 2012! We spent the entire month in Paris (and about a week in London by the time we left). We had the most amazing time, saw so many awesome things, ate great food, shopped, learned a lot, and immersed ourselves in the Parisian lifestyle. I celebrated my 24th birthday in London complete with a trip to Harry Potter Studios (best. day. ever.) Just check out all of my July (and some of August) posts to see all of the awesomeness. I'm ready for another trip! As an added bonus, Kody got me my very first pair of diamond earrings for my birthday :)

August brought two more weddings that were both beautiful for beautiful friends!

I also got to make a trip to St. Louis with my dear friend/college roomie, Heather, to see our other college roomie/friend, Monica. I miss seeing these two so much!

September was pretty quiet, but we did spend another fun Labor Day weekend on the lake with wonderful friends! Also, my trusty first car finally went out on us, so my mom purchased a new car! (New car #2 for us in 2012.) Mom was entered in a drawing and won Razorback tickets that we used later that month which was a lot of fun (despite the loss). Kody, Kent and I also had a fun weekend in Little Rock watching the Hogs play! We all love football season!

October was full of fun! The two main events were UAFS' Alumni Weekend and Madeline and Maxx's beautiful wedding. Both events were a lot of fun, and it was great to catch up with old friends and make new ones on both occasions.

I also got to enjoy spending time with these sweet girls - love my lovely nieces so much :)

November started out pretty rough. On the seventh, I was in my very first car accident. Don't want to rehash it, but here's my pretty car afterwards :(

Three days after this wreck, I helped host a baby shower for my dear friend, Hannah.

After a lot of stressful car shopping (not fun), I finally decided on this brand new car. My very first brand new car, and our family's third car purchase of the year (and hopefully last for a very long time).

December was spent being thankful, spending lots of time with family and friends, and oh yeah, starting a new job! Hence, this post has been sitting unpublished for almost a month.

It was a crazy and fun, sometimes crazy fun, 2012, and I'm excited to see what 2013 has in store!