20th anniversary.

last weekend, austin's fraternity celebrated the 20th anniversary of the founding of their chapter. and in order to celebrate this milestone, they had a big dinner party with a band and everything. of course, the best part about it was seeing all of our friends back in town. lindsy and rj came in and stayed with us for the weekend and it's always so much fun when they're in town.

we got to get all dressed up and take pictures, as usual.

and then, we danced. on the front porch. with the neighbors watching and all.

the dinner was held at lindsay street hall and was so fun. and we saw so many of our friends!

pretty girls {and yes, i stole this picture from facebook. thanks, erin!}

so, yeah. pretty much an awesome weekend. can't wait to do it again soon!

2013!

so, hey. it's 2013 now. has been for a day. and since austin and i actually got together with bri and josh for new year's eve i thought i would share a few pictures from the night.

and just because i never really made a post about our christmas decorations/tree/allthatjazz, a quick look at how our house was decked out for the holidays.

you can see the three ornaments we've picked out for each married christmas starting with the wedding cake ornament for 2010, the heart ornament for 2011, and our first christmas in our new home ornament for 2012. i like this little tradition of having an ornament to kind of represent the biggest thing that happened during that year.

so. anyway, happy 2013!

2012 wrap up.

whoa man. can you believe today is the last day of 2012? and to think, we were all told we'd never make it past the 21st. just like past years, here's a recap of the year in my life/blog.

apparently the month of january was less than eventful. but the year did start off with champagne, so... no compaints.

in february we bought a house. kind of a big deal.

read all about our house projects here and check out our checklist here.

we also celebrated austin's birthday in february.

march was somewhat uneventful too. work on the house, go to school, work on the house.

we got lots of work done on the outside of our house in april when momma and my timmy came to see us!

and miss juliet turned seven!

school's out for summer in may. which, of course, meant more work on the house.

june is always a good month. this year kasey came to visit.

i blogged everyday through wedding week 2012 leading up to our second wedding anniversary.

austin and i took a little trip back home in july to visit the family.

dad and robin came out to tennessee to see our new house in august.

and lindsy and katie surprised me by coming in town for the adpi beta beta house opening. bri came, too!

september was a fun month, too. austin and i took a trip to gatlinburg!

you guys know my favorite month of the year is october. always. austin took me camping and i wore lots of camo.

and he made me a cake!

we did the usual thanksgiving thing in november.

and obviously december was full of christmas, family, and friends.

so that's that. 2012 in summary. i'd say it was a pretty good year. but i have to say i've got a lot to look forward to in 2013. big things. like graduation. and a job.

p.s. here you can see my year-end posts from 2010 and 2011.