2012 Recap ...in Twelve 12x12 Collages =)

JANUARY

• Rang in the New Year with Tulsa friends at Nathan's
• Made the official decision to return to school! (Storyline post - Jan. 5th)
• Read The Help
• Helped plan and throw Baby Showers for Rach! :)
• Chuck series finale (yep, this qualifies as a major event for me) =)

 FEBRUARY

• Jace Michael was born on the 2nd! =)
• Started school at SNU! (the 20th)
• Movie nights with Malori
• Birthdays - Jace, Rach, Baby Anthony (a month early), and me!!
• Redrock with friends for my 28th b-day dinner & got a "bouquet of sharpened pencils" from Lauralai (with several other theme gifts to celebrate my return to school)
• Tried to do one random act of kindness every day
• Celebrated Leap Day with Laura (& Tres Leches cake at Chuys!)

MARCH

• My first OKC Thunder game - thanks, Malori and CHK
• Read Little Women for the first time - awesome!
• Jogged 55+ miles in training for the OKC half
• Saw Hunger Games (twice in its opening weekend)
• Started Beth's James study with Ruth's LG
• Walk/jogs at Crescent Park with Laura
• Bubby Jace with his Zoolander face - love it!
• Courthouse construction (complete with foul smells & flooding)

APRIL

• The long-awaited 3D re-release of Titanic!!
  (Saw it once with Mom, just like old times, then one final time (#15) on the actual 100 year anniversary of the sinking!)
• Read Brene Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection
• Dr. GhostBear's class - learned about the 4-stage transition cycle
  (and the personality/seasons comparison)
• Triston and Carter turned 4 and 5  =)
• Lots of fun times with the nephews!
• Visiting Baby Anthony at the hospital...
  (All surgeries went well and he has made good progress!) :)
• Lunches with K-Lamb talking about her upcoming wedding
• Learned that Chet and I both made it in the NWM lottery...
  Pretty sure we were both half-excited, half-dreading it. lol
• Ran (mainly walked) the OKC Half!
  Watched Chet Lee get his full marathon medal!! :)

 MAY

• Walks with Joan at Haikey Creek
• Our 1st baby-filled family get-together!
• Decorated Kristin & Frankie's house with Mom
  (while they were at the hospital with Anthony)
• Babah's 76th bday... swimming in JoBug's pool & hot tub!
• Cruise Party/Nathan bringing back the fanny pack!
• Thunder in the playoffs
• Read Soul Detox
• Gave my testimony at LG (the 16th)
• Wrote 31 blog tributes! :)

JUNE

• BattleCreek Orphan Run 5k with Laura
• Read The Road Less Traveled 
• Had to stop run training for a few weeks (based on what turned out to be just a cyst)
• Called off the marathon; a decision I haven't regretted!
• Fun times & hilarious conversations with Dentist Neil
  (getting my crown redone - third time was a charm!)
• Moved into our new offices and re-done courtroom at work!
• Wrecked (and totaled) Lexi on the 22nd - sadness -
  Also had my 1st ambulance ride!
• Red Robin lunch with Dad's fam (Texas Mueckes in town for a golf tourn.)

JULY

• Road trip to Republic for Malori's 29th b-day
• Chet Lee's 24th b-day Surprise party (Murder Mystery theme!)
• K-Lamb's wedding shower at The Chapel in the Woods
• Read the Enneagram book on personality types :)
• Grandad's 83rd birthday at Cheddars
  (& the pic of him & Jace that I love)
• I started this new blog
• My judge's heart attack (the 17th)  :(
• Rach and Josh's one-year anniversary!
• Met Ruby, my new red SUV :)

AUGUST

• Mini-reunion night with Holly, Megs, and Rach! :)
• London 2012 ~ Gabby Douglas & the "Fab Five" Olympic gold medals! :)
• Finished Dr. Frisbie's class (on the 6th, to be precise)
  "To sum up:  Best ever.  I do not say that lightly." :)
• Kristin's bachelorette party 
• Read Right from the Start
  (Charlestons, Purple Glaze, & an eventful drive to the skating rink)
• Bridesmaid at Kristin & Jon's wedding!! (Saturday, the 4th) 
• Cassie & Phillip's wedding (later the same day) with Malori & LG friends
• Agonized over grad school options... landed right where I started.

SEPTEMBER

• Race for the Cure 5k with Mindi (on "Kelly's Angels" team!)
• "Math Month" - Stats class and GRE prep
• Chet Lee bought a house (& I took pics at the closing)! lol
• Painting Party for Chet's house
  Same weekend as my GRE test (the 22nd)
• Read Quiet (loved it!)
• Tara Lynn moved to OKC for a job at Jordan Advertising 
• Crickets everywhere  - out of control!
• Lifetime Fitness gym membership... 
  Hot tub, group training, & spin classes with Natalie and Jessica
  Chet and Jeff joined us for spin class (& fun pictures) :)

OCTOBER

• Sound of Music party at Malori's & Harry Potter marathon after that :)
• Jeff's epic Bieber-themed b-day party! :)
• Re-read The Shack
• Rach and Josh moved to their new place
  Painted the red swirl wall...
  Andrew:  "That looks bad-...... to the bone." lol  
• Learned about and started considering Mercy Ministries!
• Saw Perks of Being a Wallflower
• My judge returned to work (after a couple months with JSV)

NOVEMBER

• Wrote a daily thankfulness post
• Traded decorations with Rach and decorated my house with Mom! :)
• Started reading the Mercy For... series by Nancy Alcorn
• Started Counseling (what the Nordaggio's hot chocolate pic symbolizes)
• Women's Self-Defense class with Malori at NorthChurch - awesome!
• Read Book Thief & participated in my first-ever Book Club =)
• President Obama re-elected :(
  (Watched the results with Laura, Kristin, and Tara again)
• Friends-giving at Chet's =)
• Plea transcript marathon weekend with Mom!!
• Thanksgiving (lunch at Rach's and dinner at Nancy's)
  T-Man's "Everybody likes to take a holiday" song performance :)
• OSU game with Laura (Dad's suite tickets, and it was game 7!) 
• Carterman in the hospital for a while with HSP :(

 DECEMBER

• Random night that shall live in infamy:
  Ruby died at CP; Laura had to stay with me that night and got really sick :(
  The car's battery was replaced... both Ruby and Laura have recovered well. :)
• Celebrating Laura's b-day at Chuy's
• Read He Loves Me 
• Caroling at Aberdeen Heights
• Interviewed for and turned down a position in Tulsa County
• Hosting the 12-12-12 Christmas party with Mindi
• Rach made me 2 awesome Pinterest wreaths!
• Karli's sugar cookies & White Christmas girl's night party!
• Jace-in-a-box (love that pic!)
• Christmas & New Years Eve will be covered in a future post, I'm sure. =)