January
We rang in the New Year at our local Dueling Piano Bar, with my dearest friend, Cute Apartment.
Cute Apartment hosted a Very Merry Taco Tuesday Club Belated Christmas Party, which sadly was one of our last outings as the group sort of splintered in the coming months.
I managed to spell my own last name wrong, and document it at that.
Handsome Husband's family spent a Day at the Races in Santa Anita, and we made some moola by betting on horsies with cute names.
My favorite girlfriends and I took off the Arizona for Girls Weekend 2012, a tradition started the year prior in Palm Springs for my Bachelorette Party.
I got together with my blogging buddies, Neely and Amber, and co-hosted the Fabulous Valentines Challenge here on this little blog.
I started my Lots of Link Love series, and have loved spending the year recapping my favorite posts around the blogosphere.
February
Cute Apartment, Tutor Girl and myself headed to San Diego for my first-ever (and sadly, so far the only) Blogger Meet-up! You can read about it on their blogs HERE and HERE.
HH's fam hosted another quarterly Poker Tournament, and Handsome Hubs himself took home the trophy this time!
We celebrated our first married Valentine's Day together, which truthfully was quite uneventful, but for some very sweet surprise gifts in my car after class from HH.
Tutor Girl and I hosted a Springs Sweets Swap on our blogs!
I had a friendship end unexpectedly, that truth be told still leaves me quite confused and hurt (10 months later).
We celebrated our first wedding anniversary, and I surprised HH with a dinner full of friends in San Diego.
March
As always, March was filled with birthdays - my Hat Daddy-o's, mine and HH's to name a few.
We officially started our Hunt to Homeownership on March 3rd - the day that we saw our home for the first time.
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day at a local pub, but not before being super social (as seen below) at a house party.
HH and I headed to Vegas for the weekend with Cousin Ronomon and Tutor Girl to celebrate our birthdays, anniversaries, and anything else we could think of at the time!
I celebrated my 1-year Blogaversary with a week of guest posts about Why We Blog.
April
We celebrated Easter with a brunch at Aunt Fancy Chef's House, and a dinner with Cute Apartment and her new boyfriend, Number Cruncher.
The fam, HH and myself headed to the little town of Blythe to celebrate some family anniversaries and birthdays - and spend some time with my favorite cousins.
Grandpa Backgammon celebrated a birthday in fun way with a night of wine tasting, lovingly planned by Gma Beach Bum!
The Family Golf Tournament came and went, and again I served my purpose as non-golfer, but super great photographer.
Twin Unicorn and I marched along with Grandma Beach Bum in the annual March for Babies Walk in Newport Beach.
May
Sister Singer performed in her last musical in high school, and we cheered her on like always.
We celebrated Mother's Day with a brunch in Newport Beach, followed by a fabulous Potluck at Grandma Beach Bum's.
I chopped off my super long hair to donate to Locks of Love.
HH and I headed to Palm Springs for the weekend with some of our closest friends to celebrate Memorial Day!
Felt like a real grown-up when I had to take a day off work to serve at Jury Duty for the first time.
June
Another month full of birthdays - Sisters Singer and Swimmer turned 18, and Gardening Mom celebrated one too (and y'all know I know better than to share a grown ass woman's age on this blog!).
We got together to celebrate Mr. Boot Camp's college graduation - fajitas, Patron and beer made for quite the little shindig.
Handsome Husband had a stomach ache one night that ended up being appendicitis and resulted in him having an emergency appendectomy - this was scary and I wrote about my minor parking lot breakdown HERE.
We watched Sisters Singer and Swimmer walk across the stage and throw their hats in the air as they graduated high school.
To round out their big graduation weekend, we headed to Arizona to celebrate their accomplishment and Fathers Day with Best Cousin and company. Best Cousin wrote about it HERE.
We got together with some of our dear friends from San Diego to wish Twin Navy well on his adventure to Boot Camp (and incidentally, we will be seeing him again for the first time since next weekend!).
We jetted off to Florida for our long-awaited Disney World trip with my Sisters!
While I was in Florida, I had some fantastic bloggers share their stories about life When They Were 18.
July
We had a low-key 4th of July with multiple barbeques and some fireworks at our beloved local lake.
We were finally knee-deep into escrow for our first home, and we had an inspection near the end of the month.
The fair came to town, and we enjoyed a day with our friends.
I planned a fun Family Girls' Night Out at The Melting Pot, and we enjoyed martinis and fondue on a lovely Tuesday night.
August
The month started off extreme with our annual Arizona trip.
HH and I celebrated four years of being an us by going to an All American Rejects concert at the Fair!
My amazing Handsome Husband had orientation for Law School, and attended his first official day as a Law Student!
We headed up to Los Angeles to celebrate BF Fashionista's birthday at a fun sushi restaurant.
Cousin Ronomon had a birthday and we spent a day at the park celebrating.
Right before the month ended, we closed escrow and officially became homeowners!
September
We moved into our new home, and rejoiced that we had finally made it there!
Grandma Beach Bum celebrated a milestone birthday, and we had a lovely night out at the St. Regis to celebrate.
Our incredible friends helped us over one long weekend to paint the majority of our house, and we were insanely grateful.
October
I celebrated my one year anniversary at my big girl nursing job, and even got a little raise!
We got to head to San Diego for Alumni Weekend at HH's Alma Mater and spend some time with our old friends.
Gardening Mom and I headed to a family Halloween Party, where I rocked my Honey Boo Boo costume all night long!
Handsome Hubster was the coolest guy around when he brought my Halloween Layer Dip to work for a potluck.
November
We finally got to celebrate our newfound homeownership with friends and family when we hosted our Housewarming Party at the beginning of the month.
Tutor Girl did us a total solid and took some photos for our Holiday Cards this year. See some hilarious outtakes HERE.
Best Cousin came for a visit and we had some wonderful girl talk.
Mother-in-Law Red celebrated a milestone birthday and we had a wonderful brunch at Grandma Beach Bum's in her honor.
We got to attend the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony for HH's (and Gardening Momma's) company again, and enjoyed some music, food and friends as always!
I spent a weekend in LA visiting with three of my favorite girls ever: Sister Swimmer, and Best Friends Fashionita and Swagger.
Cousin Ronomon hosted a fantastic birthday dinner for Tutor Girl in their home fit with amazing homemade Italian food.
We celebrated Thanksgiving with dinner at Gardening Momma's and dessert at Grandma Beach Bum's.
HH's family had their annual Ladies' Baking Day where we got to make tons of holiday goodies together!
The family weekend for HH's family continued, as we got together to take portraits as a group.
December
I hosted a little girls' night in when I had a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Viewing Party at our house.
We were very multicultural when we attended our town's Christmas Tree Lighting and Menorah Lighting all in one weekend.
HH and I got to pick out our first ever real tree together for our first Christmas in our new home!
Handsome Husband, Cousin Study Buddy and I hit the road up to Orange for a little shindig to celebrate the end of finals for our law students (first semester, that is) - all dressed to the nines in ugly Christmas sweaters of course.
Aunt Fancy Chef hosted another wonderful Ladies' Tea for us to celebrate the holidays together.
Gardening Mom has a beautiful Hanukkah Dinner, and I didn't consume nearly enough latkes to tide me over all year.
I hosted my first big holiday at our home: Christmas Eve. With beef tenderloin, Christmas music, and a trip to see the lights around the neighborhood - the night was a wonderful success.
Handsome Husband and I had our first ever alone Christmas morning together, and it was glorious.
Christmas Day was long but lovely - presents at Gardening Mom and Hat Dad's, brunch at a local golf course with a gorg view, and an afternoon and evening of family fun at Grandma Beach Bum's.
We had a fabulous night out with some of my oldest friends at our very favorite dive bar.
And funny enough, tonight the year will end just how it started: at our local Dueling Piano bar with friends, booze and lots of laughs.
What a great year - hope 2013 is just as fun for you!
ReplyDeletesomeone def had an amazing 2012! hopefully 2013 treats you just as good :)
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