Cori's Wedding

We had such a wonderful time at Cori and Charlie's wedding in Florida. She was a beautiful bride and everything about the wedding was perfect. I had a lot of fun staying up all night drinking wine in the hotel lobby with my Mom and Aunt Terri and on the wedding night we danced the night away. One 2012 wedding down and 4 more to go!

The Happy Couple

The Wedding Party: 3rd from left is Stephen my Cousin and last on the right is my cousin Brittany, Cori's little sister

It was a beautiful setting and they had a bubble machine

you can kind of see them floating in the background

(I love the string of lights in the background)

With My Grandma

Brittany

The Awesome Candy Bar my Aunt did all on her own

The Cake

Elaina & her Mommy Sylvia who is getting married to my Cousin Stephen in NYC in November.

They won the Hudson Terrace Contest for a Dream Wedding

Here are a few pics from the trip before the Wedding

They are dressed as opposites

At the Rehearsal Dinner with all the Willett Cousins

Agenda for 2012

I have so many goals for 2012 and feel like I'm already behind since I am writing this post half way into January. 2012 is going to be a jam packed year. We already have 5 weddings, 3 vacations (so far), Brian's 8 interviews for fellowship, a Derby Party (since we aren't going to Louisville this year), and a high school reunion on the books. Between our crazy schedules my goals are to:

Spend more time and make more of an effort to go out with friends & family

Work out 3x a week

Blog More

Watch less TV

Get up to date on my scrapbooking

And

Complete My 2012 Reading List:

• Pulphead Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan
• Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
• Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
• Mrs Pergerine's home for Peculir Children
• The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
• The Passage by Justin Cronin
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• The Tigers Wife by Tea Obreht
• The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
• Playdate by Thelma Adams
• The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
• The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale
• Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
• Love the One your With by Emily Giffin

Cheers to a busy year, time flies when you are having fun.

New Year's Eve

On New Year's Eve we had a fun night out with friends despite being seated an hour after our reservation time. I was actually quite mad and let the manger know it. What is the point of having a reservation if you are going to have to wait an hour to be seated? At least they made up for it with 4 free appetizers, a bottle of champagne, and a champagne toast at midnight for our table. It ended up being fine since we didn't have plans for after dinner anyways and we finished eating just before the ball dropped and we all rang in the new year together. We haven't been in town for New Year's Eve in 4 years so it was really nice to ring in the new year with some of my closest friends.

Cheers

Friends since 6th grade, it's crazy that I have known these girls for 16 years

Megan & Lonnie

Brian was getting ready for his kiss at midnight

TGF...Mia 2

Thank Goodness for the Clarisonic Mia 2. The Mia 2 was a great late night buy off QVC :) I should probably title this post TGF QVC because when the stores are closed and you are sick of searching on the web you can always shop on TV. It is an amazing skin cleaner and my skin has never felt so clean as it did the first time I used it and it only takes one minute. I also love that the one I got is purple zebra.

From the web site:

Traditional methods of cleansing don’t get your skin as clean as you’d think. Fortunately, the lead inventor of Sonicare discovered a breakthrough in how we cleanse. Using Sonic Technology, Clarisonic’s patented micro-massage motion works within skin’s natural elasticity to gently remove the impurities traditional methods leave behind- leaving skin softer, smoother and more beautiful.

• Cleanses 6x better than with your hands alone in just 60 seconds
• Works with skin, not against it, to gently massage away impurities trapped within pores
• Prepares skin for better absorption of creams, serums and moisturizers
• Gentle enough to use 2x a day

Surprise Mom...Happy Birthday!

My Mom's birthday is on New Years Day so I rarely am able to celebrate with her. This year she was turning 50 so I knew I had to plan something big. She has never had a surprise party thrown for her and I love to plan a party so...Surprise Party! My mom always does so much for everyone else I really thought she deserved this party but it was so hard not telling her about all the planning details especially since I talk to her everyday. The party was a big success and she was beyond surprised, I think she was shocked. We had a great turn out and my Aunts and Uncles even drove up from Atlanta. (This post has a lot of pictures and I didn't even use half of them from that night.) Thanks to everyone who helped and for keeping it a SECRET!

To throw my Mom off we told her we wanted to celebrate her Birthday by going to eat a nice dinner together at Porcini's

At Dinner

The Surprised Look on her Face as She Entered the Party

This was her expression when she saw my Aunt's and Uncle's who drove up from Atlanta

The 3 Willett Sister-in-laws

Mom with her Friends

My Decorations:

This was the only Picture that you could see my Banner I made in the background with my Cricut Machine

My Center Pieces were giant champange glasses filled with gumballs that said "50 BLOWS" with balloons tied on top & the cake

It took all 4 of us to blow out the 50 candles

The Allgeier Family Pics

Schulz/Willett Family

The Willett Family

We Hung Out With Our Great Friends All Night and Had A Great Time

Visiting Friends and Babies

One of the highlights of our vacation was visiting with all the little ones, some aren't so little anymore though, they grow so fast. I witnessed Jude dancing, Milly and Clarabelle clapping, and had an afternoon of fun with the Durst clan. I miss these little guys so much but maybe we won't live quite so far away for too much longer.

Me & Milly

Playing with Jude. He was so cute this night Meagan and I went to dinner and he was dancing to the music but then he threw his nunu in the pond and it became an obsession until they left and drove strait to Walgreens to get a new one.

Go CARDS!

Baby Kathryn

Sweet Cuddly Hayden

These four are putting their heads together for no good