it was

a highlight reel of of 2012. For better or worse.

Happy New Year Y’all!!

Cheers to feeling pretty all year round 🙂

I learned that almost nothing in this world makes me happier than singing.

I quit my job at the Hilton. After six years of servitude, I quit!

I quit so I could travel with people I love through Sri Lanka and the Maldives…

Josh and Mia got married and we got all dolled up for the occasion… 🙂

I got really into juice cleanses

and this guy…

and whiskey, but I guess that’s not all that new

And Candace got pregnant!!

and then poped out this little cutie! Tatum!!! We love you!

We said goodbye to the tree house.

And to people we love. Miss you Dennis J.

And then Cherokee Fade went tour through the Pacific Northwest and we went camping in Canada and fell a little more in love…

Miss Natalie came and went…

And the lovely miss Jenna Rae came back after wandering the globe to rejoin our clan 🙂

My big sister Danielle got engaged to Ryan!!!!!!

I spent an incredible week in July at Squaw Valley Writers Workshop and made the decision to go through with my applications for grad school and I was inspired to turn my short story into my first novel.

2013 will see… the completion of our new album Creek Don’t Rise, the first draft of my novel Outside Ohio, Danilelle’s wedding, and quite possibly a big move to a wonderful school of my choosing…. we shall see we shall see…