2012 Part 2

Here it is! Part 2 of our 2012!

July - San Antonio/Clader Wedding Weekend

With my handsome date, the pretty bride & Taylor with some of his buddies.

One of Taylor's buddies and groomsmen was married the last weekend in July in San Antonio. It was an amazing trip and we had a great time.  We then were able to ride from Houston to SA with some good friends, Stephanie & Preston and Casey. We stayed at Stephanie's ranch and house with other friends (future Raineys) for the weekend. We were able to kayak and hang out in the river during the day before the wedding - SO MUCH FUN! The wedding was beautiful and we were able to catch up with a lot of friends and Taylor's buddies. We were so grateful to have a mini vacation to Texas!

August - Our FIRST Anniversary & I Started Nannying

We celebrated our first anniversary in Atlanta, Georgia. This was such a fun time that it will have its own post as well! We had many adventures and enjoyed ourselves greatly! 

In July I had some drama with my job (staffing) and made the decision to walk away. Although it was a  scary time for Taylor & I, the Lord provided and I was given the opportunity to start nannying in August. I am so thankful that it happened! I have fallen in love with my little man Lawson. Here he is my first day I started. He is now 13 months old! I will have a post all about my time with him as well. 

CUTIE PIE

September - Arkansas Game Weekend

Arkansas Game!

The Chicken with Kristin, Jacklyn, Ryan and Charles!

In September we celebrated my birthday by going to College Station and attending the A&M vs. Arkansas game with Tim & Betty. It was SUCH A BLAST! It was so nice to beat the ever living out of Arkansas! ESPECIALLY after they have beat us the past three years. And we didn't just beat them, we WHOOPED them! WHOOP! :) It truly was a great time! It was so fun having family there as well. ALSO, my very sweet husband threw me a surprise party with the help of my good friends on Friday night before yell practice. It was amazing. I felt so loved and had a great time being surprised. AND I had the pleasure of meeting my good friend's new boyfriend...and I adored him! (hehe Ryan & Charles). 

Surprise Birthday Party!

October - Ole Miss Game

Ryan & Holly after our VICTORY

We attended our first SEC away game in October at the Ole Miss game in Oxford. It was such a fun experience. We met some friends in downtown Oxford for a BBQ lunch. Then we walked around the square some before heading to the car to wait out the rain. Then we walked to the Grove to tailgate before the game. It was a blast! We had never seen anything like it before. Tents were back to back and they all had the full set up of food, drinks, tv's and even some chandeliers! Then we went to the actual game with our good friends Ryan, Charles, Clay & Holly. It was an intense game, and probably the best game I have ever attended. We were up, we were down, we were down even more...and then we were on the ONE YARD LINE down by +10 with 6:00 left! AND WE WON! It was just....wow! We are hoping to make it back to Oxford this year as the game is there again! 

November - Des Moines & BTHO Alabama and Thanksgiving

As the year ended we seemed to become more and more busy! But it was a blast! The second weekend of November I was able to fly up to Des Moines Iowa and surprise one of my best friends for her birthday! Melissa & Lans moved to Des Moines in 2010 after their wedding in July for Lans to attend podiatry school. I had seen Melissa three times since then. Once she surprised me at our couple's shower in May of 2011, then again in June 2011 at our best friend Caitlyn's wedding and then the last time was at our wedding in August of 2011. So needless to say, it was time to see her again! It was a great weekend. I was able to see where they have lived for the past two years, their church and meet many of their good friends. I loved every minute of it, and of course I just love surprising people! I also was able to watch A&M BTHO alabama while I was there. What a great memory to have! I will never forget it. By the way, WE BEAT ALABAMA! AHHHHH! WHOOOOOOOP!

As always, we celebrated Thanksgiving in November as well. This year was the LaCoe & Kauffman sides of the family to split us. We spent two days with each family. This works out so well and gives us good time with everybody. Thanksgiving was great with both families. I have learned to love the Kauffman thanksgiving of fried turkey strips (SO GOOD)!!!!

And of course I will always love my traditional Thanksgiving turkey with my family. It was so sweet of them to wait until Saturday to have Thanksgiving dinner with us. We have a lot to be thankful for and I love that we have a holiday that reminds us of that. 

December - Johnny Heismanziel & PJ Party : Christmas & New Years in Sequin

WHAT A YEAR! We wrapped it up with some really good memories! Johnny Football helped to start the month off well by bringing home the Heisman trophy! What a fun moment to witness. I cannot wait until Taylor & I tell our children about Johnny Football and the year a freshman won the Heisman! 

We were invited to our friend's daughter's 3rd Birthday party. The Grays are a wonderful couple at Creekwood that they have become good friends of ours. Eric is the youth minister there and they have two beautiful little girls. Kenley's 3rd birthday party was a PJ party, and you better believe we went with our footie pajamas on! Our good friends Ashley & Ryan joined in on the fun!

This year we celebrated Christmas with the Smiths and the Bedrichs. We spent the weekend before Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas day with the Smiths. It was fun to experience new traditions and spend a lot of time with family. We also were able to do some Christmas shopping with Madeline which was a blast! She is a fun shopping partner for sure! We also went on the traditional hay ride that weekend to check out all the lights, it is such a fun time with singing, hot chocolate and family. It was fun waking up Christmas morning and exchanging presents. I truly love giving gifts, it is such a joy to know that you found a gift that will make somebody else happy. We then were able to spend some time with Bedrichs. It was fun to exchange gifts again and catch up! We had some great meals and great conversation. 

After our time in Houston we headed to good ol' Sequin for a New Years celebration. This is surely becoming a tradition. The Martin's are SO hospitable and throw a great New Years party! We were able to see our best friends and have a wonderful time shooting skeet, catching up, eating great food and shooting fireworks. We are so blessed with amazing friends that are blessed with amazing families.

2012 was truly one for the memory books. Our first full year of marriage was a beautiful one, full of adventures. We made a lot of memories, and of course not all of them are here. This is just the highlight reel. Hopefully for 2013... at least the 2nd half, I will do a much better job of recording our fun moments. We have a lot to catch up on! Thank y'all for reading! Love y'all!

-The Kauffman Krew

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