Ringing in the New Year!

I rang in 2013 with my closest and dearest friends. We have had this tradition since 9th grade in high school. That is a LONG time. 9 years. I couldn't imagine starting out a new year with out these folks!

We went to my brothers house in West Chester this year. In the past we were at my old house in Coatesville or in Delaware when our friends had a house there.

Here are some pictures of our lovely night. Happy New Year! (17 days late!)

ALEX- we see you! My dear friend Alex couldn't be with us this year, and we missed her, but she was in time square! How neat! So when we saw this, we knew she was down there and with us!

Friars, having secret friar talks. Typical.

The cute engaged couple! 

Some dancing went on, and since I can not dance (kurt says I do the white girl bop) I captured it on camera, typical me taking pictures!

I am excited for 2013. To tell you the truth, I don't really like the number 13 because it isn't an even number, but i really think this year is going to be a great year! I am going to GRADUATE from nursing school and get a job! Which is very exciting! I can not wait to finally be doing something that I have wanted to do for so long! Only 4 more months to go!

I have a few goals for 2013!

1. Run a triathlon. I haven't even signed up for one yet, but I started training for one! Once I figure out my schedule I will sign up for one! Lately, I have signed up for races so far in advanced and then I cant run them because of school, clinical, or other things. 

2. Start REALLY planning my wedding. I am super excited for this. Watching wedding shows on TV, exploring pinterest, and going to bridal shows has made me so ready to start planning! We have booked our venue, now its to the little details that I am most excited about! :) If you know me, you know how much I love weddings!

3. Run more. Running makes me feel so good, it lowers my stress and puts me in a better mood. My friend and I went for a run last night, both very overwhelmed with school work, and when it was over, we both felt 100% better. I just need the motivation to get off my comfy and warm couch and go run. That motivation is meeting my friend and knowing how good I feel afterwards. I love this quote: "You never regret a work out". I try to keep that in my head. I used to run all the time, but boy oh boy, this accelerated nursing program has kept me busy. I have been so busy that I put it on the back burner and I am ready to make it apart of my life again.

4. I hope to blog more! I know I said this last year, and I failed. I am really hoping to find more time. I like writing about my adventures so that some day I can reread and remember these precious moments.

5. Eat healthier! Being a nutrition major, I feel like I know how to eat healthy, but my busy schedule makes it easy to forget how to eat healthy. I am focusing on making/packing my lunch more and cooking healthy meals (or having kurt cook the healthy meals since he is the chef in the house!). 

6. I also want to grow more spiritually and read more Christian based books. This is an important part of my life and I feel like I tend to ignore it when I am busy which is when I need it most of all! I just bought this new book and I am SUPER excited to start reading it! Like my book mark?

7. DIY more. I love love love crafting and making things. I have pinned so many ideas to my boards on pinterest and I really want to start crafting more. This is a goal of mine this year, when I have a little more free time.

8. Save up my pennies for a nice camera. I love love love taking pictures and I usually take them all on my iPhone, which does an ok job, but I have always wanted one of those nice big cameras that take wonderful pictures. My goal is to save up for one and hopefully be able to purchase one on black friday! 

Wow- another LONG post! Hope everyone has a wonderful 2013!