Mackey Makes Me Smile

No words. Just cuteness :)

The Charity Bash Gala

Charity Bash aims to inspire and influence young professionals to be more philanthropic. By donating a small amount of money each month, CharityBash hopes for financial giving to become habit, ultimately redefining Austin’s low ranking as 48th out of the 50 largest cities in the nation per capita giving.

We went to their first ever Masquerade Ball held at and benefiting Austin Children's Museum and it was a blast! They raised almost $18,000 that night! And we got to wear awesome masks that I made all by myself; Clint was thrilled ;) But, as the amazing husband he is, he wore the mask all night...almost!

Oh and I got to wear the bridesmaids dress from my wedding, thanks to my sis who gave me (let me steal) her dress!

Girls Night - Bachelor Style

So every Monday night, my girlfriends and I get together for two hours of the best train wreck on television ever...The Bachelor (or Bachelorette). We take turns hosting and cooking dinner; the guest bring wine; and we spend those two hours judging :)

This week was my friend's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY MURPHY!) so I created a specialty cocktail for the night...drumroll...the "Will You Accept This Rose" Martini! So good!

As this was a made up recipe, I'm not too sure about the actual amounts but it went something like this:

1/2 part Rose Vodka -this is key, of course ;)

1/2 part Pomegranate Juice

***shaken***

Then top it off with a Rosé sparkling wine

Add rose petal and pass them out to every hot girl in the room ;)

New Years Eve 2011

How were we going to top New Years Eve in New York? By having the most fabulous, sleek New Years party ever! M'lynn, who lives in our building, and I got together and planned a fantastic New Years party for our nearest and dearest :) Her condo is a spacious, modern unit with huge windows overlooking downtown, the Capitol and the UT Tower. We decorated with flashy 2011 stuff and bought enough food and drink for all. It was truly a blast to be with all of our friends and not have to leave our building!

Meghan (in from New York!), me and Andrea at dinner

Me and Andrea

Clint, trying to pull off a trick that M'lynn's dad showed us in Steamboat

Clint, Morgan, Bryan and Chris

Meghan (5 months preggo!), me and Theresa...the Sabine girls!

So glad she came from NYC!

Me, Bri, Mary Jane, M'lynn, Andrea and Megan

Colin and Megan

Megan, me and Bri

Love her!

M'lynn and Matt!

Morgan and Andrea

Me and Clint....love how his shirt coordinated with my skirt; that's love :)

And for the parents reading this post, you can now put some faces with the names of friends we have been talking about for months :)

Merry Christmas to Us!

Clint and I aren't very "by-the-book"; we look to create our own traditions and do things that better represent us. One of these traditions has been planning events instead of giving gifts; this way we get to do something together instead of giving things that we may not need or may take up space. With that in mind, our Christmas present to each other was a trip to Steamboat Springs to go SKIING!! Woohoo! I love skiing, well snowboarding, I love to snowboard. Clint also boarded so that he wasn't flying by me since he is such a good skier. We had a blast shredding the gnarly pow-pow ;) Here are some fun pictures!

Arriving in Steamboat; I am always so intrigued by the tiny airport where you exit the plane outside.

M'lynn, me and Clint at the Parra House

How expert does that look?!

We found longhorns! And had to represent!

Michelle and Mike Parra, me and M'lynn geared up to ski in a slight snow storm

Me and Clint at the base

Waiting to get on the lift!

Clint's frozen hair; we went to the hot springs and even though the water is fabulous and warm, everything the steam touches will ice over.

At the top of the mountain!

Christmastime with family and friends

So Christmastime for the Millers is pretty action packed. Clint's birthday is December 17th so we start our holiday off with celebrating Clint :) We already had plans to be in Dallas for family Christmas that weekend so, along with the help of Clint's best man John Cook, we pulled off a birthday surprise for Clint! The night started with all of Clint's best friends meeting at Primos in Uptown for dinner; he hadn't seen some of these guys in years! After dinner, I met up with the group for a bit then whisked Clint away to his next surprise where we stayed at the Stoneleigh Hotel...so amazing!! We had breakfast in bed were able to relax for what turned out to be an amazing birthday weekend. Happy 33rd to my love!

A Christmas dinner with Stephanie, Micki and Mackenzie

Saturday, we had some time to kill so we made a trip to Northpark and thankfully got there early enough to avoid the parking chaos, and then we walked Highland Park Village...so pretty!

The Christmas tree at Highland Park Village

Christmas at Mimi and Papaw's; this kid doesn't need any more toys so I gave him a polo :)

Davis as Santa :)

On Sunday, we went to church with Clint's family in Nevada and had the treat of Muna (Clint's mom) and Trent (Clint's nephew) having their musical debut. Muna played the recorder, amazing! And Trent played his trombone. It was so great!

Clint and I at his parents' for Christmas.

Merry Christmas...to me!

I had to lead off with my visit to our wedding site, Cop Cot :)

Being the luckiest wife in the entire world, I was able to visit friends in New York over the Christmas holiday. A friend of mine was going to be out of town so she invited a couple of us girls to stay at her place while she was gone...so began Amanda and Lacey take Manhattan!

I flew in on Thursday and immediately had dinner with my fav New Yorker, Meghan Dempsey! I spent Friday walking around with some of the greatest wedding guest we had, Matt Nance and Nathan Holder. We stopped by Trump Towers to rest our feet and to taste a $15 martini...no difference, Donald.

By Friday evening, Amanda was in town and we were ready to have dinner at one of the most amazing places in Manhattan, Blue Water Grill! From there, we went out to some of our favorite neighborhood bars, some newly opened, trendy clubs and the all-time favorite, Patriot Bar. We ate amazing Italian food, partook in the New York ritual of brunch and shopped, shopped, shopped!

It was an amazing trip and was just long enough for me to get my New York fix; thank you, Clint for the amazing gift!!

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Nance, Pat, me and Nathan...we just needed Bryan and Jon to complete this wedding reunion!

The tree at Trump Tower

Isn't that the most beautiful Christmas star?! Hanging near Fifth Avenue

Bergdorf :)

Amanda, me and Amanda's friend who has a beautiful Greek name that I could never spell.