Hi, friends. Hope you all had a great holiday season and are settling into winter. I also hope y’all are staying warm and cozy (hot toddies totally encouraged) if you call home some place that gets and stays way too cold, and soaking up some sunshine if you live somewhere that permits wearing shorts year round. (Easy on the Facebook posting, y’all. Have a heart; it’s blizzarding for the millionth time over here.) Alas, this too shall pass and to tide everyone over, I have updates to warm everyone’s heart regardless of outside temperatures.

Sorry Minneapolis, but Justin Samuels now calls Park City, Utah, home, where he is working for United States Ski and Snowboard Association. Consider this fair warning, Justin, we are all coming to hang out and ski. Isn’t that what friends in Park City are for?

Similarly, Lani James is bidding Ohio adieu and now calls Portland, Oregon, home. Put a bird on it or something like that.

I never get tired of these particular updates. That’s right, it involves diamond rings and cake. Annie Norwood is engaged to former law school classmate Mark Downer. Congratulations, Annie!

And because those ringing wedding bells never get old, here’s another one for you all: Kristen Goldberg and Casey Hingtgen ’10 were married in October. They were surrounded by a number of Dartmouth folks, including fellow ’12s as bridesmaids Hilary Smith, Rachael Eggleston, Kelly Foley, Amber Bryant and Sarah Plumb. Congrats, Kristen, we all wish you and Casey the best!

Soccer fans rejoice. Lucky Mikosana extended extended his contract with the N.Y. Cosmos. Feel free to applaud wildly now.

In other sports related updates, Jabari Trotter is now a basketball coach at Lehigh University.

Although a bit late, this next update is no less impressive. I want to give a huge shout-out to everyone who passed their respective state bars. We all deserve several rounds of applause as well as several glasses of champagne. Cheers, y’all.

Now before I sign off, just a quick reminder that updates from you guys are always greatly appreciated. Seriously, keep me entertained during the many inevitable snow days that lay before me. Hit me up at k.crisp12@gmail.com. Nothing but love from your class secretary, who is most likely snowed in as we speak…just saying. (This is a guilt trip. Is it working?) Until next time, friends.

—Kelley Crisp, 1284 Beacon St., Apt. 410, Brookline, MA 02446; kelley.a.crisp.12@dartmouth.edu