Happy holidays, ’12s. This round of notes will be in your mailboxes just as the holiday season is whipping into full gear. I know it doesn’t seem like it now, but soon enough it will be the middle of February and we’ll be staring down another blizzard—wow, that just got too real. Before I go too far down that tundra of a rabbit hole, let’s talk updates. I’ve got some good ones that I’m pretty pumped to report. Eat your heart out, ’12s.

Wedding bells are ringing, y’all. Patrick Cunningham and Georgia Bird tied the knot this September. Jenna Pfeffer and Bret Tenenhaus ’09 also said “I do.” To make these Dartmouth weddings even better, there were plenty of ’12s there to help them celebrate. There are also some engagements to report. Chris Calby and Illiana Kowski are engaged, along with Patrick Lahey and Ali Keller. And the good times just keep on rolling: Kendall Weikert and Garret Ley are also engaged. Guys, so much love here.

But wait there’s more. You’ll remember when I happily reported that Ryan Milligan and Katie Edkins got engaged. Well here’s an update on the nuptials from the groom: “Katie and I got married in September in Chittenden, Vermont, about an hour west of campus. Our family is a big Dartmouth family, so my brother, Sean Milligan ’09, my father, Marty Milligan ’77, and my mother-in-law, Laurie (Campbell) Edkins ’78, were all there. Also Greg Certo, Henry Hutcheson, Michael Schwartz, Carrie Poorman and Maddy Packard ’13 were in the wedding.” Swoon, guys.

In other exciting news, Ally Gittens started her first year at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Jennifer Park is now a first year at Harvard Law School.

Watch out, Atlanta. Joan Leslie is in the building. Be sure to give her a warm welcome.

File this next one under “’12s that are too legit to quit”: Juliana Ortega delivered a talk to a group of more than 500 women at the Women’s Leadership Conference in Texas this October. The talk was described as inspiring and filled with joy. Well done, Juliana.

Several alums were involved in the new HBO film Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing, which premiered in Boston on October 26. The film was made in association with The Boston Globe and follows the story of three survivor families from the day of the bombing through the immediate aftermath and the years that have followed. The film’s crew was comprised of five Dartmouth alums: Austin deBesche ’68, Jonele Ceicao, Samantha Knowles, Annie Sundberg ’90 and Ricki Stern ’87.

Last but certainly not least, guys, I’m so pumped to report that our very own Kyle Hendricks helped the Chicago Cubs reach—and win—the World Series for the first time in 71 years. We were all rooting for you, Kyle (all other baseball team affiliations aside…but seriously).

That’s all for now. Wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays and a very, very happy New Year. See y’all in 2017.

—Kelley Crisp, 45 Marion St., #513, Brookline, MA 02446; kelley.a.crisp.12@dartmouth.edu