As another year has come and gone and a new year is suddenly staring me dead in the face, all I can think is “holy smokes, where did the time go?” Lucky for me, I have this terrible habit of photographing that time before it slips away for good. Leaving me with a sliver of evidence that the year did in fact happen.
Most of my blog consists of the moments in time I’ve captured of OTHER people’s lives. But today I’ve decided to put a little post together as a sort of “oh yeah, I have moments in my life work remembering TOO” journal entry. So here it is. my 2014 laid out in photos.
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I kicked off my year by taking a cruise with my girlfriends.
I learned two things:
#1 – I love my friends SO FREAKING MUCH.
#2 – but cruises are not my thing
these faces pretty much sum it up:
when I got home from said cruise, my Ohio soul mate was waiting for me. she gets me.
if you follow my Ever After Series at all, you know that my little brother and his lovely lady posed for my Mary Poppins edition.
and that was beyond fun.
another fun development in my creative life: my friend Jeremy and I started a duet called Of Wind & Waves (hear some of our janky iPhone recordings here). and my super rad friend Lindsey Gomes snapped some promo photos of us. we’re pretty cool, I guess.
he even puts up with my strangeness. I think I’ll keep him.
my 2014 Resolution was to start taking more time for myself and to pour more focus into my yoga practice.
so that’s exactly what I did (you can follow my yoga journey via instagram, if you so please)
yoga is something I share with my person, Bri.
which is my favorite.
speaking of Bri, she also has some really amazing children.
meet our godsons, Cade & Nolan:
speaking of children, my cousin (who is really, truly more like my sister) had another baby.
he’s basically the cutest little chunker on the planet. obviously.
and speaking of my cousin, Kelsey. that brings me to the hardest part of my 2014: saying goodbye to my Uncle Kent.
he was the most generous, love-you-no-matter-WHAT man I know. and I will miss him, his fish tacos, and his smile until my dying day.
here’s Griffin, our fur child. ’nuff said.
oh! and then Josiah and I bought a house!
this photo was taken right after signing a mountain of papers. my face says more than my words ever could.
we also celebrated 6 years of marriage this year.
which is pretty feckin radical.
our 2014 adventure was packing up the Civic and driving to British Columbia.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
then I took a trip to Yosemite with my parents and my Nanna.
a good time was had by all.
aren’t my parents cute??
I drank a lot of tea, as per usual.
went to Vegas for my best friend of 23 years’ bachelorette.
this photo was taken at 7 o’clock in the morning after being out all night, and before driving home 3 hours later.
I’d say we look pretty damn good.
said best friend then got married. but not before having a mascarade style rehearsal dinner.
which was the best idea in the universe.
aaaaaaaand married.
this year, Josiah and I rekindled an old friendship with this guy. we’ve become quite the little family.
especially since he moved in with us 🙂
we took our annual family vacation to Squaw Valley (where my family has been going almost every summer since I was about 4)
these are my brothers. and their dogs.
I think I’ll keep all 4 of them.
one of the most EPIC parts of my 2014 was flying solo to Italy and spending a week with my darling friend Kimberly.
I didn’t even know how badly I needed it, until it happened.
this photo sums up every single thought, feeling, memory, and “oh, life — you bless me” breath I experienced on my Italian adventure:
before I knew it, it was Thanksgiving. which is my favorite holiday, because I actually really REALLY love my family.
you might recognize this face. the one and only Lindsey Gomes.
my sun chasing partner for life. this particular moment in time, we were jamming out to the new T. Swift album.
business as usual for us:
Lindsey, my love, I look forward to chasing the sun even when we need old lady walkers or wheel chairs <3
also — THIS GIRL. Sabrina Klomp has been my trusty ninja sidekick at weddings this whole year. I couldn’t imagine 2014 without her.
overall, 2014 has been one of my favorite years of life as I know it.
the end.
