A Year in Photos: 2015

Hello there! The retrospective photo post is the best kind of post, amiright?

This year will be remembered most awesomely as being the year we bought our first house. (!!!) It has a yellow door and lots of character (ahem, what others would call room for improvement); we love it and it instantaneously felt like home.

And, what an amazing year of travel! Miami, Key West, Naples, Orlando, Marion, Atlanta, and Chicago.

This year was one of the good ones. So many memories to hold on to for the rest of our lives. *insert smiling emoji with the rosy-red cheeks here*

On to the photos! (You can take a look at past years here: 2014, 2013, 2012.)

January (the continuing cuteness of Scout)

February (the Skeehearts getting drinks)

March (A rainy SXSW week didn't hold us back!)

April (at one of many Thinkery21 events we attended this year)

May (We watched Carla and Ned get engaged!)

June (girls' trip to Marion, Illinois)

Also June (Carla gets married!)

July (tour de Florida with Jacquelyn and Arnaud)

August (at a wedding in Atlanta)

September (We bought a house!)

October (We said good-bye to living in east Austin and being so close to these awesome ladies.)

November (housewarming party)

Also November (another girls' trip to Chicago)

Also November (November was on fire, y'all!) (Kristin's bachelorette party)

December (Kristin and Manuel's amazing wedding)

A Year in Photos: 2014

In a year that could be remembered in many drastically different ways, I am going to simply ordain 2014 as: The Year We Got Scout, the Cutest Kitten Ever. Skip to October below to see her sweet mug.

(Here are the photo round-ups from 2013 and 2012.)

January (bowling with the fam)

February (weekend trip to Comfort)

March (SXSW)

April (board gaming it)

May (The Color Run)

June (taking care of Mom)

July (Fourth of July party)

August (at Winedale)

September (b-day group selfie)

October (the arrival of Scout)

November (Thanksgiving weekend)

December (family portrait)

Wedding Anniversary Photo Opp Idea

On our anniversary trip to Marfa earlier this month, Chris and I wanted to do something to commemorate our wedding last year since we were traveling back for the first time to the place where we met. We ending up deciding to take our pie topper from our reception with us and pose it, gnome-style, all over town. I think this would have also worked really well with any other easy-to-transport item from your wedding, like a banner or sign or frame. Pretty cute, eh? I can just imagine these little guys running around Marfa listening to this Kishi Bashi song.

 At Prada Marfa

 At El Cosmico

At Chinati

 At Fat Lyle's

At Hotel Paisano

A Year in Photos: 2013

2013 will go down as: The Year We Got Married (!!!); The Year I, As a Gigantic Buffy Fan, Got to Meet Joss Whedon (And FREAK OUT); and The Year We Honeymooned for a Magical Few Days in Turks and Caicos.

Below, month by month photo highlights like last year. 

January (hiking at Enchanted Rock)

 February (bridal shower)

March (with Joss Whedon at SXSW)

April (wedding at Mercury Hall)

May (honeymoon in Turks and Caicos)

 June (512 Brewing Company tour)

July (at a cabin in Concan with family and friends)

August (at Krause Springs)

September (my birthday at Bufalina)

October (Oktoberfest in Blanco)

 November (Wurstfest in New Braunfels)

December (holidays with the family)

Cindy Sherman at the DMA

Getting excited about seeing the Cindy Sherman exhibit at the DMA this weekend. I just read this on the museum website: In addition, the exhibition includes a site-specific photographic mural produced in 2011–12, on view for the first time in the United States. YES.

(Image via MoMA)

Vivian Maier

S: I can't wait for this Vivian Maier documentary to come out. You can read more about her here and here.

From the New York Times article:
The still unfolding legend of Vivian Maier has been one of photographic genius discovered only after a lifetime of shooting. Now hailed as a master of street photography, she spent most of her working life in obscurity as a nanny in New York, where she was born, and Chicago, where she died in 2009 at age 83.

Some of Vivian's amazing photos:

 

The doc trailer:

 

 (Photos via the New York Times and Colossal)

A Year in Photos: 2012

S: 2012 will go down as: the Year of Discovering the Glory of Panko, the Year I Started Yoga, and the Only Entire Year I Was a Engaged (and Not Yet Married). Here's a month by month photographic round-up of its awesomeness.

 January (our engagement party)

 February (amazing Valentine's Day)

 

March (SXSW)

April (my sister's housewarming party)

 

May (our two-year anniversary)

 June (hot nights in the city)

 July (our first Independence Day party)

 

 August (beer by the growler hits East Austin)

September (my birthday)

  October (Suzy and Sam)

November (visiting family)

December (by the fire)