2014:: year in review

2014 has been a very interesting year… some great successes and fun adventures, some exciting changes, and some terrible losses. I think the photos say it best, so here’s a little recap of our year. I am hopeful that 2015 will bring joy, love, laughter, learning, surprises, and adventure!

Between the 2 of us, we traveled to Arizona, California, New York City, Athens (Georgia), Orlando, Arcadia (Florida), St. Augustine, and Nashville (several times)::
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We celebrated 5 incredible years of marriage with an early anniversary road trip through Arizona (Sedona, the Grand Canyon, and Scottsdale)::
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We built a live edge dining table for our deck::

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We celebrated a few special friends on their wedding days::
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I attended my 5th Stella & Dot Hoopla conference, this time in Orlando::
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I turned 31 and we celebrated at the beach house in St. Augustine, as well as with a couple dinners in Atlanta…::
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We took a trip to Nashville to enjoy all the fun, touristy, delicious things Craig’s hometown has to offer::
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Craig turned 32 and we celebrated with a chili bar and gameday party at home::
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I took one of the most amazing trips to Napa with 2 of my best girlfriends::
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Coco Bear turned 4::
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We saw George Strait (with Sheryl Crow) and Garth Brooks in concert::
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My photography business has grown by leaps and bounds in its 1st year::
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Not a day goes by that I’m not thankful for this life we’ve been given. I hope you all had a wonderful 2014 — and cheers to the new year to come!

2012 recap

2012 has come to a close, so I wanted to do a little recap (more for my own sake than anything else) on what a great year it was and some of the fun and memorable things I (or we) did during the past 12 months.

[started this blog]

[visited 8 states and 1 country]
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[ran our first (very colorful) 5K]
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[watched my brother propose to his longtime girlfriend on a trip to Costa Rica]
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[went ziplining through the rainforest and then rode a horse down a mountain in a monsoon]
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[became faux boat owners]
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[celebrated 2 years as a Stella & Dot Stylist and 6 years at the Center for Puppetry Arts]
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[took Coco to the beach for the first time (she’s not a fan)]
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[attended the last ever Hoopla conference in San Francisco]
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[rode in a giant speedboat painted like a shark around New York City]
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[celebrated the passing of Craig’s youth in Nashville as he turned 30]
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[ate beignets at the famous Cafe DuMonde in New Orleans]
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[sat inside a giant Oscar Mayer wiener mobile]
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[celebrated 3 years of marriage and the weddings of two of our longtime friends]
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[threw my mom a super surprise party in Jacksonville for her 60th birthday]
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[met many, many friends’ and family members’ babies who were born this year]
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[hosted our 2nd annual Christmas dinner (another success!)]
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[remodeled the basement and patio (including all sorts of fun new furniture)]
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[hosted a NYE dinner party]
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Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to a fun, fulfilling, healthy, happy 2013!