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Dec 31

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Looking back on all of the good that 2015 brought, I am quite thankful
I'm sharing with you my favorite moments I shared on my Instagram from over the yearenjoy and have a Happy New Year!
(PS these are all iPhone pics)

we began New Years at my family's coast house

we watched the barges go by and made new feathery friends

I was very involved with Brides of North Texas magazine this year

we celebrated Philip's golden 28th birthday at his buddies cabin at Beaver's Bend

we celebrated 4 amazing years of being together
4 years ago Philip gave me this drawing he made

I embarked on a journey to get to my client's wedding in Dallas.
but alas, I-35 was pretty much closed due to the icy roads
so I took the train and the bus
with all of my equipment on me
alone

thankfully, I made it
a 2 minute walk from my hotel was this perfect lil' restaurant
I was comforted with a hot meal

we've successfully raised chickens for over a year!

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we went to a couple of concerts.
we have a big love for them.
I surprised Philip with tickets to see Alt-J in OK!

I have a BIG love for musicals. I saw Newsies with my sis!

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we saw plenty of our friends play local shows as well
like Pearl Earl...

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We got to see The Womb gallery in OK
unfortunately they weren't open, but the outside was just as exciting

always stop for a good scenic lookout

I went to Austin a couple of times

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one reason was because I had a wedding to shoot

and I needed some pre wedding tacos

another reason was for a dear friend's glorious wedding

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another reason was for Raaven's first birthday celebración

and for another reason

a dream come true

I attended a workshop hosted by my idol photographer Jonas Peterson

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we celebrated my beautiful nana's 75th birthday

we put a lot of love and energy into our garden

we visited many friends

had many feasts togetherplayed instrumentsetc

Denton witnessed it's first legal same-sex marriage
and I was happily there to join the cheers

we celebrated my 26th birthday by going to a lavender farm in Gainesville

and then a dairy farm

my family and I went to Fredericksburglike we do every yearbut this year we took a legit Texas wine tour

and we always hit up the ol' flea market

I really got into coloring books this year! It's trending for a good reason

It's been a really REALLY long time since I've last been to a Rangers game
I'm not too much of a sports person (my BF is!)
but I enjoy it every once in a while
our buddy is part of the pyrotechnics team at the stadium
so we went to see their talent
Oh and the Rangers WON!

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I flew to California for the first time in my life (well I didn't fly the plane but ya know)
and I was taken aback by it's earthly beauty

I adored San Francisco

riding this bridge was a dream come true

seeing the redwoods was another dream come true

I soaked it all in

this was the real reason why I came to Calito photograph this darling coupleI hope to document more elopements in my future

we found this nice little river behind a bar where I tried Not Your Father's Root BeerI got a headachebut boy was it good

for Thanksgiving this year, my family did something differentwe went on a cruise and it was my first timewe went to Princess Cays, St Thomas and St Maarten

every year some of the ladies in my family go shopping in the adorable town of Saladothis year some of us discovered this little chapeland this year my best friend came up from Austin to join

I'm part of a sisterhood of fellow photographersand we've been going on trips together for 3 years nowthis time we wanted to do something closer to homeso we rented a beautiful Airbnb condo
and kept things local

my mom always wanted to see The Trains at Northpark
so that's one of the Christmasy festivities we did

we decided not to do gifts this year, especially since we went on a big cruisewe wanted to spend more time together and create more memoriesand I wouldn't have it any other way (although I do wish I didn't have so much to edit!)