we danced our way into 2012
i chopped off nearly ten inches of my hair
we spent easter with family in the hollywood hills
i celebrated one year of marriage.
we flew back to california and hung out with friends in venice and santa barabara.
then we drove up the coastal highway to big sur
and flew to haiti to visit family.
before i jump too deeply into 2013, i wanted to quickly look back at 2012. it was an exciting year filled with so many new beginnings. lots of our friends got married. i think we attended seven or eight weddings. i still have two wedding guest outfit posts to share from last year. my cousin and some close friends had babies. i some how managed to teach high school students, but then decided at the end of the school year to move on to private practice. our apartment is coming together finally… once we get a better lens i can take some decent photos of this place. what i learned in 2012 is that sometimes what you want is not necessarily what’s healthy for you, emotionally. i also learned the powerful process of healing. 2013 i’m ready.
love your 2012 highlights. the video is so nice. hubby loves the song: which song is?
Happy new year toi! The song is by Neutral Milk Hotel it’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Hello, I’m new to your blog. I love your style and zest for life. This is a sweet and nice recap of your year. Healing is a very powerful thing,I am in the process. I admire you for the undertaking of learning how to do this. It is hard. Best of luck to you and your love in 2013!
Cheers to another amazing year!
Sounds like 2013 is going to be an amazing year for you. I’m excited to follow along and see it happen
I can’t believe how much you’ve experienced and accomplished in the past year! Just think what you will do in the year to come
Wishing you and yours all the best…keep blogging!
<3 Cambria
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Your wedding photo is so pretty! I also love the one with the sun shining through your arm! Happy New Year~
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Looks like such a fantastic year! Love the little video when you chopped off your hair. I remember cutting mine off last year. Was upsetting and liberating at the same time.
Still in love with that amazing Big Sur photo! WOW.
You had such a beautiful year! These pictures were amazing, I cannot wait to see your apartment, decorating/organizing is fun. I hope 2013 is just as awesome for you!
2012 looked good on you! Happy New Year!
These are such nice pictures!
monique! your year was amazing! this year will be my one year of marriage. i’m excited. i’m sure 2013 will be just as wonderful for you!
looks like 2012 was a quite a year for you – filled with happy memories
may 2013 be the same. Happy New Year!!
Your 2013 looks magical…seriously when is your hubby going to come up with a coffee table book..the pictures are stunning!!
I would get a copy already!
Happy new year Monique. Beautiful highlights!
I love your quote here: “What i learned in 2012 is that sometimes what you want is not necessarily what’s healthy for you, emotionally.” It reminds me of a spiritual saying my grandmother always shared with me from the Quran: ‘sometimes what/who we love is not good for us and what/who we dislike hold much benefit for us.”
Wishing you and everyone lots of happiness in 2013, the last picture is gorgeous, it reminds me of an ancient image from the Nubian empire in Egypt.
I love the video, the sunset and the kind of vintage effect at the end, your outfit looks sort 30′s as well, beautiful! Does throwing your hair in the sea have a meaning? I’m just curious, because I think it does. All teh best for the next year! x
Victoria, I’d like to think that throwing my hair in the ocean, sort of relieves me of any pain or negativity I might have been carrying in my hair. Especially since their dread locks and everything sort of just layers on there. For me it was a physical and spiritual cleanse.
I just spent numerous minutes looking at your wedding photos instead of making lunch for the Dudes for school today. So very pretty! Even those of us who have been married for ages can get caught up in the beautiful moments you two shared there. Congrats on your first year and hooray for 2013!
what a lovely year it has been! i love the pictures! happy new year Monique! you and your hubby are super cute together!! congrats on your one year anniversary i love that picture of you two!
oh your photography is one of my absolute favourites, I wish I could get my images as sharp as yours! What lenses do you use?
Sounds like 2012 was a good year and I wish you every joy and success in 2013
xox
may 2013 be even more beautiful!
happy new year lady! hope your 2013 is even more wonderful than 2012! xoxo
Happy New Year lady! Glad to see you learned so much in 2012, and spent time with loved ones, family, and visiting meaningful places.
Wishing you all health and happiness in 2013!