A good year

We like to keep our holidays cards short and sweet, but there was so much more to our year than 12 photos and a few words. I suppose that's one of the beauties of a blog? I'll go with that. Here is a look back on the priceless memories of 2012 with a special thanks to everyone we love for sharing them with us:

We took our first photo of 2012

and our best friends got engaged...to each other :)

Spent sunny afternoons at Falls Park after wedding planning

and Easter Sunday with the loves of my life.

Engagement parties and wedding showers

led to wedding weekend

and May 19th.

So we honeymooned in the Virgin Islands

then spent lazy summer days on the river with friends.


Our babies are getting a little older and a littler wiser...our silver foxes...

watched Gamecock baseball make it to the CWS Championship Game...

for the third year in a row (#gococks)

and made a trip to Kansas for my uncle's big birthday surprise.

I became Auntie Em to Aedyn

and we played around at the beach.

Rhett did his first triathlon

then finally scratched Chicago off of his bucket list.

Watched Gamecock football have the best season in school history (11 wins)

Rhett kept runnin'... and I kept watchin'

Friends upon friends upon friends got married

I'm blogging

and we voted.

Spent Thanksgiving with the Craigs in Aiken

then to Seattle for my best friend's wedding, Part I.

Back to Kansas for Christmas and to put science 

projects together with my favorite little ones

and washed the whole year down with champagne in Columbia.

My dad once said to me that the older you get, the more responsibilities you have, but the more fun life becomes. He's been right so far. Happy 2013 everyone! Make lots of memories and take lots of pictures. It's always interesting to me when people say, "this year just flew by!" I hear people say that every year. Enjoy the moments because this year is sure to "fly by," too! :)

[photo source: Mrs. WRCIV]