2014 in review: mama mia, what a year!

..2014 is coming to a close..

there's something i love about looking back 

on a year and remembering all the moments

and changes and best parts & hard parts.

before moving on to a fresh new year, we

have to look back and appreciate the prior

year. last year we made a 2013 year recap,

and while i loved it, we thought we could

make 2014's a little bit more fun. chase

had this idea last new years, so we have

been working on this all of 2014. 
enjoy! 
..and try not to laugh too hard at us!

:) hope you enjoyed this little lip sync, it was chase's idea
last new year's day and i can't believe we actually ended
up doing it! it was a lot of work, but mostly we would be
on a trip and remember to film a quick lyric or segment.
we weren't organized at all, so luckily we ended up with
all the words.. but it might be a fun new tradition to have
fun through the year and recap it in a different way.

some highlights of the year..

january

we started the year with family and heard

my parent's big news. we headed back to

california straight to NAPA and SONOMA

which was heavenly. we made some

 resolutions, ate well, got massages, and

soaked up the sonoma valley sunshine.

we moved into a tiny studio in the city

and had lots of visitors. we learned how

to cook thai food. we hiked, explored,

and i went on a little girls trip to vegas.

february

we did our first {and last} juice cleanse,

celebrated valentines, and then headed

off to spain + portugal for the most

charming trip through madrid, barcelona,
lisbon, and porto. we stopped in dallas

and saw the amazing kennedy museum.

march

this month started off really rough with

our car being broken into on the street.

my parents came to visit, and we took 

them back up to napa & sonoma. then

chase's parents came to visit right after!

we had lots of visitors this month and

soaked up the city with good food + friends.

april

in april we took some of my favorite city

pictures with kirsten, and then i went

home to salt lake city for a week to 

spend time with family, throw a shower,

and feature some favorite restaurants.

i came back to SF and chase planned the

cutest celebration {and made the sweetest

video in the world for my 24th birthday.}

may

in may we had lots of city picnics, then

headed to L.A. for one last family trip

before my parents left...complete with

disneyland, newport, laguna, and

celebrating mothers day. i also got my

master's degree and my entire family

was there for my grad school graduation!

my cutest friend ashley came to visit, and

we wrapped up may in yosemite hiking

the famous HALF DOME for memorial day.

june

we celebrated our two year anniversary

with a fun scavenger hunt all about the

past year. {favorite new tradition!}. we

ate at the famous cliff house, i finished

teach for america, (!!!) and we kicked

off summer at a james taylor concert.

we moved into the cutest new nob hill

apartment and finally felt settled after

months in a tiny city basement studio.

i flew to colorado to meet my parents

for a little bike ride adventure through

that pretty state. then we went back to

salt lake for the saddest part of the year 

-- my parent's farewell for their mission!

we helped them move and said goodbye 

to them for 3 years. (tears!) love my fam.

july

in july we soaked up the bay -- we went

paddleboarding in san rafael canal,

celebrated the 4th of july in the city,

and celebrated chase's birthday with

friends! we took a road trip up the 1

to explore mendocino and fort bragg. 

we did the classic skunk train & rode

horses on the beach. i got hired at 

google and started working at 

the same place as chase! oh,

and we ran the san francisco

marathon too :) chase's first!

august

i flew home to be in a wedding and

celebrate maria & cam. we tried

almost every food truck in SF. we

celebrated 20 years since my dad

survived the bear attack. we went

on a historical walking tour of SF.

we saw "once" on broadway. some of

 our best friends the woods came to visit.

we had a beach day in santa cruz and

had a little sailing outing too.

september

we started september in BOSTON for

labor day. we stayed in provincetown

and fell in love with cape cod. we also

discovered nantucket, AKA greatest

place on earth! we said goodbye to

my family's sweet dog kona with lots

of tears and love :(

october

in october we discovered the mosaic steps,

took some fun pictures in the city, and

enjoyed SF's FLEET WEEK -- amazing.

we had lots of fun working and commuting

together all fall, launched our non-profit,

went to alcatraz at night for halloween,

then headed to canada: niagara falls, 

montreal, quebec city, and all of french

canada. i was in heaven and it was one

of my very favorite trips. magnifique!

november 

in november we had a weekend getaway

with our besties to san luis obispo,

america's happiest town. we stopped

through cayucos and had the best time.

my brother and sis-in-law came to visit

san francisco and we went to the utah-

stanford football game. we saw so 

many friends from home and the utes 

WON in double overtime!!!!! so so fun.

we ended november in INDIA which

was the craziest yet most amazing trip

through delhi, jaipur, and agra. 

{see our video here}

december

in december i flew to salt lake city

straight after india for a friend's lovely

december wedding. we spent most of

december in san francisco soaking up our

city christmas, went to google's holiday

masquerade ball, then headed home for

the holidays to salt lake city utah to spend
time with family and friends. we capped off
the year back in san francisco & went to tiburon.

writing this recap and going through the

blog archives has made me realize:

1) how amazing one year can be. 

how much we can do, change, see,

grow, learn, and experience. i love

to look back and think through each

month each year and especially this one.

2) also, i am so grateful that i have these 

memories and records to look back at

and remember exactly what we did when.

i truly love this little blog for being a place

i can record our favorite memories and 

experiences + recommendations and tips

for seeing this big beautiful world.

thanks for sharing 2014 with us!

cheers to 2015.

xo