this very day, last year, i wrote a post that had some of my hopes and dreams for the coming year. the exciting news is that i got to see so many of those things come to fruition. the unexciting news is that i was dreading doing the same thing this year. i’ve been feeling really overwhelmed by my failures and my inability to get it all together. i didn’t want to think about goals, or hopes, or dreams for 2012. all i could think about was how i would fail at everything i hoped for and everything i wanted to do. and then i started to wonder if it was all worth it, if i was kidding myself into thinking that i had come anywhere in the past year, as a human being, as a christian, as a business woman. and then i read this post, by my good friend leslie. and it was exactly what i needed to read. it encouraged me to be thankful, and to take time to reflect on the fact that progress was made this year, and that my story is not finished.

and so i made a list. and here are a few things from that list…

 

mallory and michael’s bohemian sunset session.

catherine and mike’s vintage-inspired farm engagements.

the eckert’s lifestyle session.

spring forth, a beautiful farm in virginia. creative lifestyle session.

emily and tony’s vintage-inspired farm wedding.

bethany and jerod’s vintage new york wedding. (one of my personal faves!)

tamara and aaron’s california artist wedding.

madison and freddy’s vintage woodland engagements.

liz and nathan’s whimsical texas wedding.

sara and adam’s retro-inspired engagements.

emma and adam’s creative wedding in a hurricane.

alex and michael’s vintage new york engagements.

marie and frank’s vintage new york heist.

sara and adam’s rustic virginia wedding.

kasey and blake’s vintage-inspired texas engagement session.

madison and freddy’s creative austin wedding.

adorable little georgia. charlottesville lifestyle session.

bari koral’s whimsical vintage session. (for her new album cover!)

catherine’s anthropologie inspired bridals.

hunter’s vintage-inspired senior portraits.

catherine and mike’s vintage-inspired farm wedding.

emily and jeremiah’s bohemian vintage wedding.

so here’s to 2012 and the way my story will continue to unfold and the progress that will continue to be made.