When going over pictures from 2015 I decided that it would be an injustice not to share all of the wonderful memories from 2015 on here. This is honestly the first time that I have sat down after the new year to reflect on everything I was able to see, accomplish, and do the year prior. Before sitting down to recap, I thought to myself “2015 was alright, nothing big happened though”. WOW. That could not be further from the truth!! So I don’t keep you here for longer than need be I picked my favorites from each month of the year. Somehow even my favorites became a little lengthy. I guess that’s just proof of a great year!

January

I went to the dark side guys!! 🙂

Best friends getting together to celebrate the engagement of Jessica to the love of her life!

February

Weekend trip to New Orleans with some of my favorite girls! We crammed 7 girls in a tiny hotel room, came home a couple hundred dollars richer, and had the weekend of a lifetime!

March

The second most wonderful time of the year- RODEOHOUSTON!! I look forward to the rodeo as soon as Christmas is over. This year I was able to see Hunter Hayes, Brad Paisley, PitBull and Dierks Bentley.

April

Fiesta in San Antonio with my girls!

Chopped my hair off and went lighter again!

May

Coming together to celebrate the bride-to-be, Jessica!

Jessica’s Bachelorette party in Austin, TX.

Sissy graduated from the second best University in Texas!

June

SO much happened in June so get ready for a whirlwind here. I am going to have to do a separate blog post on my trip to Europe because there are just so many pictures there is no way to recap them here so I will just give you all a sneak preview 🙂

Sent sissy off to Europe (we would be seeing her very soon though!)

Jessica’s big day!!

Off to Europe we go! First stop: Barcelona, Spain

Second stop: Paris, France

Last stop: Athens, Greece

July

Beach trips to Galveston, TX

August

We attended White Linen Night in the Heights, Houston area.

I met my blogger bestie, Margret, from Style The Girl. So thankful I met her!! She has given me so much advice on starting my blog and is such a sweet friend!

Celebrated sissy’s birthday with a Peddle Party! SO MUCH FUN!

Got to visit best friends in Fort Worth, TX.

September

Cheering on our Aggies in their first game of the season!

Meeting blogger babes at the Neiman Marcus fashion show event.

Cheered on the Houston Astros game after game. All the way to the playoffs!

October

October was the month for friends. I traveled back to good old College Station for a couple Aggie games, explored my city and celebrated a couple birthdays, and had everyone over for Halloween!

November

On top of officially launching the blog, I traveled to Belize with friends!

Went to Dallas with family for Thanksgiving!

Celebrated my great aunt’s 80th birthday in style.

December

In December we fan-girled over One Direction at their concert, started a wine club with old and new friends, and celebrated the birth of Jesus!

Decorated our first home with the cutest christmas tree.

And celebrated Christmas in my parents new home in our matching pj’s.

And these were just my favorites! Sorry for the novel of a post but it was too hard to narrow them down! Going through all of my pictures really made me realize what a great year 2015 was. I traveled to SO many place! 2016 sure does have some big shoes to fill but I am so ready for it!! Best wishes for a great year, everyone!

A couple of weeks ago I was able to travel to Belize for the second time and it did not disappoint. It was amazing to get away from the busy pace of life and just relax on the beach. To be phoneless and out of touch with reality for the week was such a breath of fresh air but is also why I only got 4 pictures while I was there.

We stayed on Ambergris Caye, an island off of the mainland. There is a quaint, adventurous feeling about the island. Everything about Belize screams beauty. Not your 5 star, all inclusive, breath-taking view kind of beautiful but something a little different. At first sight Belize looks run down, poor, and ugly. The waters near the beach were murky from the storms and seaweed, but further out the waters were crystal blue and beautiful. That didn’t bother me much because there is just something amazing about waking up with the beach 15 feet from your front door step, being able to enjoy a cup of coffee while watching the waves crash, and finding adventure in exploring the winding beaches. Living simply for the week is what I enjoyed most. Belize is known for being the second best dive spot in the nation. Unfortunately I have bad ears and can never go scuba diving, but it did not stop me from enjoying the beautiful blue waters and dipping my toes in the sea!

My favorite part of the trip was our fishing trip. We took a boat out, caught lots of snapper (yes they are itty bitty but I was SO proud nonetheless), and then our captain took us to a small island and cooked us lunch full of smoked fish and ceviche. BEST CEVICHE EVER (I wish I had a picture to share because the colors were out of this world). I can promise you now that there will definitely be some ceviche coming to a blog near you in the near future 🙂 While there we met a group of locals that we spent a lot of time with. This group came from all over the world, most being from Texas and Florida to retire. They gave us recommendations for food and other activities that were not “touristy”. We enjoyed lots of mojitos, ceviche, and lobster. The best places to go to on vacation are always the ones that the locals recommend. If you don’t normally ask for the locals’ advice when you are on vacation, you are missing out! If any of you are traveling to Belize and need recommendations I would be glad to share where we stayed and ate any meals!

Belize

A year in review.