a year in photos.

so theres that saying about how pictures are better than words.

im gonna abide by that 

and give you a recap of the past year of my life,

using mostly pictures.

i moved out of this house.

in this city,

(abilene, tx)

and moved to this city

(austin, tx)

and into this house.

i made lots of wonderful new friends,

but kept the old ones around too, of course.

i gained a new family member,

(lil cuz josiah)

but again, of course i kept the old ones too.

my sister-in-law graduated from college,

so we went dancing.

i traveled around the country 

playing music with some of my best friends.

(the rocketboys & dignan)

(the rocketboys & dignan in boston)

(the rocketboys & ivoryline at cornerstone.)

(shirtless stage bomb for davey's (trumpet player) bday)

i slept on the side of the highway in ohio.

i spent a day on this boat in atlanta,

with these sweet people.

i ate crabs in maryland. 

(sooooo good)

friends got married.

and we celebrated.

i fulfilled a life-time goal by playing life-size chess.

i spent the fall/autmn season in the northeast/new england area.

it was beautiful.

i caught a fish in ohio at the ackerman farm.

(one of my fav places ever.)

i spent a lot of time on rooftops with friends.

(atlanta, ga)

(manhattan, ny)

i dressed up as "the dude" for a birthday party.

my band...

...released our debut full length album.

then we brought in this new year playing at this venue.

(the paramount in austin, tx)

and there you have it.

all in all i had a wonderful year.

i really have no complaints...and although these pictures dont capture it all,

they capture at least some of the highlights.

i love every person in everyone of these pictures.

you are who make my life amazing.

there are obviously others that i love that arent in this post,

all that tells me is i need to start doing a better job of taking pictures in 2010.

love.