this day

August 30, 2014

This day five years ago was the day I knew this guy was special. We rode to the shop early in the morning, where there was freshly cooked breakfast and mimosas, along with a super fun group of people, all dressed up and ready to party. We rode across an empty lot, dodging goat-heads and rocks to make it to the New Belgium bike parade, ending at the field across from the brewery. It was a scorching, hot, dusty day, with bright colors- clowns on unicycles, wigs, capes, plastic, jugglers, dancing people, tents, bikes, bikes, bikes everywhere- but the whole day I followed this guy in a hawaiian shirt and an Indiana Jones hat around on Big Brown (the name of his bike), and I'm happy I did, because we're still going strong today (I mean, duh- we just got married)

Also, this year I was able to realize my fantasy of dressing up as Queen Frostine from Candyland. I've been obsessed with her since I was little- we used to play Candyland all the time when I was a kid- and today I finally got to dress up like my favorite character (well, one of them... along with LeLu, and Rainbow Brite, and She-Ra, and so on) and ride through my favorite town, with my favorite people, and my new favorite husband.

Such a fun day. Always. Tour de Fat.

first roll of film in a while

August 27, 2014

Here's a few from my first roll of film taken in quite some time. It was from our wedding week- the first photos on the roll were from our ceremony- they came out like crap, like I knew they would- but it's still super fun to have them!! The rest were from the first week of being married- we drove to Steamboat the long way through Walden, and made a stop off at Max's old stomping grounds- he used to be a river rafting guide back when he lived in Laramie, with his best friend Chuck. We saw the put-in and the take-out spots, spent some time in Steamboat with the other Salzburgs, did some fishing, hot pooled, ate a lot, and relaxed. Exactly what I wanted from our first week of marriage. It seriously feels like we're still on vacation, now that we're not planning a wedding. Being married is awesome!

tiny house on the property where we fished

Max at Sixmile Gap in Wyoming- where he used to guide on the upper North Platte River

the weight of things

August 11, 2014

there is a weight to 'things' - and I carry a lot of baggage. I've been following the guys from The Minimalists for a few months now, and I'm feeling really inspired to GET RID OF ALL MY STUFF. That's all it is- stuff- junk-crap-weight. It's weighing me down, and now that I'm married there's an us- and it's weighing us down. And that's not fair. It's time to purge. Hardcore.

First to go: physical photographs that I don't need anymore. Then, scan in the ones I do want, and make an album of a few special ones. Holy carp this is going to be rough.

Max fishing in Steamboat, next to my dream house- a Tiny House!

silly + close

August 8, 2014

I'm trying to think about goals for the year- goals for the marriage- goals for my life. I know when I have my mind set on something I can do it- so now it's just a matter of what I'm being mindful.

one of the only sets of photos I got in on at the reception.  Mr + Mrs!! — one of the only sets of photos I got in on at the reception. Mr + Mrs!!

presence

August 7, 2014

Last night we opened all of our presents- read our cards, read our advice notes, giggled at the hilarious ones, teared up over the sweet ones, and loved every single one of them. I wrapped myself in a Norwegian blanket, we hung art on our walls, and we listened to the wedding dinner mix. Good music, I must say. It was our first night alone together after spending a glorious weekend with family and friends; we ate a normal dinner, we took the dog for a walk, and we enjoyed the sunset.

at Great Divide Brewery in Denver before the Rockies vs. Cubs game with family and friends

Tonight the guest bedrooms smells just like my aunt's apartment did when I would stay there as a kid. Her photo was staring back at me from the guest bed where the frame was placed after being on the memorial table at the wedding, along with my grandparents' photos. I know she would have loved the party. All of our family together and celebrating. Two families becoming one giant family. Two people starting their life together. I can feel her presence. Tonight.

this is the start of our married life

August 4, 2014

I'm not planning on doing a lot of writing in this blog- but also plans change, so I guess we'll see what happens, yes?

I just wanted to document my first year of married life, so I could look back on the every day events, and share my thoughts and feelings through my photographs.

During our ceremony two days ago Max and I each took a photo of each other, so I will develop those soon, and post them on here as well- but until then these will mostly be dSLR photos, or from my iphone.

I'm trying to post every day, so we'll see how that goes.

Yay for our adventure!