Amelia the Bachelorette

DC for Amelia's Bachelorette weekend! Great times and kind of surreal... Amelia was my first college roommate. We met via email, spilling our "likes and dislikes" prior to classes starting (when you could only use Facebook if you had a college email address). We immediately hit it off and shared wonderful memories throughout college. 

It's surreal to see the college girl talks come to fruition, and beyond special to be a part of her love story... We met in DC to celebrate her last times as a Bachelorette.

Putting on her tiara

 Securing the tiara for the DC wind

Ready to have fun

Visiting the monuments

Strike a pose

Soon to be Mrs.

Childhood best friends - sisters

Rochester taking over DC

Each friend represents a world in us, 

a world not born until they arrive, 

and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

 - Anais Nin

 Bridal Shower breakfast

Opening gifts... judging by her expression, I think she liked it!

 Beautiful lady!

Shopping

Being a tourist

Love the DC architecture

Friends are the sunshine of life.

-John Hay

 Cheers to Cherishing the Little memories cultivated with loved ones,

~Katelyn Chapman

Symmetry

Symmetry... Order... Balance.

I like it in my photography and strive for it in my life. I took this shot of the Washington Monument and absolutely love it. There's balance with the flags, marble monument, and even walkway.

Do you like symmetry, order, balance? How do you incorporate it into your life? I realized years ago that I can get so focused on achieving one thing that I let other areas slide. For example, academics- I would work so hard to achieve high marks and put loved ones, friends, fitness, and my health on hold. I pushed away the things that made me happy and healthy- balanced!

What things do I CHERISH the most? Memories made with loved ones... like holding baby Emma or Austin, struggling as a contestant on the annual Price is Right game, laughing during Bunco, catching up with a friend over coffee, or singing my heart out on a road trip.

Living without balance can only last so long. Kicking off 2012, I invite you to think about what you need to keep symmetry? What do you do to maintain it?

Thanks for Cherishing the Little
~Katelyn Chapman