Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves celebrate 12th wedding anniversary with Western-themed photo … Texas-based couple are parents to three children

Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves double-posted a Western-themed photo on Sunday to commemorate their 12th wedding anniversary.

“Thank you,” the Academy Award-winning actor, 54, captioned the romantic photo, adding the hashtag #happyanniversary.

In the image posted to his 9.7 million followers, the Dallas Buyers Club star wore a beige cowboy hat with a denim blue fleece-lined jacket as he kissed his wife on the forehead.

Alves, a Brazilian model and designer, had her eyes closed as she wore her black locks down in the image, which appeared to have been snapped during a sunset.

Alves, 41, mother of three children with the A-list actor – Levi, 15, Vida, 14, and Livingston, 11 – shared the festive image with her 1.3 million followers.

The couple was pictured with their three children Levi, 15, Vida, 14, and Livingston, 11, on April 25 at an event for his nonprofit at ACL Live in Austin, Texas.

McConaughey and Alves exchanged vows at their home in Austin, Texas on June 9, 2012, with their children Levi and Vida serving as ring bearer and flower girl, respectively, People reported.

Alves said the children “seemed to understand what we’re doing on a spiritual level,” while McConaughey said of the wedding, “We decided to embrace the wedding ritual as an opportunity and an adventure that we will embark on together.”

Celebrities who were guests at the wedding included Woody Harrelson – who McConaughey has hinted at in the past as his possible real-life brother – as well as Reese Witherspoon and Kenny Chesney.

McConaughey and Alves first crossed paths in 2006 at a nightclub, where the Interstellar actor said he was in awe of Alves’ beauty.

“Out of the corner of my eye, this sort of aqua green figure was floating across the frame about twenty feet in front of me,” McConaughey said. People in 2016. ‘My eye went up and I remember what came out of my mouth. I didn’t say, “Who is that?” I said, “What is that?”

“As I was trying to get that attention across the room, I thought, ‘This isn’t the kind of woman you call from across the room, McConaughey. Get out of your chair and go get her. ” What I did.’

The Lone Star State native and his wife chat with the publication in March Southern life about their marriage and family life, detailing their decision to move from Malibu, California to Austin, Texas in 2014.

“We lived a happy life in Malibu,” Alves said. ‘We had a beautiful house that we built together and put a lot of love and care into. We raised our children there. I grew all kinds of things in the garden. I had bees make honey.’

The couple, who have been married since June 2012, posed for a glamorous photo at the gala

The couple shared a lighthearted moment at the fundraising gala for the nonprofit Mack, Jack & McConaughey

The Oscar-winning actor and his family moved from Malibu, California to Austin, Texas in 2014

Alves said an emergency initially led the family to go to Austin to help McConaughey’s mother Kay McConaughey and his brothers. At that time, she noticed that his mood was much lighter in his native Texas than in California.

Alves said that while driving she noticed that the True Detective actor had a “peaceful yet confident, energetic aura” about him. She asked him, “You want to move here, don’t you?” to which he said, ‘Yes.’

Alves said she feels comfortable in Texas because the local culture parallels some aspects of how she grew up in Brazil.

“We grew up saying, ‘Yes, ma’am’ and ‘No, sir’ or – as I should say – ‘Yes, ma’am’ and ‘Yes, sir,'” Alves said. “It brings me back to how I was raised.”

The Dazed and Confused alum explained the details of what made his homecoming a decade ago so special.

“The ritual came back, whether that was Sunday church, playing sports, eating dinner together as a family every night,” he said, “or staying up afterwards telling stories in the kitchen, pouring drinks and nibbling on the island while you retold them all. in a different way than we told them before.’