Nick and I have done a couple trips recently with family as we’ve traveled to Washington DC and most recently to Reno, Nevada for family events. And while we’ve done larger family trips in the past like when we traveled to Europe with Nick’s parents and grandma, these smaller quick… Read more
Nick and I will have been married 6 years this weekend and while in some ways it seems like our wedding day was just yesterday, other times it feels like a lifetime ago! Over the past 6 years, we’ve traveled frequently, seen 6 continents together, visited and explored countless countries… Read more
A month or so ago when we were headed up to Alaska for a really quick and last minute work trip, there was a moment on the flight from Seattle to Anchorage when I was completely exhausted (we’d been up for about 15 hours at that point after a long drive… Read more
In a quick break from Europe posts, today is a special day that I can’t let go by on the blog without acknowledging. Today is Nick’s 30th birthday and when I think about that milestone in his life, and in my own, I can’t help but be amazed that we’re… Read more
To say that we’ve had a lot going on the last few months would be a huge understatement. And while Land of Marvels continues to run in the background, I’ve had many things happening in the foreground recently in my day to day life. On top of work, running a business and teaching… Read more
Today Nick and I have been married for five years. Five years of pure joy, exotic adventures, emotional highs and lows, separation and spending every minute together. We’ve weathered our fair share of storms in our first five years of marriage and ten years together and while you won’t hear… Read more
Today I turn 29. Today I enter the last year of my twenties. Today I leave behind one of the hardest years of my life, if not the hardest I’ve ever experienced. Today I move past all that 28 brought, good and bad, and embrace a new year ahead. As… Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about love. About all that we can love and all that entails. You see a decade ago I gave my heart away in love, I fell in love for the first time and I knew my life would never be the same. A decade… Read more
Today is Nick’s 29th birthday and as I contemplated what to write today, I realized that as we enter our last year in our twenties, I can’t quite believe all we’ve done together. We’ll have been together for 10 years in October this year and in that time, a… Read more
First off, even though it has nothing to do with this post, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Since I’m Irish, I feel the need to shout that from the rooftops! And moving on, before we get full blown into trip posts from our adventure through London, Spain and Portugal, I… Read more
As the year comes to a close, I have to say I’m ready to let 2014 slip away and look forward to a brighter 2015. This past year taught me a lot, perhaps more than many of the years that came before it. I started 2014 in my own little… Read more
I wrote this post on my way to Hawaii to see my parents last week, watching the sun rising outside the plane windows as the Portland rain faded into fluffy white clouds on the horizon over the Pacific. There is something about watching the sun rise high above the world,… Read more
I’ve spent the last week trying to write this post in my mind, trying to find the words for what I need to say here today. And while I hate to start everyone’s week off with such a downer, unfortunately these words here need to be written and they need… Read more
Here we are again, another year, another birthday and sometimes when I look at the calendar I can’t believe how fast the time goes by and how another year has come and passed. I turn 28 today, a birthday that seems to have snuck up on me after a hectic… Read more
While I don’t usually post on Saturdays, today happens to be a special one, marking 9 years that Nick and I have been together. I love celebrating our “together anniversary” since we were together for so long before we got married, I always feel like those years are important too… Read more