Nick is celebrating his 35th birthday today and if you’ve been reading these pages for any length of time, you’ll know that he is everywhere when you look around here on Land of Marvels. He’s in the angles of the photos taken and shared, he captures the moments the we… Read more
Today, fourteen years ago, Nick and I went on our first date. And while our wedding anniversary is in November, I personally put a little more stock in this anniversary today. We were together for five years before we got married, committed to each for a lot longer to celebrate… Read more
I think often in our modern society we’re consumed with this idea of a “big” love, of finding that one person to complete you, of the idea that someone will walk into your life and all at once, everything is changed. We see it in movies where all at once,… Read more
In this world of constant chaos and heartbreak, of emotional roller coasters and humanity at it’s breaking point each and every day, I constantly find myself wondering if all the generations before us have felt this way too. If people back in Ancient Greece found themselves feeling the same emotions… 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
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
With tomorrow being Valentine’s Day and romance on our minds, what better way to spend time with that person you love than escaping the everyday and heading out of town to celebrate? Though we’ll be at home this year, I love splurging on special Valentine’s Day plans and with… 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
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