Even though most of the country is in a warming trend and starting to see glimpses of Spring, just a week ago much of the Midwest was still in an arctic freeze. So imagine my nerves as we headed out to Chicago, Wisconsin and Missouri to visit family. I was prepared (and kind of excited)…
So some people will surely scoff at this winter packing list. It is obviously not for a trip to say… Alaska. Or Minnesota. We are not going skiing here, ok? This packing list might be more appropriate for somewhere like St. George. Or Memphis. Does it snow in Memphis? I don’t know. Somewhere that it…
Bringing a giant scarf with me is one of the smartest traveling decisions I’ve ever made. It was easy to wear without using up my valuable arm space, it worked as a blanket when I was freezing on the plane, and when I got sleepy, I rolled it up and used it as a neck pillow. I…
Howdy-ho and yeehaw e’rybody! I just got home from Texas a couple days ago, where they don’t actually say howdy-ho OR yeehaw. But they do say y’all. And it is adorable. I came home to a very frustrated little 4 year old, who immediately burned me out, but I’m just gonna skip over all that…
Weekend between Christmas and the New Year. Paul has time off. Hmmm… I should catch-up on editing photos. I should get the house in some type of order. I should, I should, I should do so many other things. But spending some days being lazy sounds nice. Spending some time in a quiet town sounds so good. Seeing…
Our first visit to New York City was right around this time of year, way back in 2008. Yeah, I already had a blog back then. And yeah, I already wrote about the trip. But what I didn’t anticipate back in 2008 was what a lasting impact the city would have on me after just…
Too much food. The first words that came to mind thinking about our trip to Utah. Seriously, though. Still full. But also: laughter, beauty, nostalgia, happiness, frustration and a little bit of heartache all rolled into one big group hug. We stayed up too late. Woke up too early. Made too many dirty jokes. Enjoyed…
Packing for a trip. Ya know, I don’t mind it too much. It gets me excited to leave. But I’ve never been great at it. It takes me ALL DAY. Or sometimes even thinking about it, prepping, and making lists for weeks in advance. And I still either bring too much or too little. (Usually too much.)…
Day 5 is also known as the last day of our Pacific Northwest vacation. *Insert sobbing emoji here* We hustled that morning to pack up and get out the door. Just a few last things in Portland to see before we headed back to Seattle for our flight home. Our first stop was VooDoo Doughnuts. Now, listen…
Portland was warm. Portland was pretty. Portland was… weird. They don’t lie about that fun little fact. We had a lot of recommendations for food, which was obviously fine by me. But other than that, we weren’t really sure what to do with ourselves. So with a couple tourist pamphlets and Google Maps in hand,…