planning our next trip back.

i've been reminiscing about europe lately and nonchalantly

planning our trip back (creating an excel spread sheet counts as nonchalant, right?)

getcho ass ready for a photo dump in 3...2...1...

Lausanne, Switzerland

  

          

Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, & Murren, Switzerland

         

         

        

 

         

   

Basel, Switzerland

               

Offenburg, Germany

            

    

get some popcorn, because

Strasbourg and Paris are next.

this is the man.

in murren sept. 2011

this is the man who taught me how to be a great competitor, 

but always show grace and sportsmanship on the field.

the man who showed me that sometimes humor is the world's best medicine.

who gives the world's best hugs.

this is the man who taught me how hard work always and sacrifice in the now,

can bring amazing accomplishments and experiences to the future.

the man who can make best friends out of a room of strangers.

who showed me what it's like to be a true and honest person and

to put the best for the group above the best for the individual.

this is the man who gave me life in more ways than one.

the man who taught me the difference between right and wrong.

who showed me how to live and make the most out of everything thrown your way.

this is the man whose birthday is today.

happy birthday, oh wonderful father of mine!

may the adventure continue for many many years to come.

10 things to covet

1. west elm essex couch

2. apple in ear headphones

3. anthropologie euphrates rug

4. le creuset french oven

5. harry potter blu ray collector's set

6. cheerfully charmed bubble necklace

7. vitamix 750

8. gap braided multi-strap sandal

9. stella & dot capri earings

10. patina gray alyce bag

learning to find it.

on turning 30.

granted i have 890 days until the big 3-0, but i've been thinking about what it will

mean when that day actually comes... and then goes and where i'll be, what i'll have

accomplished, what my life will be like, and so on. will it be ok if i don't have kids

by then? will it be ok if kevan and i aren't married by then? what if i never

lose weight? what if what if? will i will i?? the more i think about it,

the more the anxiety sets in. the more the questions cloud my mind.

 when this picture was taken, i was probably 7 months old and my mom... was 28. 

i'll be 28 in 5 months and 7 days.

and i'm ok with that.

but the thought that 30 is around the corner leaves me with a twinge anxiety.

anxiety nonetheless, but anxiety i can handle. that will push me to be better, learn

more, experience adventure, and figure out the me i want to be.

so 30, bring it on!

...just not until 2014.

the gosling factor.

i kinda wanna do my tv every time i watch this. 

i never really understood everyone's obsession.

until. this. movie. holy. shit.

now i get it. i reeeeeally get it. 

life in pics.

i'm gettin ma hur did in an hour!

hola! i'm pretty sure that it's been since before we went 

to europe (probably last august... yikes!) since i last had anyone touch it.

so this is kind of a big deal :) eeeep! can you believe that it was 91 flippin

degrees at 11 pm last night?? SUCH a steamy fireworks show!