Happy Birthday to my best friend! I can’t believe this is the 9th birthday I’ve had the privilege of spending with you. Can’t wait to celebrate many more throughout the years. I love sharing a ‘birthday week’ and am so grateful you were born.
I wanted to take a minute to introduce you to Assateague Island. I posted a lot of family photos from our recent trip to the island, but I also wanted to tell those of you who have never heard of the island about how cool it is. The island is off the coast of Maryland and on either side it boasts both a beautiful beach and a bay view of …
Dave and I spent a large part of our weekend on Assateague Island with Dave’s extended family. Dave has been camping on the island with his family his entire life – his family has been camping there each year since before he was born! They have all kinds of stories about camping on the beach with wind and wild horses – but I will get into that later in the week. …
Happy Mother’s Day to our wonderful Mothers! This year is a rare year that we both get to see our moms the week of Mother’s Day. Believe me, when you live far away from your family, seeing each other the same week of a holiday is just as exciting as the actual day! I spent the week with my parents visiting them in Charleston, SC and we will be meeting …
Have you ever been on a Ghost Tour? We have noticed a lot of haunted, historic tours advertised around the South’s oldest cities and my family has checked a few of them out over the past few years. My parents enjoyed a few haunted tours in Savannah, GA and our family joined a haunted cemetery tour when we were in Charleston, SC over Christmas. My aunt and cousins are here …
Have you enjoyed some Mexican food today? I am in Charleston, SC again this week spending time with my parents and extended family. I have really enjoyed soaking up the sunshine – and a few tacos and margaritas as well. Being on the road the past few weeks has made blogging consistently a little harder, but I am up for the challenge! I promise I will get some more ‘substantial’ …
We just returned from a relaxing weekend celebrating Easter with our families in Pittsburgh. My parents drove up from Charleston for the weekend and my youngest sister, Alyssa, drive in from Ohio too. It was so wonderful to have both of our parents in the same place for a holiday! What a blessing it is to have parents who are friends. We enjoyed shopping at the outlet mall, cosmic bowling, dying …
Do you have specific photos that you’ve taken that you just love? Perhaps you knew in the moment the shutter clicked that you had made a great photograph. Maybe your heart leapt when you saw it appear on your computer during download. It could have even been an accident. There are a few frames of mine that are favorites – something about them just speaks to my soul. The photograph …
Our nephew, Owen, turned one this week. Can you believe that it has already been a year since he was this little newborn? Crazy. Dave drove up to Philly to attend his adorable First Birthday Party over the weekend. He took these photos for me so I could pretend that I was able to go to the party. Didn’t my sister-in-law do such a great job with the The Very …
Every year my mom sends me these Valentine’s Day cookies from a local Pittsburgh restaurant. We have both lived in two states since Pennsylvania but she still makes the effort to send the little smiley faces to brighten up my Valentine’s week. This month we are focusing on giving at church and it has brought up so many memories of growing up in a house filled with giving. I have vivid memories …