october definitely presented it’s challenges in my life, but if i have learned anything through it all, it’s that you can’t appreciate the highs in life without going through a few lows. something always comes out of everything. after what seemed like an impossible few weeks, kauai happened and i was so grateful. i forgot […]

HOLY TOLEDO!…. where has the time gone?!? remember back in the day when i used to blog every week? what happened to that?!!? i promise i am going to do my best to be better, life just got crazy all of a sudden and time got the best of me. it seems like ever since […]

i can’t believe i have been here for a full week already! even though i have been to this island many times, {Kauai, Hawaii} it still takes my breath away everytime the sun shines on the mountains and the water… or even when it doesn’t shine, for that matter! we went up to the north […]

during our stay in austria last week it became very apparent that I AM OBSESSED WITH CASTLES!! while driving around in the car, it was the joke of our stay with Andy & Josi that we would yell out “CASTLE!!” every time we passed anything that looked REMOTELY close to a castle including most churches, […]

as we head off to europe today, a part of my heart is sad that i am not spending the day with my dad. don’t get me wrong i am OVER THE MOON excited to be flying into Paris in the next 24hours, but there are few things i love more than spending time with […]

i would love to be able to sit down right now, and to be able to write a clean and consice blog post telling you all about the amazing parts of my trip to santa barbara for United 2013… but as i sit here staring at the blank page i realize that that, isn’t possible. […]