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 […]

Somehow I had managed to be the only person who wasn’t carrying a backpack as we started up the mountain, and even still I was having the internal battle with myself that I imagine all hikers experience once they start their incline. Why on Earth do people want to walk UP mountains… This has to […]

this year has been a CRAZY whirlwind of travels and opportunities, but one of the highlights so far for me has definitely been attending the united 2014 photography conference in santa barbara california and then road-tripping with 2 of my best friends to las vegas for another week of photography-goodness at wppi this past february/march! […]

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 […]

it seemed like a great idea at the time, and like most things, when jackie and i are together and we say we are going to do something. we ARE going to do it. for this particular occasion, that consisted of us following jeremy into an EXTREMELY cold pool that hasn’t been heated (or cleaned…) […]

wow! where to begin, i have so much to share, but i wanted to start here. the last 7 weeks have been incredible, so many memories made, places seen, adventures had and stories to tell. living out of a suitcase for 6 weeks was exhilarating and exhausting all at once, but i loved every single […]