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Over the past couple of years, I have gotten to know Anna as a fellow photographer and now as a friend. One of my best friends. We’d been talking for over a year about vacationing together – even introduced our husbands to see if they got along – and we finally made it happen! We […]

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I can’t believe this is real. When Chad said, “MAUI 2015!” at the end of the last trip, I just thought he was joking. Because we joke a lot about going somewhere tropical at any point. But apparently… it was real. We made the decision to celebrate our 5th anniversary on the island we love […]

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The island of St. John grew on me daily. It’s so different than any place I’ve ever been. First impressions were overshadowed by the driving. On St. John you drive on the other side of the road, but the roads are crazy. You’re either on a massive hill or gnarly switchback… or both. It took […]

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Just over a month ago, Chad and I spent a week in Nashville with my parents. Country music has always been a big part of my life, and Nashville made the history of the entire genre come to life! Here was our completed list of “things to do,” in Nashville! Stay. Union Station Hotel. Eats. […]

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You can see the roads that we all traveled just to get here. A million minuscule decisions in a line. Why they brought us to this moment isn’t clear, but that’s all right. We’ve got all night…

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This trip is a very obvious and tangible example of how my husband blesses me. When we got married, I remember expressing my desire to take was one of our vacations to San Diego. It’s a great place, but more than that, my Grandpa lives there. So at the end of this past year, we […]

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Last time I went on vacation with a camera, it was to Charleston. I took 4 blog posts to complete it. People probably thought I was obsessed. They’d be right. So when my parents invited Chad and I on their vacation, I thought. “A week’s worth of blog posts…people are going to hate me.” So, […]

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Yep. That’s right. I was offered a job. If you’ve followed my blog, you know I love horses. I’ve ridden since I was six. So on the cruise, I HAD to go horseback riding. We signed up for the excursion on Grand Cayman, piled into a van, and drove 25 min to the other side […]

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