five things.

five of my favorites from the past few weeks.

 >> summer, baseball, and presidents <<

 >> summer and golf <<

 >> summer day trips <<

 >> summer, sunshine, and roller coasters <<

>> summer and the best friends anyone could ever ask for <<

I'm sensing a theme here... 

five things.

Five little things I absolutely love about The Smokies and road trips with my man.

>>the views<<

>>the activities<<

>>the local treasures<<

>>riding shotgun with this man at the wheel<<

>>coming back to our favorite little man<<

happy memorial day!

Though there's only a few hours left to Memorial Day 2013, I hope it's been a good one and that the rest of it is just as good. In my case, this weekend was one for the books. I'll fill you in later this week... but know it involved lots of mileage, sunshine, and laughter.

good to be back.

After a long and unintended break from this blog, I'm back! Even better, today marks the return of Arrested Development! Though I haven't spent the whole day watching Season 4, I have been waiting for this day for over a year (I hopped on the AD bandwagon a little late) and have watched the first episode. I plan on watching the rest in the next few days.

So what has been happening lately? A lot and practically nothing at the same time, it feels. Over the past few months I've gotten more acclimated to work, gone for hikes, listened to some great live music, planned a bunch for the wedding, watched the Caps practice, turned 27, enjoyed March Madness in DC, and played a few rounds of kickball and indoor bocce. See, I've been doing things but nothing really new or groundbreaking. Hahah.

To ease back into this blogging thing, this post is more photos than words.

Oh, and enjoy Memorial Day tomorrow! Be safe.

xx

dog meets snow.

Last weekend, a group of us went up to Pennsylvania for some fun and relaxation. We were a little worried about how our Panamanian dog would react to a massive amount of snow... He's obviously been around snow here in DC but nothing more than a couple inches. We should've known better than to worry. ;)

my favorite series of photos from cali.

That's our ring bearer! :)

mas cali.

a glimpse of my california.

//my favorite little man showing us all how well he can eat// 

No words can really describe how good it felt to go home a couple of weeks ago. Though it wasn't the first time I went to California since moving out here, it was the first time I visited my family and friends in the bay. We packed so much in during the few days we were in town, driving up and down 80 many many times. I'm so thankful that Dave and I have such loving friends and family who took time out of their days to make sure they had some free time for us. Here are a few of my favorites taken on my phone.

//visiting sudwerk and old friends// 

//i popped the question and asked her to be one of my co-MOHs// 

//the boys reunited// 

//senorita bread//

 //i want to get back to my city by the bay//

//next year!// 

//visiting refuges has to be one of my favorite parts of traveling now// 

 //buster insisted on riding shotgun with dave on the way to the airport//

goooooo titus.

Back from California. Missing it like crazy already. Tons of pictures and stories to be posted in the coming days. Until then, here's a video that made my morning and will definitely make yours too!

macy's thanksgiving parade.

Yes, I know this post is going up weeks after the parade occurred. Yes, I know I've failed at updating this blog lately (I'll do better this week, I promise!). Yes, I know it's technically called the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (Dave and I fail consistently calling it the "thanksgiving parade"). Doesn't matter... In the end, I have tons of photos to share! But before I do, head over to The Magnolia Pair to check out the sweet feature Miss Britt posted.

//oh, kermie!!//

//mr. fallon and the roots//

//karmin//

//i personally think the washington nats presidents look waaaay better//

//all bundled up//

//poor sponge bob...//

//papa smurf//

//aye aye, captain mickey//

//and of course... SANTA!!!!!//

And can I just say how thankful I am for this guy right here?! I couldn't imaging a better person to share new experiences with, to have fun with, and to just plain spend my life with.