The third stop on our trip was Paris. We arrived by train from Bruges around lunchtime on Sunday, July 7th, which meant that we got to celebrate our first wedding anniversary in the City of Love. However, before we could celebrate, we had to first get to our hotel from …
The second stop on our 2019 European adventure was Belgium. We arrived in Brugge (Bruges) from Amsterdam on Wednesday after transferring trains in Brussels. The Bruges train station was across the city from our B&B, so our first task was to trek across the cobblestone streets for about 1.5 miles …
For our first anniversary, we are taking a trip to Europe! We started in the Netherlands, then Belgium, Paris, and London. We are currently in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium, after taking the train from Amsterdam. Our trip began with a flight from Las Vegas to London on Friday evening/Saturday. From London, …
Our peach tree is loaded with peaches again this year, so yesterday I decided it was time to use up the last of the peaches in the freezer from last year. Chris had found a recipe for Peach Jalapeno Jam on Pinterest that was the perfect inspiration. We had a …
My grandpa, George Nowadnick, passed away on Friday April 19, 2019. In the days afterwards, family gathered in Snohomish, Washington where he lived with my grandma, to comfort each other and prepare for the funeral and memorial service. It was so wonderful to be able to share those days with …
With hair and makeup done, the next part of our wedding day was getting dressed. My mom and I left the salon where I had gotten my hair and makeup done and drove out to Winterchill Farm, where Chris and I were staying, munching on peanut butter and jam sandwiches, …
A little after 9:30 am after our awesome Wedding Run, I was happily chatting with friends while munching on a few pastries, when my friend Kate looked at me and said, “Hey, I thought you said you had your hair appointment at 10:30…shouldn’t you be leaving soon?” A quick glance …
We’ve been living in our house for almost two years, a fact I was reminded of when our neighbors started setting up their Halloween decorations in mid September. When we first saw our house two years ago, the neighbors had skeletons perched on the shrubs in their front yard and …
About a year ago, Chris and I traveled to Port Townsend for our engagement photo session with our amazing photographer Jen Lee Light. A bunch of the photos on our website are from that day, but we never shared them in one place. Fort Worden in early fall provided a …
When we arrived at Fort Flagler on Friday afternoon, our first order of business was the ceremony rehearsal. We had talked through the ceremony many times with Pastor Coe, our officiant (and the current pastor of the church I grew up in) during our pre-wedding counseling sessions, and we even …
