I’ve been trying to get some of these pictures up for quite awhile! In August, husband and I took an impromptu trip to Ireland.  It had been a trip we had wanted to take for a very long time, but jobs and life and finances just got in the way. But somehow, someway we found […]

Back in June, a series of storms came through and left severe damage throughout the Twin Cities metro.  Our friends lost power and we were blocked in by a fallen branch.  They had a car, we had electricity… Thus, we put into action the “When life hands you lemons…” lesson and made our way over […]

  This past week I had the AMAZING opportunity to have a double feature on Hearth Magazine’s blog where they shared a few of my favorite travel pictures from San Francisco and Carmel! So head over to their blog and check them out!!! And I just received their magazine and it is BEAUTIFUL!!! I can’t […]

These pictures were taken on the second leg of my trip in California [first part here] where my bride and groom, Matt and Emily said “I do”.  They kicked off their wedding weekend by having dinner in the little town of Carmel and then having a picnic and a pre-wedding hike at Point Lobos. Their […]

I think that it is only appropriate that I post a few pictures of San Francisco as we end the weekend covered in snow and sleet. You see someone forgot to tell Minnesota that it’s April.  April, the season of showers and flowers.  Not mid-January.  And seeing people post beautiful weather with 75+ degrees is […]

Our friends told us they adopted a puppy.  What they didn’t share with us is that they went out and got themselves a bear cub. Because that indeed is what this chunk monster is.  Half bear cub, half dog, and a whole mess of cuteness.