So if any of you are friends with us on facebook, you have probably seen Ben’s pleas for mix cd’s. And my friends, that is because today we are officially leaving on a SURPRISE vacation! About a month ago Ben and I sat down to start planning a trip in the June lull that always […]

Today is your 29th birthday, and I feel like (even though you say 29 isn’t a very important birthday) there should be some monumental and earth shattering words written to let you know just how much I love you. How much I appreciate the calm and full of finesse way you put up with my […]

It all started at a Barnes n’ Noble on a Friday night. I had decided we would be making the transition to clean eating (because it’s pretty much become a cyclical habit that Ben and I pick up a new fad-diet for ourselves every few months), and after a night at the bookstore browsing recipes […]

Ok. We’re just going to come out and say it. This month has been absolutely CRAZY. And we mean crazy in the absolute best of ways, like that kind of crazy Brittney Spears sang about oh so long ago. When she sings about being so excited and not being able to sleep? Oh Brittney, we’re […]

Three years ago today I was putting on a dress that was far more poofy and princess like than anything I would have ever thought I wanted. But, somehow, it seemed so very appropriate for me. For us. Because if felt like the kind of dress that would be part of the fairytale love story […]

Happy Wednesday everyone! We spent our morning working on our goals for the coming year (and years!) and it felt so good to sit with a Starbucks in hand and put our biggest hopes and dreams onto paper. Because, getting those dreams out into the universe is just half the battle, right?! Yesterday we came […]

I’m not the type of person who goes to bed, does a blissful and picturesque wide-armed stretch, and then falls asleep with a smile on my face as I instantly drift off to a world of glitter-filled cupcake dreams. I wish I were, but I’m just not. I’m the other far less-picturesque type, the one […]

She follows me into the kitchen as I shuffle toward the Keurig. Burry eyes, messy hair, and one of Ben’s old hoodies keeping me warm.  It still smells like him even though it’s been washed a thousand times. We stand there by the counter, waiting for the water to heat up, and she goes to […]