Confession: I love the holidays. The music, the cookies, the ornaments, the cookies, the crafting opportunities, the cookies… you get it. Okay, maybe the confession is that I like Christmas cookies. Anyway, I also like any excuse to get out, celebrate, and love where you live. This was my first stateside Christmas since 2014 and I…

Yup, I’m writing this post as many people are gearing up for the 2016 holiday season. I never got around to writing this post last year and looking back at the old photos, it made me sad! Considering I get a fair amount of flack about how behind I am in blogging these days I decided…

Greetings from Koh Tao. It feels great to be back in my home away from home after a week of travel. We arrived back on the island just in time for Christmas, and spent three days rolling around in an abundance of holiday cheer. It was my first of three Christmases abroad that really felt like…

Yes. It is March, and I am putting up my Christmas post. Whoops. They say it’s the most wonderful time of the year — and I believe them. I consider myself somewhat of a Christmas evangelist (not to be confused with a christian evangelist, which is something else entirely and to my knowledge involves less wearing…

Today’s Photo of the Week post is a very special edition — it’s combining two weeks into one! Yes, yes — let’s spin it that way. A special edition sounds a lot better than I didn’t get my act together last weekend, don’t you think? In my defense, the last two weeks kind of blurred together…

What’s that you say? Everyone else posted about Christmas over a month ago? I feel kind of proud of myself for getting this up in the first quarter of 2014. I’m just spreading out the holiday cheer, no? After crossing the border into Ecuador, we made a beeline for the coastal town Montañita. We’d spent two…

Thanks to my Dad for providing all photos in this post. I dropped the documenting ball for once! The day that sparked our international family reunion had finally arrived: Christmas! While we kicked off Christmas Eve with the unseasonal activity of cross-island ziplining, we dedicated the rest of our celebrating to wining, dining, and more traditional…