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I can hardly believe that 2012 is coming to a close..I almost don’t WANT to believe it..while I’m looking forward to 2013, to setting goals and making new resolutions, I’m also wishing that time would slow down just a bit!! Even though I still get to be 22 for three more months, I can’t help […]

Merry Christmas!!! I hope you have been able to make some good memories with the ones you love this Christmas season! Yesterday Ryan and I celebrated Christmas with my family, and now were at his family’s house celebrating and getting ready to eat a yummy dinner and enjoy each others company… Last week I watched […]

Merry Christmas Eve blog readers!! Our family has always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve — a tradition that my dad brought over from Germany! So today is the big day! We decorate gingerbread houses, head to the Christmas Eve church service, then come back and enjoy a big dinner…THEN we all gather around the Christmas […]

There are a few things that really get me pumped up…right now those things include finding a really good sale, decorating our new home, getting snail mail (yay Christmas cards!!), looking at pictures of cute puppies online and begging my  husband for one, Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes (I havnt ordered anything else since the summer […]

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A glimpse into my daily life in Richmond, VA (and travels beyond) with my husband Ryan, our son Gray, and our disobedient puppy Lexie, plus the work, style and attempts at minimalism in between.