Farewell, Hawaii. *Insert mental image of glistening tear rolling down cheek* </3 With Christian being selected for the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, we have a PCS move on the horizon. As I sit here writing this, our apartment is in complete disarray: we have postal service boxes on the floor that we’ll use to mail […]
Tag: island
Life Update – 32 weeks pregnant!
Hi, hey, hello – remember me? Me, who said I’d be better at blogging for the remainder of my pregnancy? (Peeks at reader with guilty eyes through the gaps of fingers partially shielding my face from view). Yeah, hi. My bad. For whatever reason, I seem to love to sabotage my own writing goals. I’ve […]
Island Time
There are a few ways in which I will probably be forever altered by my time of living on an island during this fundamental and important stage in my young-adult life. And one of those core changes to my being will likely be my newfound ability to “just go with it” and observe island time: […]
Family visit and Kauai trip
Oh boy, this post has taken me a while to get up. It’s funny how you can believe, like I do, that carrying around a camera and taking photos can help you to see even more clearly the beauty around you; to create and remember moments, but…. occasionally….. be too busy living to spend much […]
Flynn Skye outfit in Kauai
A few weeks ago a brand that I love, Flynn Skye, was doing a giveaway for the skirt and crop top set I’m wearing in the pictures above. In order to enter, you just had to share “something you love about yourself.” Flynn Skye’s owner and creator does these giveaways and provides prompts like this […]
Palm Print and Pineapples
Fun fact: One of the most memorable wedding presents Christian and I received was a small silver vase, and it came with a really cool note from the gift giver. The note explained that the groom (Christian) was being gifted “That Damn Vase,” as the man who gifted us the vase affectionately referred to it […]
Sunday Series: Aloha to Adventure
Sweet home Hawaii. This weekend was definitely the quintessential island kind. We kayaked, swam in the ocean, went on adventures, met this sweet local pup, rode around in our jeep with the top down, went to my new favorite bakery and just soaked up the sunshine. I don’t think I even once put on a […]