Hi friends and family! We’re alive and well back in Portland, Oregon. I will be giving a longer update/post in the next coming week or so but just wanted to check in and say hello! We’ve been having fun catching up with friends, going to concerts, and enjoying this beautiful Oregon summer. We’re loving our…
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Dos Semanas Santas?!
Our past week has been super chill. I’ve been trying to write a post every Saturday so everyone can keep up with what we’ve been doing. After writing last Saturday’s post – we experienced some fun new Mexican quirks we hadn’t known about. So – as mentioned last week – it was Semana Santa (Holy…
Hello Summer – The Fun Has Begun!
It’s official – summer is here and we’ve taken it on with full force. I said it last year and I’ll say it again – Portland has THE best summers in world (at least in the US). June through September (sometimes even October) in this city, and the entire Pacific Northwest in general, are breathtakingly gorgeous with just the…
Life Update!
I know I can get a bit philisophical in my posts sometimes and forget about letting everyone know how our plans are coming along. So here’s a little update to share! Kile and I have still been keeping up our same routine as far as budgeting goes. I’m actually very excited to say that we’ve…
Time & Perception
I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that a quarter of this year has already passed. And after this month? That’s a third of the year that’s gone, people! It’s crazy how your mind can perceive time differently depending on what’s going on in your life. There’s days when I get…
New Year, New Ideas & New Milestones
Wow I really suck at updating this blog. Part of the reason is because I’ve been thinking “well…nothing exciting is happening yet. I have nothing to write about” but that’s really not true at all. Nothing earth shattering has happened since I last wrote but there are definitely changes happening and we’re finally making progress…
Changes, changes, changes!
Wow! It has been WAY too long since I have last posted, my apologies! I guess that’s what happens during the summer months…too busy doing summer things. To say the last couple months have been crazy would be an understatement. Kile and I had plans almost every weekend this summer (still do – this upcoming…
Why would we ever leave?! – The Oregon Summer Trap
Every single summer it happens. The skies turn from gray to blue, the temperature is a perfect mix between warm and hot and the scenery of Oregon is the most beautiful it will ever be. These 3 months of the year make us never want to leave Oregon. It is, truly, one of the most…
Reinventing Our American Dream 