Archive for the ‘Travels’ Category

happy new year

Posted on January 2nd, 2014 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Wishing you a happy New Year, one day late. Just in case you’re wondering, that photo above is no Colorado Rocky Mountain snowy, windy, howling single-digit New Year’s Day.  We escaped for a few days, and we’re thawing out.  It’s been mighty nice, let me tell you. Happy, happy New Year!



weekend in vail

Posted on October 14th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

Last night we came home from our trip–a weekend in Vail, Colorado.  It was so much fun; far enough away to be a little road trip, but close enough to not be a tiring drive.  Vail is only an hour and a half from where we live, and the views along the way are amazing. […]



back home in colorado

Posted on June 6th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

We’re finally back home again.  We had one of the best trips ever to NY–we got to see all my family, and everyone there was glad to meet our latest little chub.  On our way out, we stopped to see my grandparents (and almost missed our plane, lol). We came back to June in full […]



{almost} all together

Posted on June 4th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Here is almost my whole immediate family.  We got together for a clambake at Rahab’s house after the wedding.  Only Jacques, #6, missed both the wedding and the clambake. Introductions are nice, right?  Although you may have met most of them in the last post, these are my brothers.  From left to right, in order […]



gone to new york

Posted on May 28th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  13 Comments »

We’ve been in upstate NY since Saturday night.  It seems like forever since I’ve been here, and everything seems a little different, while so familiar.  New York is incredibly greener than Colorado, and the air is charged with moisture.  Everything feels lower (it is) and just a little swamp-like compared to the arid mountains of […]