Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
Colorado is always a wonderful state to visit. There is so much to see and to do. I learned that I need to be in better shape for some of those longer hikes because there are so many more that I want to go on. If you missed any of my Colorado adventures check them
2019 has been a good year in many ways. I have gotten to go on some fantastic trips with some wonderful people and I’m planning my wedding to my best friend! Trips to Remember: Fredericksburg & Austin Belize Colorado My Favorite Adventures: Pedernales Falls State Park – a fantastic Texas hill country hike Half Moon
Our last day in Colorado was spent wandering the streets of Durango before we had to head to the airport. The thing is, we had already visited a number of shops and even a brewery at the start of our trip in Durango and wanted to try something different here at the end. So we
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from my family to yours. I hope that this time of the year is filled with fun and family and good food. Know that Bear was not amused by the antlers and promptly removed them himself after this photo but it still makes me giggle to look at because he
I managed to get a few cute pictures of Bear and Keltin among the chaos that is Main Street Grapevine at Christmas time and a couple funny stories! There was a rust bucket of a truck stopped at a long red playing loud music on the worst bass set up I have ever heard and
While visiting my sister this very merry holiday season, we decided to visit a Christmas Pop-Up Bar. If you don’t know, a pop-up bar is a permanent locations that changes themes every so often. This is the first one that I had ever been too and it was a good time. They had themed drinks,
We had a Christmas Cookie contest at work. Unfortunately, I did not win but I did come up with a tasty variation on some of my favorite cookies: Chocolate Chip Pistachio garnished with crushed Peppermint. This is a fun and fairly simple change to give an easy recipe a little holiday flair! See the original
Grapevine, Texas calls itself the Christmas Capitol of Texas. Now, I’m not sure I believe that but they do have quite the decorations on their Historic Downtown Main Street! If you have little ones don’t miss the North Pole Express and a visit to Santa’s Village. There are so many more decorations that I wanted
Last year while at the International Balloon Fiesta Keltin and I “adopted” a little stuffed alpaca named Geoff (pronounced Jeff but his full name is Jeffery) – Keltin picked the spelling. Anyway, when Bear in unable to travel with us, we take Geoff. Being that he is our fluffy traveling companion he has to have
Keltin and I recently found out that there is a new pencil shop in McKinney: Graphite Pencil +Paper and we had to stop in and check it out one Sunday afternoon. The lady that owns the shop is awesome and happy to help you find the best writing utensil for daily use or a specific
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