Holidays

I forgot to post last month about our 15th wedding anniversary on December 14th. We went ice skating in Vienna for our anniversary. But another fun thing was a Just Married book I got for Chris. I was

We walked past a Decathlon sporting goods store when we were in Italy a few weeks ago and we spotted the perfect Christmas gift for James. It was a trio of fun! SPOILER ALERT: We used to live

We are in Vienna, Austria for Christmas. When you are in Vienna for the Christmas holidays, you have to plan ahead with your groceries because many of the stores (including the grocery stores) are closed

Back in 2001 we spent Christmas Day at Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando. We lived right by Universal at the time and we had annual passes to Universal Studios. This was pre-Harry Potter and

Years ago I remember seeing this photo: I told Chris I wanted to go ice skating on this rink in Vienna one day! Usually the Wiener Eistraum (The Vienna Ice Dream) doesn't open until January -

I saw the sign for the live construction of the Christmas balloons at the train station. It read, "Liveaufbau der Weihnachtswelt aus Luftballons." But I wasn't entirely sure what to expect! They are

15 years ago, on December 14, 2002, we were married! I never thought we would move away from Orlando. And then we moved to Washington, DC. I didn't think Washington, DC was our permanent home

Now that Christmas is approaching, Advent Calendars are popping up all over Vienna. In the US, we rarely saw Advent Calendars. I think I saw one at Trader Joe's once. And of course you see Clark Griswold

It is so rare for the three of us to all be in one photo together! I forgot that I had my friend Jen take this photo for us on the 4th of July here in Washington, DC.

Duke and Goblin would have been 16 years old on Saturday. Here they are in Orlando on their 8th birthday: We honored Duke and Goblin on Saturday by taking James down to Sprinkles. Sprinkles has dog

I was looking at wreaths for our front door and I found this silver bell wreath from Williams Sonoma. I would love to put it on our front door here in DC but the front door isn't fully covered like our

This was from last year, but the whole surprise, kiosk and production of this video is still very cute and creative. Way to go WestJet Marketing Team!

Our neighbor has a Mastiff named Buffy and James LOVES Buffy. Buffy got a great pumpkin costume for Halloween but it was just a little too snug on her. So she offered the costume to James! Here

I forgot to post a photo of James on his birthday last weekend. James turned 4 on April 13th. Here he is with his birthday hat:

When I was little I always wanted a June birthday. All those kids had pool parties or swimming in the lake parties. But I usually had cooler Florida January overcast 50 degree weather. This year I lucked

Right by our house is the narrowest house in Georgetown, Washington, DC. It is fun to walk past it and point it out to our friends. Now that the holidays are in full swing they have a Christmas wreath

I was looking at Crate and Barrel when I spotted this ornament that looks a lot like Goblin! I know it is supposed to be a fox, but part of Goblin's story is that they thought the puppies were fox pups

I enjoy everything "Poodle" and when I was looking through the recent Pier1 Imports mailer I was excited when I saw this nutcracker featuring a white Poodle! Lady In Blue Nutcracker $40.00 The

I get excited when I find cute Poodle items! I have an awesome Jonathan Adler Poodle ornament that my in-laws gave me for Christmas a few years ago. It is my favorite ornament of all time and probably

James turned 3 in April and I am finally spending some free time editing the photos we took last month. He is such a formal Poodle: I wanted a ball photo since he is obsessed with all round objects!