Like I mentioned in this post, one of the things that really helped us on our Europe trip was to purchase tickets ahead of time when we could. When I visited Paris as part of a Europe trip in high school, we went on a nighttime cruise on the Seine River and it was absolutely amazing! The Eiffel Tower wow-ed us as we drifted by its twinkly, sparkly glory. That was a summer night I won't soon … [Read more...]
How We Simplified The Planning For Our Europe Trip
It has been so much fun writing up all these posts from our recent 2-week trip to Europe! They've functioned as a really great journal for me as well. I'm not even finished with all the Europe posts (eek!) but we're getting there! And it's been nice to reflect back on the experience. RELATED: Our 2-Week Europe Trip Itinerary Europe 2016 was quite the adventure! Whether it was staying in Airbnbs, … [Read more...]
Impromptu “Anniversary” Photos
Bjorn and I have been married for just about 2 and a half years now! It's crazy to think of life before I married him, before he was my best friend, before I met him. Since our wedding anniversary is March 29 (2014), we tend to celebrate a little in the month of March but then it's always fun to wait until warmer weather hits Minnesota before doing some fun photos or other adventures. I actually … [Read more...]
How You Can Thrive During a Season of Waiting
We don't like to wait. I've heard that, specifically, Americans don't like to wait! This is something my husband and I even noticed about ourselves while traveling in Europe this summer! Our human attitude is to fix the wait, not to accept it. A long line? Let's see if there's a way to expedite it. A lengthy subway ride? Perhaps next time we'll try out all kinds of shortcuts to make it more … [Read more...]
HelloFresh Meals – Simplified Meal Planning
I was provided with HelloFresh products for this post. All opinions are my own (and my husband's!). :) My husband Bjorn and I lead a pretty busy life! Don't let all the peaceful rural photos fool you into thinking we just sit around, haha! ;) While we do enjoy simple joys and quiet, peaceful moments wherever we can grab 'em, we collectively have a lot on our plate in this season of life. And if we're not … [Read more...]
A Relaxing Day in Albert, France
We loved our couple days in Albert, France! The guys got to explore historic sites and museums in The Somme area, and on our full day in Albert, my sis-in-law Signe and I decided to spend the day just exploring the town of Albert ourselves. ^^ The front door of our cute Airbnb! ^^ ^^ the view outside into the square-type area ^^ Signe and I slept in till 9 and by 10 am, we left our cute Airbnb … [Read more...]
My Sensitive Skin Care + Makeup Routine
Let me start by saying I am not a makeup artist. Whew! Glad that's out of the way! ;) But…after years of rotating through countless makeup products and struggling to find the balance between looking polished but also not 12 years old, I finally feel I’ve settled on a look I like! So the goal of today's post is to give you a bit of insight into what works for me and consequently, what may work for … [Read more...]
Memorials and Museums near Ypres, Belgium
We packed our days in Europe with all the museums, memorials, and other special stops we could! It was not a leisurely, get-up-at-1o-am type of vacation (made evident by our itinerary) - but you know what? That's a good thing! After all, we only had a limited amount of time in Europe and I think we would have regretted sleeping in and not trying to squeeze everything we could out of the trip! After … [Read more...]
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