THROWBACK - EUROPE 2009

So basically I'm traveling to South America twice this year, and all I can think about from now until then is "HURRY UP, TIME!" I'm visiting Andres's home country (Bolivia) in February, and then visiting my family's home country (Colombia) in May. Since travel is all I can think about lately, I went digging for some of our photos from our trip to Europe that we took in 2009 (I was 20 - seems like ages ago), and thought I'd share and reminisce a little on the thought of vacation!

We had gone to Czech Republic to visit my (now) sister-in-laws family who lives in Plzen and got to tour around a few cities including Prague. Then, since the countries are all pretty close by we hopped on a beautiful train ride to Italy where we got to hang out and visit our friend who lived in Verona.

Sidenote: These pictures were taken during my pre-DSLR days, so I kinda have to hand it to my trusty Sony Cybershot for being capable of capturing such amazing sceneries! Enjoy :)

CHRISTMAS WEEK 2014

So many events took place in just one week that I don't even know where to begin. Birthdays, anniversaries, celebrating Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas day with Andres's family, trips all the way to DC just to eat doughnuts in multiple places and then end up getting a ticket for parking in a bus zone. Worth it? Yes.

Some random photos below, hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!
Now to just look forward to 2015!!

MINI TREES DECOR

I know at this point there's only about 12 days left until Christmas, but it's never too late to add some extra decor around the place. At least that's how I feel about it - more Christmas everywhere, please!

I'd been in love with these little trees I've been seeing at just about every store this year, but my only concern was that they were either out of my price range,  not the colors I wanted, or just too big or too small. So what do you do when in doubt? DIY. That's what I always say. Nope, I never say that. But I might just have to start to.

All I really needed for this project was:
Spray paint (I already had a ton on hand)
Blue tape (had that too)
Mini Pine Trees (I ordered these on amazon)

THANKSGIVING '14

Hello! I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving Day with lots and lots to be thankful for. This year I'm thankful that I could invite my family to celebrate in mine and Andres's home and that we could all share a huge meal with so much to spare. Having my home full of food and my favorite people just instantly fills my heart. And the fact that the host ends up getting to keep most of the leftovers - well that, that just instantly fills my stomach!

"May our stuffing be tasty, May our turkey be plump
May our potatoes and gravy, have nary a lump.
May our yams be delicious, and our pies take the prize,
And may our Thanksgiving dinner, stay off our thighs!"
-Someone

MY CONTRIBUTIONS: Cranberry-Orange Quinoa Salad, and Sweet Potato w/ Cilantro-Coconut Pesto!

And a White Cranberry Sangria!

My brother's Pumpkin Creme Brulee with homemade whipped cream - INCREDIBLE!