Since it's the season of thoughtfulness and giving and all things nice, I thought it'd be a good time to share a little 'giving' story...something that a long-time family friend did for me recently. A few weeks back, I received a package from Uncommon Goods. They do...

Today's entry for hilarious things we found while unpacking. [imagebrowser id=22] Yes, that is a bunch of mostly used chalk. Wrapped preciously like family heirlooms. The thing about moving? Eventually you run out of time to "get organized" and "purge" - so you are...

My parents left today. We ended up doing a TON of stuff between Friday and Monday. I have many blogs to write about all the things we did. They had a fantastic time and I have every confidence they will become the next great Oregon vacation spokespeople. Right Mom and...

So May marks the month where Oregon invaded my soul. It was the month where Kenny first mentioned the idea of the move. Hard to believe it's been a year already since we (mentally) started this journey. It's been hard, and fun, and crazy, and busy, and challenging,...

Home is proving to be a funny little word for me these days. For most of my life, I have equated it with a physical place - like my parents' house growing up (where Kenny and I also lived after we got married. Don't worry - we didn't have a weird family compound thing...