Posts Tagged ‘travel’

the long road home | roadtrip v.2

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Remember way back when we drove to Wisconsin for Indie’s birthday? Well, here is the version 2 I promised. Better late than never. And don’t worry, we will return to regularly scheduled programming complete with awesome newborn shots. Yes, newborn! tomorrow.

So, 24 hours in a car in the span of 4 days=get creative! Although I am blessed with a little girl who LOVES to travel (hmmm…wonder where she gets that!) so we actually had a ton of fun. We did take a couple side trips to see the giant “pinwheels” as Lena called them.

yes, I know they have a giant windmill coming out of their head but I had to include this because this picture makes me laugh. The wind was bitter. bit.ter. and we got out of the car with grand delusions of walking to the windmill but 5 feet in Lena turned around and we all happily followed. This is my mom and dad. giving their very stoic “i’m freezing and about to blow away, why are you pointing that camera at me” pose:)

then this is what happens when you get bored. first up, self portrait of me and the lena bean.

next up, an impromptu photo shoot while Lena ate grapes (hence the hilarious mouth!)

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Roadtrip v.1

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

I’m a little behind on the personal blogging so I thought I’d do a little posty post on this beautiful Saturday of Indie’s first birthday party that we road tripped to Wisconsin for. A first birthday of awesomeness because Indie was born on St. Patrick’s Day, how cool is that! So these are some pictures of while we were then…we’ll do another post of the actual party and roadtrip because 24 hours of travel in a period of 4 days, with a two year old to boot, equals funny pictures:)

the svelte nana!

cute cheeks and shark eyes. the indie bear.

they took me to trader joes. i stocked up on almond butter and then tried their hummus at the party and realized I should have stocked up on that too! I’m now planning all my trips around Trader Joe’s and Ikea:)

then we loaded up Lena’s cart with the important stuff…bwahahaha!

quick story for memory purposes: Lena loves penguins. all penguins. but especially the one’s from Madagascar. So we found this one right before we went on our trip and it talked, not when you squeezed it but with motion. So the whole entire trip all we heard with every slight movement of the car was “cute and cuddly boys”, “soldier, you can share a foxhole with me anytime”. Needless to say the penguin lost his voice a few days ago and no one is mourning the loss:) The penguin was also the first cousin rivalry so by the end of the trip we had found Indie one too. Love these pictures. Love that they capture one of her favorite toys and the hands on the cheeks in the first one:)

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roadtrippin’

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

today we set off to jacksonville. 3 girls, lots of toys in an effort to keep the Lenabean entertained, some chickfila in our bellies, and manymany stops.

oh, and one backtrack by a few exits to make sure we got a starbucks fix.

10 hours later we arrived.  it was dark, right after sunset, but our first stop was the ocean.

because when you have a two year old in the back seat who has said all day “i go to ocean” how can you tell her its really going to be tomorrow.

so we found a little access to the beach, parked illegally, and made our way in the dark across a small boardwalk.

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Lena hit the sand, teetered on it, and held up her hand to her ear and went “what that sound” in amazement.

her last trip to the ocean was at 10 weeks old so this was her first “real” trip, one that she can react to.

With Mr. Moon big and bright, a beautiful breeze and not a cloud in the sky we ran to see the waves

and even found a few shells:)

it was a good day.

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an empire state of mind

Monday, October 19th, 2009

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my birthplace, the city where my mom grew up, the place that at 15 showed me what it was like to give back to those in need and love the differences we all hold, the destination of some roadtrips in college, once to view the fresh dust of 9/11. new york. There is nothing better than walking down a street of New York, you just feel like you are part of something. I leave in less than 12 hours for a quick trip for some photography funness. and I’m nervous. why?! I’m feeling my age and my days of youthful abandon by myself is lagging. Now I’m wishing I had my fam to enjoy it with me, to show Lena the FAO Schwartz store (next time its definitely going to be a family trip!) On the flip side though, I promise that happiness will ensue when I’m chilling at the hotel room looking out at New York and shopping at B&H Photo :)

So what is playing in my ipod? Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keys. oh yeah! Here are the lyrics to get you in the mood for some fun pics when I get back:)

New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let’s hear it for New York

or listen to it here

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