So, after speaking with Colleen and also being completely overwhelmed by my Ireland pictures, I have decided to make a slight amendment to my initial plan of posting Ireland all in one post.  Instead, I have decided to post most of Ireland here and then do another post next week with pictures from my most

Hi friends!  I am back in the states!  I got back late last Thursday night and have spent the weekend relaxing, trying to re-acclimate my body to this time zone, and going through some of the over 3500 photos I took while I was there.  I worked most of the day Saturday and part of

We spent this weekend at the beach, which I think is probably the most appropriate way to spend Memorial Day.  While the majority of the time was spent front porch sittin’ and lounging on the beach, we made it a priority to drive into Charleston several times.  Amidst the delicious food eating and strolls along

Last week I pretty much felt like I won the lottery when I realized that these little stick things in our backyard had transformed into lush peony bushes.  I had never even seen a peony in real life – they were like this unicorn flower that only people that live in California seemed to have.

As I mentioned on Friday, this past weekend I attended the wedding of an old friend in Lake Lure, NC.  I had been to Lake Lure but it had been several years and to be honest I forgot how stunningly beautiful it is there.  The wedding itself was as lovely as the location and was

On Friday, Corey and I headed down to Beaufort for the weekend.  You might remember that I went last year for Lindsay’s bachelorette party and this year she thought it might be fun to bring the boys along.  It was the best kind of weekend, filled with lounging, old and new friends, and entirely too