5 novels in a year – doesn’t sound too hard, right?  That means I’d have to read a novel about once every two and a half months over the course of one year.  As a person who doesn’t read for enjoyment very often, I still had my doubts about whether I would really make the […]

Last week we took an unexpected trip to Chicago.  As you know, we love to travel whenever we get the chance, but in this case, there’s really only one word to describe the experience – bittersweet.  “Bitter” because we were there to say our final farewells to my Uncle Hank who passed away after losing […]

To celebrate my (Ryan) 31st birthday, we decided on a whim, to take a little road trip down to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), Mexico for the weekend.  I’ve never been to Mexico before and we really wanted to use our passports again.  Also, we got to cross two things off our 101 in 1001 list! […]