homebound

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Today we start our loooong trek home to St. Louis.

We seriously had the BEST week here in Massachusetts with Adam's lovely family.

We are so blessed to have two really great families in our lives.

We are going to try to drive straight through, all 21 hours, without stopping so that we can get home and see our puppies sooner.

We miss Catalina too much and we are probably going to have to steal Picasso from my parents for a day too.

Ok, off to get my last Dunkin Donut treat for awhile, and then we are hitting the road.

loves.

xo

janel

nieces and nephews

We are having a blast here!

The past two days have been full of fun times with nieces and nephews up here in Massachusetts.  

Auntie Janel and Uncle Adam brought lots of presents for these cuties :) We are so lucky to have all of them in our family.

We also hit up some antique malls (which are amazing up here).

This trip has been a blast so far!  It is so good to see everyone and to catch up and to just spend time being with each other.  

It's so great to see Adam with his family. We love them!

Tomorrow is NYC!!

I seriously can not wait.

We are only going to be in the city for one day so I have a short list of things I really want to see on this trip.

On my list is:

* hot dog vendor

* pretzel vendor

*  The Guggenheim

* Statue of Liberty

*  Broadway

 * Times Square

I think that may be it but Im not sure. If it's a tourist trap, I am sure to be there :) Adam's dad is an awesome tour guide so I know we will get to see a lot of the city!  

I will have lots and lots of photos to share with you tomorrow night for sure

love you!

xo

janel

Insta-roadtrip

Did you know that you can make Instagram books with Blurb?  Pretty awesome right?

So, after finding this out, I decided that I would document our little trip to Massachusetts and New York with an Instagram book!

For the past two days, it has been driving driving, a night in Pennsylvania, and more driving.

We finally got to Adam's parent's house last night about 8:00pm EST.

It feels so good to be here and to be able to spend time with his family.

Anway, we are heading out to breakfast soon but I thought I would share some Insta-roadtrip photos with you before we leave :)

Start time!

 We drove by Gus' and had to stop for some fresh pretzels before we left St. Louis

 Indiana skies

 Ohio!

 My turn to drive

 Dinner at Cracker Barrel

road trip hair...yikes!

 rainy Pennsylvania

 Jersey

 New York

 The George Washington Bridge (so pretty)

a quick stop at Dunkin Donuts for a frozen hot chocolate.

Although the ride was really really (times 100) long, we did have a lot of fun.  Adam is the perfect person to road trip with because he's so easy going and never gets crabby. Plus, he drives those long roads like a rock star.  I tried to get every singe "Welcome to..." signs as we entered states but I totally missed Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, Connecticut and Massachusetts.  I'll have to try and get them on the way home :)  Hopefully, after a week of family and fun I will have a cute little Instagram book to share!

Ok, pancakes are calling my name.

love you!

xo

janel

road tripping

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Tomorrow morning, very very early, Adam and I will be embarking on a 21 hour road trip to Massachusetts.  We are both so excited to see his family and to be able to spend time with them! They have lots of fun plans for us including a day trip to New York City on Wednesday :)

We are also going to see Wicked on Broadway that night!!  so excited.  I also plan to eat a hot dog, and a pretzel in New York while we are there (both from vendors).

Needless to say, it may be a couple of days before I can post again, depending on when and where we can get internet  connection on the road.  We plan to break our driving up in two days with a night in either Ohio or Pennsylvania.

I have not packed a single thing yet, and Adam has challenged me to make at least 15 mixed CD's for the road.  Fun Fun!!

I'll be back with road trip photos as soon as I can :)

I love you all!

xo

janel

obsessed...

Here are a few of things that I am obsessed with as of late :

1.  This amazing doll suitcase by Hart + Sew...

ridiculously obsessed to be exact :)

I want to make one like tonight....or at least get started on one.  Who knew all of the magic that could be made with vintage luggage?

Not to mention, the blog itself is worth following....adorable!!

2.  Bloglovin'

I actually found out about Bloglovin through my blog stats when I realized there were many hits from the above site.

I have always been a fan of google reader but I love the way Bloglovin' works, so much more!!

Bloglovin' is more organized and efficient and allows you to see ALL of the cuteness that one puts into their blog.  

I love it!

Plus it's super quick to sign up and get started. 

Highly recommended, you should check it out for sure.

And if you do.... add me ------> I put a little link on my sidebar to make it super easy :)

3.  a road trip!!

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Adam and I have been talking about a road trip in a winnebago to the west coast for a couple of years.  The trip would be from here to my Jenny Star (in LA) with tons of stops in between.

Recently, my sister and her husband have been planning a trip like this as well!! So excited!  Anyway, either way...I really hope it happens this summer :)

Loving loving loving.

♥

xo

janel