03/24/2017
We leave bright and early tomorrow for our Stockholm adventure and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t feeling a bit nervous. It’s the longest we’ve ever left Parker and it feels so strange to be going so very far away. (The furthest we’ve both been together from her before this was a five hour drive to Yosemite!) I tend to get this way any time I leave her and then once we are on the plane, I usually feel better. On the other hand, I couldn’t be more excited for our spring vacation adventure or our time … 
Happy progress report on the house day, friends! I know that it’s highly unlikely that any of you are as excited as we are about this, but those first few vertical pieces of steel are the happiest sight for me! (I’ll give you the cliff’s notes version, but feel free to fall down the rabbit hole here if you prefer all of the details.) After closing on the house the beginning of June, finishing up the rough floor plans by mid June, then dealing with all kinds of demo, tree, and building permits as well as structural … 
We are leaving for Stockholm in three days and I feel utterly unprepared. When it comes to travel, I’m such a planner. You know the person that plans a three week trip to Europe with nothing but a backpack and a Eurail pass in hand? I’m the opposite. It’s not that I need my days scheduled, but if there is a can’t miss restaurant then I want to have a reservation and should we find ourselves in a particular neighborhood, I want to know what all of my options are for that area. (If you know anything about the … 
I’ve having a bit of an Easter conundrum here. Despite whether or not she would remember, we’ve always gone all out for holidays like Christmas and her birthday, but have been total slackers when it comes to Easter. (Last year we were actually on a plane to Hawaii on Easter.) There have so far been no baskets and no egg hunts and no one has been the wiser, but now I’m suddenly on a mission to provide the quintessential Easter for this three year old. (Although, maybe one with less chocolate and less of that plastic grass … 
