Italy - Positano Scrapped

For my Italy travel partners birthday I hustled through a scrapbook of our trip. I don't think I've ever made a scrapbook this quickly.  I think I got a good 30 pages done in 6 weeks  Revisiting all the photos of this trip made me yearn for another trip to Europe.  Without further adieu my favorite ages from the first half of our trip to Positano.

Maui - Scrapped

I did some pages for my long weekend in Maui last year finally.  I now have tropical vacations on my mind...where to next?

Montezuma Falls & Ziplining Scrapped

I finished the Costa Rica scrapbook! Our favorite part of our trip to Costa Rica was the two days we trekked over the tip of the Nicoya Peninsula from Santa Teresa to Montezuma.  Once for the waterfall hike and another time for ziplining, both are essentially in the same place. I think next time we're in Costa Rica we'll possibly stay in Montezuma just for the outdoor adventure that is abundant there.

Montezuma Waterfall

Oh Happy Day

Jump! Splash!

All Time Best Day Ever

Ziplining

Little Brother, Big Sister

Beautiful Montezuma

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica - Scrapped

I'm sitting here just over a year after our trip to Central America.  For some reason I stopped working on the pages for this trip after I finished the Nicaragua portion.  Now I am re-visiting and remembering just how beautiful a place Santa Teresa is. I am in dire need of another tropical vacation, Memorial Day weekend can't come soon enough (Maui here I come!)

Without further ado, my first pages from the Costa Rica scrapbook, more to come.

House In Paradise

Be in LOVE with your Life, every minute of it

I'd go anywhere with you

Gin Rummy

Let the Sea set you Free

Malpais Beach Walk

Beachfront Yoga

Another Weekend, Another Camping Trip

We stayed local for this little camping shindig for husband face's birthday back in December.  It was CHILLY. It wasn't really camping, we got pizza...it was just drinking by the ocean outside and we happened to sleep in a tent that night.

Insta Scrapping-February

My favorite Insta photos from the past few month. I'm sure people are tired of my Insta feed: my cat, my shoes, my alcohol fueled encounters and my nieces and nephew. I am in dire need of a trip to change that up.  Luckily I have a long weekend in Maui coming up in May followed by (hopefully) Italy in June and I promise much more interesting (or picturesque) photos will  be coming from that.

Too many adult beverages deep on our birthday

Lake Arrowhead Camping

Back in September (my last month of unemployment) husband-face and I took one last summer camping trip up near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernadino Mountains.  We stayed at Dogwood Campground.  The setting was beautiful and the campground was huge but all of the sites were very close together so you didn't have much privacy.  We ended up hanging out with our neighbors and playing drinking games both nights. When we go back up we'll probably try to find a campground that's a little quieter as this place had screaming kids everywhere.  The neighbors to our other side had so many people and were so incredibly loud that it made for a not particularly peaceful camping experience.  But I guess that's what you get when you car camp, and I am not the backpacking type.

We did a couple of hikes in an attempt to find water to swim in (it was HOT). Our first attempt to find the waterfall at Heart Rock was fruitless as there was no water running (though we did find Heart Rock).  So we too a drive and found our way to Aztec Falls.  The water was low but it was running.  When it is rushing and the water levels are higher it's apparently a great cliff jump. We will definitely go back here and make a day of it with a picnic at the swimming hole next year.

A Summer Visit

When you're lucky enough to live by the beach people tend to want to come visit you.  That includes my parents who make it out to visit 2 or 3 times every year.  Their visits usually include a lot of beach time, eating at all their favorite San Diego restaurants and my father teaching his grandchildren to say and do inappropriate things. We had an added bonus this year, my brother quit his job to travel (JEALOUS) so he was able to bring his new girlfriend out to meet everybody.

A Road Trip (that I wasn't on)

This past summer my sister and her beautiful family took a 3 week long road trip up the west coast.  They drove from San Diego all the way up to Washington and back.  And because her kids are so disgustingly cute and they were in gorgeous scenic places a lot of awesome photos came from the trip.  Seriously, they're the most photogenic family on earth...just look.

My favorite little goof

What kid sleeps in a bathtub?

My beautiful sister and brother-in-law