Callie gets Married!

Wedding bells are ringing! I had an amazing time this weekend being reunited with some of my favorite people! This weekend I took a road trip out to Battle Creek for a wedding. I actually was on the swim team with the bride in college! She was a young crazy freshman when I met her and she used to hang out in our rental house to get out of the dorms and pretend like she lived there. I remember her always telling crazy stories and wearing mismatched socks. Now she's a smart, polished women that runs a successful business and is, well, married.

All of the swim girls with the beautiful bride! I can't believe it's been so long since we were in school. I really miss our pool days and being a student, but I love seeing all the paths everyone has taken- starting businesses, grad school, medical school. My friends are all amazing women :)

Fall came early this year so it got EXTREMELY chilly when the sun went down. Thankfully the venue had stacks and stacks of blankets out for everyone to wrap up with. Then when the party wrapped up, the wedding party changed into sweatpants and there was a big bonfire! It was a fun time.

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Girls Weekend | Cincinnati

I'm learning more and more how much work it is to maintain relationships with the people we care about when we get older and get busy with our own careers and families. It's a hard truth, but when we go our separate ways and move to new cities after college/grad school, its a lot harder to keep in touch!

My girlfriends and I decided it was long overdue to get together and have a weekend in Cincinnati, where one of my friends moved after school. Even though the weather had been amazing in the week leading up to our reunion, it of course decided to snow and rain for our reunion!

We decided to escape the gloomy weather by going to the Art museum. It was a great way fill the day and spend some time together.

After our museum fun, we headed home for some afternoon naps (we aren't getting any younger), fresh makeup, and a night out on the town to see my girlfriend's Improv show. She did great! I'm so proud and impressed by her picking up an interesting new hobby.

I was trying to think of the last time I tried something new- maybe going to yoga? I guess I need to work on being as adventurous...

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Costa Rica | Insane Savegre River Whitewater Rafting!

After our long flight and drive to our hotel in the rainforest we were itching to get outside and see some animals! Thankfully, other wedding guests had scheduled a rafting trip and we were able to join the fun.

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Weekend Getaway | Palo Alto

So we had to leave the paradise that is Monterey. :( We headed back into the city so we wouldn't miss our early flights. We decided to stay in town our last day and pretend we were college students in Palo Alto. We found a cute little place to stay by the Stanford campus and spent our last day laying by the pool and wandering around the Stanford campus.

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Weekend Getaway | Monterey & Big Sur

After stretching our legs on the beach in Santa Cruz and exploring downtown, we hopped back in our rental to explore more beautiful coastline. We were not disappointed. It felt like driving through the clouds...or a movie set of what the beach is supposed to look like. Then we happened upon the cutest small town called Carmel-by-the-Sea and got ice cream. I'm not kidding when I say it's cute. Topiaries everywhere. Houses that look like elves both built and live in them, and flowers everywhere.

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Weekend Getaway | San Francisco & Santa Cruz

My boyfriend had a work conference in California this weekend so I took a couple vacation days to sneak off to California to be with him. I'm always sad to burn vacation days, but this was a very worthy reason- getting out of the last of the cold Minnesota weather!

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Hike to Hell | Getaway | Devils Bridge Arizona

NOT A HIKER NOT A HIKER

I need to preface this by saying I'm NOT A HIKER. Although I'm not terribly out of shape; I go to the gym. I do yoga, I swim laps. But as I learned today, I'm probably not a desert flower that's up to hiking in 90 degree heat. (But who would be in those conditions?)

It started when I hopped on a plane to Phoenix for the weekend to escape the snow and we decided it was time to conquer the outdoors. My partner did some research and heard about the Devil's Bridge hike at the Coconino National Forest. It sounded like a good way to get outdoors and get some exercise!

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Valentines Day | San Diego

So I just started dating this new guy after being single for awhile and he has been dropping hints like crazy that he has a surprise for Valentines Day! He's really sweet and giggly, but I really had no idea what to expect so I had to share the story of how this VDay came to be...because I have had some doozies (haven't we all?).

 I flew into PHX and assumed the surprise was a nice dinner and flowers or something. (Which probably would beat my last couple Valentines days).

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