Photo Friday - One Year Ago...

On May 19, 2010 we ate our favorite last breakfast (Acai bowl at Bogart's!), took some cheesy pictures, packed the jeep with our luggage, took one last load of our belongings up to Mike & Julie's house to store for the duration, and then Katie took us to the airport...

Look at the excitement on E's face!  That is definitely an "I don't know what we're getting in to, but I'm READY for it" look!  I'm so grateful and humbled by all that we got do do, see, experience, taste, smell and face in the last 365 days.   Now that we are settling back in to "regular" life (whatever that is), I will use this blog to update you guys on all of the stories/pictures that still have not made it on the internet!  Believe it or no, we are terrible at making the time to write posts, and a LOT more happened than we had time to write about.  :)  Recaps are coming!

Happy 1-Year Travel Anniversary to the best travel partner a lady could ask for!

PKWA Aloha Party

I don’t know if I’ve ever told you before, but the people I work with at Philip White Architects are awesome. Seriously. If I were to write a manual about how to run a respectful, successful, fun-yet- hard-working architectural practice, I would be writing about the folks at PKWA. I can’t say enough good about Pip, Terine, Laura, Michelle, Craig, Jane, and Cheryl.

They threw the nicest party ever. I am so grateful for the love and support…and for all that I learned along the way…and the knowledge that I have a lifetime of learning yet to come. I miss you guys!

THANK YOU to the PKWA crew. And here, a bit of the shenanigans that the “Aloha Party” included:

A Week in the life – Honolulu

Our last week in Honolulu before departing for the trip was bittersweet…and busy! Who knew wrapping and putting your life on hold was so involved! I had envisioned a week of hanging with friends, hiking, and soaking up the sun. Instead we were wrapping up work projects, selling our things, packing our things, giving away our things, and packing some more. It makes me feel gross thinking about how much crap we had crammed in to a one bedroom apartment. BIG MAHALOS to our friends who helped us out, and brought us beer while we were packing.

Here is a week in the life – in pictures:

the pre-7 am view down the corridor in my office on the last day of work