Starting something new is hard, you throw yourself out there in the hope that it will all work out. I did that about 8 years ago when I started this blog. Back then I was newly married with zero kids and all the time in the world to go on adventures. I used this blog to document my experiences climbing, road tripping, hiking, and exploring new places. As the blog grew so did I and eventually so did our family. I had my first child in 2019 and keeping up with the blog became a little harder. Then in 2020 I became pregnant with our second and after her birth I took a break from the blog. It’s hard to start something new, but it can be even harder to restart something after putting it down for a while. I spent a lot of time thinking about what I could even document on this blog now. Our hikes are shorter, our road trips done with a family car instead of our trusty Tacoma, and I spend a lot more time at home baking and playing in the yard with the girls. However, the truth is I feel more fulfilled than I ever have in my life.

Our little family has gone through some big changes this year. We moved to a small town in Eastern Washington, a move that we have dreamed of for years. Due to that move I had to leave my job and am now happily a stay-at-home mom, or as I like to call it a domestic resource specialist. Eventually I would love to get back to work in the nature resources field, but I truly enjoy being able to spend more time with my children while they are young. The weekday hikes are a nice bonus as well.

I can’t say I know exactly where I plan on taking this blog in the future, but you can be assured that I will continue to post about our adventures. However, there will also be a healthy number of posts on baking, planting gardens, and our life at home.