Halloween & Fall Fun

Another year of fall and Halloween fun. Once again, the weather proved to be rather miserable for most of the month, but we still managed to have a blast celebrating the "fall" season! I let Emmeline choose what she wanted to be for Halloween this year, and after much back and forth between a buffalo (a highly discouraged this one, way too hot!), a cat, an owl, and a dinosaur, she finally landed on an owl. It was fun to make and turned out pretty cute!

Paris Part 2: Walks, Sights, and Food

What Paris post would be complete without mention of the walks, sights, and food? It was fun to revisit many of the places we frequented when living there, and check out a few new things.

Paris Part 1: Paris with a Toddler!

Oh, Paris! After 2.5 years away, we were able to spend several weeks there again when Nick had a business trip there. This time Emmeline got join in on the fun, and I think she fell in love with it as much as we did!

Canada: A Whole Lotta Smoke, Some Beauty, & Calgary

From this point on, our trip was marked primarily by the prescense of wildfire smoke, and a lot of it. Apparently, this has been fairly common with summer with very little rain and wildfires all over British Columbia. Things will clear up for a few days with good winds and then go back to smoke filled. Sadly, there was no way to predict how the next day would be, but we never did see those goregous blue skies again. We still found lots of beauty, and we can only imagine how truly beautiful this area must be without the smoke!

Canada: Beautiful Canmore & Banff

This is maybe the strangest trip we've ever planned: booked plane tickets 9 months in advance (which we never do) on a whim and cheap tickets, and yet probably the least amount of planning and prep before we left for the trip. Despite the wildfires in British Columbia sending smoke our way for the majority of the week, we still enjoyed our first trip to Banff National Park and Emmeline's first trip to Canada (and another country)!

Hurricane Harvey

Well, I guess we've officially survived our first hurricane since moving to Houston. While we weren't affected as much as many others, I figured it was worth making note of!

Paris Lake Reunion

About 6 months ago, Lindsey and Justin mentioned a trip to the US in August. Our Paris group quickly aligned on a weekend for a reunion. Although we didn't plan on the hurricane, it was still a blast of a weekend hanging out with everyone again (with a few kid/dog additions!)