Let me start by saying I only left Italy because I had to – not because I wanted to.
This is just a quick post to share a few final photos of my recent trip to Italy — including the results of the glass-modeling workshop Kelly and I both took during the first portion of our trip, because I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats waiting with baited breath to see how our creations turned out!
Yes, I went to Pisa just to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
As one does.
Physically, I’m back in Arizona and at my day job, but mentally, I’m still in Italy.
After Kelly and I wrapped up the Rome portion of our two-week trip, we hopped onto a high-speed Frecciarossa train bound for our next destination: Florence!
SING TO ME PAOLO!
Ciao amici! Hello from Italy!
My sister (Kelly) and I are about halfway through our two-week trip around Italy. We just wrapped up the first part of our trip — a few days in Venice — which was way cooler than I could have ever hoped.
I can’t believe it’s been one full year since we scooped our stubborn, sassy, shedding husky up from the Maricopa County animal shelter!
“What did you do last week?”
2/12.
It’s been a pretty chill (figuratively, not literally) February here in Flagstaff.
I’ve been trying to keep my nose buried in various books lately.
Maybe one day I’ll go backpacking somewhere where everything isn’t trying to maim, stab, injure, scratch or otherwise kill me.
But, because I live in Arizona, yesterday was not that day. 
Ryan and I just got back from a two-day, one-night backpacking trip down in the Superstition Wilderness Area of the Tonto National Forest, where we turned off our iPhones, traversed across dry creek beds and took in expansive views of towering Saguaros.
