Author: alissachristensen

Today is a special day for someone I know. Celebrating many years of happiness and memories. Isn’t it amazing how no matter how many years go by you still feel like a little kid when your at your granma’s house. I still feel that even though she has now moved and Im now having my own kid. When she makes me a home cooked danish meal Im transported to five years old again. Her teaching me to knit, making “big flat pancakes,” letting me drive the golf cart.

And yet things have changed. Im not the little girl who refused to wear pants and instead dresses every single day. I’ve grown up and so has she. Life has changed dramatically for both of us. She has come to visit me in the house I own in another country. She is graciously making bedding for her great grandson. And I now get to hear stories of when she grew up and raised a family on a farm in Denmark. I love hearing all these amazing tales from her past. Its like finding an unread book you can’t put down.

Our relationship is ever evolving. I can’t wait to see where it goes next. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANMA!

Happy Canada Day! Always my favorite summer memories. We spent almost every Canada Day in Sylvan Lake at  my grandparents house. Watching the boat parade, and fire works over the lake. Could it have been more cliche. Nope and thats the best part! I hope my kids get to experience the same feeling. Only they will get two holidays!

This year we have planned horribly enough to miss both holidays in corresponding countries by two days. How does that happen? You would think we could hit one of them. But nope in the US for Canada day and in Canada for Fourth of July. Too bad. Gonna miss all the eating crap and fireworks. But thats ok we can still celebrate! And I hope you all do the same. Enjoy the day off and make some memories with your friends and family! And maybe a little cake too!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

This week we got in that dang car again, and started driving. And driving we did. First we decided it would be a smarter idea to take the short cut instead of the interstate. It was not a short cut! We went through Zion National park. Which although beautiful beyond words, much much much much much slower! Our Gps just kept adding the minutes slowly to our destination. We ended up getting finally to Pagosa Springs, Colorado an hour later than we were supposed to. Good short cut! Its a good thing my hubby can make me laugh non stop for 11 hours!

But we got here and thats all that matters. We got to stay in a beautiful little cabin in the woods with our friends. What a fun thing to do. For some reason neither me and Brandon have never done a summer vacation with friends. Im hooked. A tiny little town, four best friends. It could not have gotten better. But yet it did. They have been together for 7 years and on Tuesday he got down on one knee and asked that question every girl waits her whole life to hear. Surrounded by friends and family, it was perfect in every way! I am so touched that we got to be a part of that. Especially since I was int he dark until that very moment too! Lots of love going around this week.

Last night we even got to experience the small town carnival. Which I absolutely loved. Even though I was turned down at every single ride for being pregnant. At least the Ferris wheel operator felt bad for me and let me just sit for a picture or two! Really Its more about the atmosphere and picture taking for me. And the going back the next day for hand dipped corn dogs!

All in all this has been a fantastic week and of course as always gone much too fast! Maybe we’ll be back for round two next year. With a new baby for me and a new husband for her!

If your not a part of it already you probably will be. I feel like this was how people felt when facebook first started. You know a good thing when you see it. In the simplest way its an online site to bookmark your favorite photo’s, links and idea’s. You can share them with all your profile friends. Its also a great way to find amazing idea’s. You can see what everyone is pinning all over the world. I have even read some amazing stories through there. Here is one of my favorites:

I spend a lot of my free time, (and maybe some of the time I should be doing more important things! as my laundry waits patiently.) On pinterest. Its idea’s to inspire creative projects, idea’s for photography, even simple tips for around the house and such. I love everything about it! And its more than a little addicting! Its easily organized in boards that you choose to name. And you can even tag your friends in the ones you want to share. And its beyond easy to use. Great for me and all my long distance friends and family!

So be prepared with me sharing many more posts about pinterest stuff and posts inspired by something on pinterest. And if your now feeling the urge to join just email me at lissables@gmail.com right now the site is still a little more private and you need to be invited to join. But anyone who wants in on this awesome site can just let me know! I promise you cant be disappointed!

Happy Pinning!

It seems no matter what I do when I leave on a trip I do not blog. This time I even lined up a bunch of things to blog about. And still just couldn’t get around to it. That’s life. If you didn’t know I was jetting around the world last week. We made the long drive from Las Vegas to Calgary and from there the very long plane ride from Calgary to London! Yes I was in London at the beginning of this very week! How crazy. So before I share all the fun things I was supposed to blog about last week, let me show you the highlights from London!

We did Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, and Westminister Abbey. We did all the fun tourist things. Things I got to do last time I was in London but it was fun to share it with Brandon and discuss different stories about it.

We went to the Cotswold’s, small surrounding towns to London. It was just beyond beautiful! We saw Warwick Castle and Hampton Court. We walked through Hyde Park and St James park. We even made time to shop at Harrods so I could get some British chocolate for my mom! There was many photo ops to be had!

We went to the portabella Market which was made famous by the movie “Notting Hill.” Brandon got to play with some old camera’s and featured the Super 8. I got to sample some british cupcakes at the hummingbird bakery. Not as good as lissables cupcakes if I do say so myself : )

And Lastly some sharing of the weather we had. It rained and did it ever. Brandon and I were trapped for 10 minutes behind a tree while a storm hit during our walk through Hyde park. So intense we even got hail! Somehow being trapped in a storm in a park with an umbrella is just not as romantic as the movies make it out to be! So I got used to wearing my big rain coat with everything, and thank goodness for all the scarves I brought! And since I was a little bigger than normal I didnt do much shopping for myself. However the little man got some fun stuff. And those would be my favorite. Which is funny since I got all the way home on that 8 hr plane ride before I discovered that the one with the bus on it saying “Nothing Hill” rather than “Notting Hill.” O well! Guess its going to just make me smile when he wears it now!

London sure was fun and a have so many more memories and photo’s I could share with you but that would just bore you. So I’ll leave you instead with Brandon’s photo project while we were away. He is always making me laugh and being on vacation only intensified that. So goodnight and you have a laugh too!