Adventures // Tofino BC Canada

Tofino BC is where Tim and I left our hearts this summer <3 It's a perfectly situated beach town at the tip of Vancouver Island where we spent our most perfect first wedding anniversary. We stayed at the Wickaninnish Inn for a relaxing spa-, yoga- and gourmet food-filled time. It was amazing beyond words.

There wasn't any need to leave the resort, but we did a few times to explore the cute beach town and local shops. Otherwise we lounged on the beach, read in our room, and indulged in room service or at the delicious restaurants.

One of my favorite times of day while we were there was morning because of the heavy fog that rolled past the resort. It made everything even more magical. I hope you enjoy these beautiful photos from our amazing anniversary trip:

DIY // Wedding Album

It's no secret that I love a good DIY photo book. I'm not a photographer, but I live for taking pictures. I love capturing all of the precious moments life has to offer and am usually the one asking Tim for "just one more" or "a couple more angles." ;)

So when it came time to deciding on our wedding photography package, we opted for the full 8 hours of photography, plus two more hours after our reception to get some golden hour photos of just the two of us. Even though we were so exhausted at the end of the day, it was totally worth it. When else are you going to be dressed in your wedding attire with perfect makeup and hair?

The best advice I received about wedding albums was from my sister and brother. They both used Costco's Photo Center to create and print theirs. I've always been a huge fan of Shutterfly, but wasn't sure I wanted to print my wedding album through them since I had never seen any examples in person. On the flip side, I saw both my sister's and brother's albums and they were gorgeous. I ultimately decided to go with Costco and I do not regret it! Not only did they do a fantastic job, but they did it all for $34! $34, people! What a steal.

PS: We absolutely loved our photographer, Gregory Bartning, and highly recommend him! He photographed both mine and my brother's wedding.

PDX // The Pumpkin Patch

Tim and I visited The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island a few weeks ago for some good ol' fall fun. It was one of the first nice weekends in awhile, which means what would have taken 20 minutes to get there took 2 hours. Yes, you read that right ;) Even though the traffic tried to throw off our fun, it still ended up being a wonderful day spent with my even more wonderful husband.

The two hour adventure to get there amped up our appetite, so when we arrived the first thing we did is devour hot dogs and absolutely delicious kettle corn. What's a pumpkin patch without fair food? ;)

We were fully planning on exploring the pumpkin patch and corn maze and even wore appropriate shoes to do so, but while we were munching on lunch we kept seeing families come out of the pumpkin patch and corn maze with mud almost up to their knees! We weren't quite that prepared, so we decided to hang out around the market and gift shop instead.

On the way to The Pumpkin Patch we passed by Bella Organic Farm and noticed they had wine and cider tasting at their pumpkin patch. So since our trip to the first patch was quicker than we anticipated, we decided to stop by Bella Organic on the way back for some cider and to walk around their patch. It was beautiful!