San Juan - Friday Harbor - Part One

Hey Loves! F & J here!

 This last weekend we met up with our friend from Hamburg, Germany and her mom and went on a nice weekend getaway. It has been a couple of years since we have seen our friend, and a few more since we have seen her mom. It was very nice to see them again! When they told us they were coming back to the states we were so excited. They invited us to come with them to explore the San Juan Islands/Friday Harbor, which is off the coast of Washington. We had never been, and we are always up for new places so of course we said YES! 

We met up early Friday morning and drove up to the ferries, spending the whole car ride catching up and laughing until our ribs hurt.We took a ferry from Mukilteo to Whidbey Island, which is the more scenic route, and we drove over Deception Pass, which is beautiful. We also stopped in this cute little town called Coupeville. We walked around the town, and went down the historic pier, but decided to move on once the rain started. 

We then drove on to Anacortes to catch another ferry to Friday Harbor. We had to wait a long time for the ferry so we spent the hour playing Heads Up, which is an app created by Ellen DeGeneres. It's loads of fun, you should check it out. We literally could not stop laughing, and it made time pass so quickly, we were even a bit sad when it was our turn to get on the ferry. 

The ferry trip was a little over an hour long, but we spent it outside on the deck, pretending we were in theTitanic. You all know the scene where Rose and Jack are pretending to fly. And admiring the view as we sped through the Puget Sound.

Once we arrived we stopped at our adorable Inn, and dropped off our stuff, and then we began to explore he town. Which we will talk about in our next post. We ended the night eating a delicious dinner at the most adorable nautical themed restaurant called Cask & Schooner. You must go if you are ever in town. Until next time... Auf Wiedersehen...

Love,

F & J 

Fall Wreath

Hey Loves! F & J here!

 We know we have posted about a hundred things about fall already, but we just love it! Although it doesn't officially start for a few more days, w e were feeling totally inspired by all the fall colors as usual. Feeling a bit crafty, F decided to make a wreath for her door. We think that wreaths are super cute, and should not just be limited to the holiday season. It was a super easy to make, and a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

We made a stop to Michael's craft store and picked up some fall colored tulle, leaf bouquets, and a wire wreath frame.  We knotted the tulle around the frame then we just played around with those materials until it looked how we wanted it to, then we glued them down with hot glue guns Super simple and super cute and just in time for fall!

Love,

F & J

Fall Playlist 2016

Hey Loves! F & J here!

As fall creeps closer and closer we can't help but feel the fall spirit. We are looking forward to all the things that come with this season. It's one of the best feelings in the world to snuggle up with a warm drink, while the rain pours outside, just listening to the music, and not thinking about anything. We put together a list of some of our favorite songs we have been listening to. Some of them are a bit older, and some are new, but they all are great songs, with great meanings. We think they pair well with a perfect fall day, and wanted to share them with you ...enjoy!

Love,

F & J

The Ultimate Packing List

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Hey Loves! F & J here!

We all know it's very exciting to be planning a vacation, but we all know it can be incredibly stressful. From budgeting, to scheduling activities, to coordinating with every schedule involved. And don't even get us started on packing. We know all too well just how stressful packing can be. We are the kind of people who pack and unpack just to make sure we have everything, but in the end we always are forgetting the most obvious things. HELLO who actually needs toothpaste when you've got eighteen extra pairs of socks. But really how does that happen?! Anywho,

to help with the stress of our trip, and hopefully yours, we have put together the ultimate packing list for just about every vacation, with just about everything you could ever need on your getaway.

We made it printable too so you can use it as many times as you need. It totally helps that it is super adorable too, if we do say so ourselves. We think we have it all, but if there is anything we forgot please please please don't hesitate to let us know. You can either save the image and print from there, or click on this handy dandy link, and download from our Google Drive.

Have Fun! Safe Travels!

Love,

F & J

September

Hey Loves! F & J here!

So even though it is not officially fall yet, the weather has taken a turn here in Seattle and it has definitely felt like autumn. It has been getting colder, school is starting up, our work schedules are changing, and pumpkin spice is everywhere! Fall is by far one of F's favorite seasons, J loves it too of course, who doesn't? Football seasons is starting (Go Seahawks), new seasons of our shows are returning, and the trees are changing to beautiful colors, we are blessed living in the Northwest there are so many trees surrounding us it is almost like living in a picture.

When we wake up in the sun has not rose yet, and the air is crisp and cold, it definitely is excting. This season we have a lot of things to look forward to, of course we have some concerts lined up, our big Florida trip, Halloween, and much more. We are hoping to make it to a pumpkin patch this year, and we definitely have to keep up our pumpkin painting tradition. Our friend from Germany is coming to town a little later this month and she is taking us whale watching which neither of us have done before so we are really looking forward to that.

We started pulling out our sweaters, flannels, boots, and blankets and we are really excited for the next few months. Stay tuned as we hope to blog all our exciting things. Our lives do get crazy but we both are trying to make blogging a priority, we really want it to take off and so we are going to be putting a lot more hours into it, so it can be a true reflection of us. On that note..

see you soon!

Love,

F & J

Planning A Trip

Hey Loves! F & J here!

If you have read any of our previous blogs you may know we are travelling to Florida this October. We are super excited to be going and thought we would share our enthusiasm with you. We have officially locked down a date and bought the plane tickets. We kept our eyes on plane tickets for a long time, checking multiple airlines almost daily for a few months. It is a bit of a hassle but we ended up saving some money!Which is always a good thing.

It is a huge trip and it requires A LOT of budgeting. We have created spreadsheets, which allowed us to figure out costs, and how much we will need to save. Considering we are going to be going to a few theme parks the costs really added up, and having a spreadsheet allowed us to break it down so it did not seem so overwhelming. 

We have been finding ways to save to make the overall trip not seem so hard on our wallets. We have talked about our coin jar a few times, and we will be putting that money towards this! We also took up a little dog walking gig, and have agreed to put all that money towards this trip. That has been a huge help even though its such a small thing, it really has added up.

We still have a lot of figuring out to do. We have created a general itinerary (not too specific, we are on vacation!), but we still need to write the ultimate packing list, figuring out if there are any "must see" things in Florida, and please feel free to tell us if you know of any! We have wasted days on Pinterest looking but seem to have come up a bit shorter than we would have hoped. We are still super excited, and we have some more time to plan.

Until next time...

Love,

F & J