Visita de Culimba

En Octubre, vino la hermanita de Boricua, nuestra querida. NUNCA la llegamos a recibir en Londres, pero cómo hubo concierto de Chris Brown en Anaheim... :| Así que, disfrutamos por...

The Big 30

My sister's visit overlapped with Boricua's 30th birthday!!You know how some people love to be surprised and made a big deal of on their birthday? That is not my husband....

Oceanside and L.A. with my hermanita

After exploring downtown San Clemente and a bit of shopping, we went to Oceanside! A friend had shown us Ruby's Diner at the end of the pier there and I...

Our first visitor to San Clemente

Number one on my gratitude list of being stateside again is being way closer to family. Our home is now a six hour drive from our Arizona family, and my...

Yes, I crashed my sister's honeymoon

In my defense, SHE invited me. And I only stayed a couple days out of their entire week. It was a thank you present for helping with the wedding, TICKETS...

Home

Boricua and I FINALLY made it back to what is basically Rivendell IRL, aka Sandpoint, Idaho. As I may have mentioned before, we rotate visiting different places and family members...

Sisters in London

Breathtaking Edam

Three for Three

So while Auntie K and crew stayed another day in Iceland, Boricua and I headed home. The very next week I had my very first work trip in Portland, and...

Oxford

Returning from Ireland, we still had a little bit of weekend left to celebrate Mother's Day. It was cool to walk with Grandma through Hyde Park on her special day,...

Caisleán Luimnigh

Day 3 Continued We were exhausted and hungry after our hike along the cliffs. We headed towards Limerick, which is the hometown of my favorite band at age 5_ The...

Aillte an Mhothair

Day Three We were so proud of and impressed by our grandma's stamina the whole trip – the day we flew back to London, we walked along the entire edge...

Inis Oírr

Ireland Day 2 On our second day in Ireland, we took a ferry to the tiny island of Inisheer (Inis Oírr) and visited the Cliffs of Moher by sea on...

Liscannor & Doolin

I don't think a place has ever enchanted me more than Clare, Ireland. It was a weekend to be together. We were quiet as our souls met the rugged Moher...

Christmas in Scottsdale

Arizona parents and my sister, Utah grandparents, Boricua & La Blue, and Arizona. Racing, board games, Marvel Experience, movies. Sugar cookies, presents, Christmas traditions, Old Town Scottsdale. I am so...

A Graduation

One of my heroes in this world is my sister S. Last month, she graduated as a PA from Yale. I still remember the day I found out that she...

Yale Art Museum

Why are sculptures so enchanting? The middle left is an early Christian representation of Peter walking on water, how cool! The middle right painting is the battle of Bunker Hill,...

Walden

Our last stop of the day after the Freedom Trail was Walden (we saw the Boston temple on our way!) I was super excited because there's this book called "The...

Boston

Yesterday was our Boston day. B, S and I left New Haven and headed for the Freedom Trail! After eating brunch in the oldest park in America, the Boston Common,...

Exploring Yale

Well here I am in lovely New Haven with S. She has been an excellent tour guide, and on Monday we explored Yale. "We who must live salute you who...

Gratitude

I just wanted to write down how grateful I am to have my sisters in my life. I believe God puts us together with our siblings for a reason, and...

Gilbert Temple Open House

An escape to Arizona, where we spent time with our sisters. I had such a sweet opportunity to go with J, her mom, and her little sister to the Gilbert...

Happy Birthday S!

Life’s an adventure, and I wouldn’t have gone through the first quarter of a century with anyone else. To my role model, accomplice, and irish twin. Happy 25th! “It’s a...

A Birthday Tribute

to “The nicest, sweetest, coolest girl at the pageant..…and this year’s Miss Congeniality!” I love you Boo. 

She Visited

S in El Yunque, a rainforest, and a funky panorama at El Morro, an old Spanish castle. It's so beautiful :) We got caught in the rain :)

Bioluminescence

This is a photo of when we went kayaking in a bioluminescent bay! One of Boricua's friends from engineering knows about a place that isn’t open for tourism - so...

A Quick Hello

Being with my sister S is like that Edward Sharpe song that goes "home is wherever I'm with you..." It was 12 days of together, now another semester apart until...

Boating and Home

IE is really great at tubing. Aunt S is great at driving the boat, which makes for a win-win situation! The Borens have a sign that says “Rivendell” at their...

Sisters

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can’t get rid of. You know whatever you do, they’ll still be there. - Amy Li There is something so...