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Baby Leighton!
Back in May when my mom, gma and I went to my sister-in-law Andrea’s baby shower, we stopped in Louisville on our way home to meet baby Leighton for the first time! Leighton is Gretchen’s baby, and the first baby of my high school friends. Gretchen was the preggo bridesmaid at Danielle’s wedding – luckily…
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Denmark – last day, last post!
On our very last day I was all tourist-ed out, so we decided to spend the day leisurely wandering around the city and shopping, getting rid of the last few kroner we had before returning home. I had already bought a souvenir – a couple of really nice hand painted mugs from a Copenhagen pottery,…
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Starting the day off right – Copenhagen style
This is going to sound weird (except to all the foodies out there) but breakfast was without a doubt the highlight of my day and one of my favorite parts of the trip. The breakfast in our hotel was included in the cost of the stay and it was incredible! Every night I was so…
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Jazzhus Montmartre
One of the last big events for us in Copenhagen was a trip with our parents to the Jazzhus Montmartre, their treat. The Jazzhus is the best jazz club in Copenhagen (not to be confused with Jazz House!), so we got there an hour and a half early to get good seats. The hour and…
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A museum, microbrewery and Copenhagen birthday
One afternoon we went with my parents to the National Museum – another Rick Steves recommendation (and…added bonus – it was free!). The museum is enormous and we went with only two hours before closing, so we didn’t get to see everything. The museum is divided into three floors – the bottom is Danish prehistory…
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Copenhagen Zoo!
One of our favorite things to do when we visit a new city is to go to the local zoo. The Copenhagen zoo was a great surprise for us. It was a little far, but we didn’t mind the walk as long as we could see some cool animals. The main attractions were the polar…
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Singing in Denmark
We wound up taking this trip to Copenhagen because my dad was invited by the National Church of Copenhagen to speak at a preaching conference. He had done this before and last year he played a little music for the entertainment evening of the conference. The conference-goers were so pleased with his lectures and music…
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Rosenborg Castle and the Crown Jewels
One of our excursions was to the Rosenborg Castle, which was right across the street from the botanical gardens and only a few blocks from our hotel. Rick Steves had rated this attraction pretty high, and I was interested in seeing the crown jewels! So we took our cameras and headed out to the castle…
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Tivoli Gardens
One of our Copenhagen excursions was a trip to the crazy Tivoli Gardens – a really cool theme park right in the middle of the city. Once inside the walls of Tivoli, it’s hard to imagine that this place is right in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the city – it’s got…
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Copenhagen Botanical Gardens
It is no surprise that by now Leslie and I have developed a strong interest in plants. Luckily for us, our hotel was just a couple of blocks from Copenhagen’s botanical gardens (we didn’t know until we found it on a map after a couple of days). The garden is a beautiful park, free, and…
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Canal tour of Copenhagen
On Monday morning we all set out for the canal to take a canal tour. We’re extremely good at getting lost, but my mom and Javier are obsessed with their Copenhagen maps. So while dad and I meander around the city in our own worlds taking photos, mom and Javi would stop about every 100…
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Carlsberg Brewery Museum
One thing you must know about my in-laws is that they love beer. Not in a “let’s get drunk” kind of way, but in a “let’s enjoy a good beer” way. The best known brewery in Copenhagen is Carlsberg, and luckily John and Annie hadn’t yet visited it so it was a great opportunity to…
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En route to Denmark
Here we are in Denmark! The excitement of being in Europe for the first time with Javier is finally hitting me – I spent a little too much thought and energy dreading the flight to really think about how much fun we are going to have here with my parents! Javier and I always wondered…
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Memorial Day cookout
By the time we got to Memorial Day after that crazy wedding weekend, Javier and I were exhausted but we still wanted to kick off the summer with an inaugural barbecue in the backyard. I invited my parents and a few friends over and we brought out the horseshoe set for a friendly, hardly competitive few games…
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Double wedding weekend!
Last weekend was an insane, crazy whirlwind mixture of fun, friends, dresses, cameras, brides and grooms, wine, beer, coffee, exhaustion, second winds, food, music, scenic views and a million other amazing things. Friday kicked off the weekend festivities with Nikita and Jordan’s rehearsal dinner back at Sylvia’s house where her wedding shower was. The whole…
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Garden update
It’s been awhile since we gave you all a garden update. Soon we will also write an update on the landscape and the flowerbed, but for now this is what we have going on in the veggie garden: Hace tiempo que no actualizamos a todos en como va la huerta. Pronto tambien haremos una actualizacion…
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Baby Gia’s on the way!
My sweet little niece Gia is due to arrive in August, which means we’re only a few months away from meeting the first McClure grandbaby! I’m so excited for Ian and Andrea and I can’t wait to see them as parents – I know they are going to be amazing. This weekend my mom, gma…
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Nikita is getting married!
I cannot believe this wedding is finally (almost) here! Nikita and I were roommates sophomore through senior year of college. She and Jordan started dating a few months before Javi and I did, and she knew from the start that she wanted to marry him! They got engaged last summer and now the wedding is…
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House Plants!
We’re way behind in updates on our garden and our landscaping – but we’ll take care of that soon enough. This past weekend was the first weekend that we’ve both been free enough to clean the whole house, and it’s amazing how nice and clean it is!! We also took care of all the spring cleaning,…
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Destin continued…
You may have noticed that the posts are here are fewer and farther between, which can only mean one thing: the end of the semester is here! And we’re swamped! COMPLETELY SWAMPED. I just finished my first of two comprehensive exams this week (!!!) and the little spare time that Javi and I had last week was…
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