The Story Of Us

This post was sponsored  by Anagram Interactive Everyone says the best way to market your business is to have a mailing list.. I have heard it over and over again.. it is always listed at the top way to get more readers, viewers and buyers. And so I gave it a shot.. every month I sent out a newsletter.. I stared at the analytics.. excited by every subscriber.. but in all honesty not many subscribed.. those who did often didn't even open the email.. It didn't seem to be resulting in any extra readers or sales.. and so I stopped sending them out. When I saw this list of Do's and Dont's at Campaign Monitor some really surprised me and so I thought I'd share. Some of these I had never even thought of.. especially number 4, to create different newsletters for different reader groups based on their preferences is such a great idea.. Number 8 on the other hand is such an obvious tip I'm sure most people including myself just never think about.. time zones!!

I know it seems like this has been an endlessly long series of vacation posts.. this is the last post.. our last stop on an unforgettable trip, Vancouver. This blog is like a journal.. as much as the posts are for you.. they are even more for us.. A way to look back and reminisce on the moments of our life.. especially the travelling parts.. when the details start to get blurry, where I hope the boys can one day scroll through and be reminded of all our adventures. We drove to Vancouver from Seattle .. an approximately 3 hour drive immigration included. We checked into our hotel.. which was like a modern take on a motel.. had a cool vibe and included free parking..  After a quick freshening up we got back into our car and headed to Stanley Park. Stanley Park is a 1000 acre public park created in 1888. We arrived close to lunch time and quickly made our way to Stanley's Park and Grill.. the entrance to the park is free.. you need to pay for parking.. and once you pay at one

Dipped Purple - A brilliant purple wild prairie blazing star found in the Montreal Botanical Gardens. You can buy this print  here . Get Free Shipping with code BLOGGER Prints also available in larger sizes.  Contact  for more information and special requests. I am open to wholesale and licensing opportunities. Get in touch for more information.                              Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

One very early Seattle morning we drove down to the Clipper terminal.. went through immigration, grabbed some breakfast and found ourselves comfortably seated on the Clipper ferry ready for our two hour ride. Via Clipper we had booked a round trip plus a trip to the Butchart Gardens, We arrived in Victoria around 10 am.. disembarked, went through immigration again and got on our tour bus. We are not usually ones to take a tour.. but we found our tour guide funny and informative and it was the perfect way to get to see a bit of the city knowing we had to be back on the ferry in just a few hours.  The Butchart Gardens are just outside of Victoria in Brentwood Bay. Robert Butchart had the dream of making the best cement.. (seriously) so he and his wife Jennie Butchart moved to the West coast of Canada because of its rich limestone deposits. They established their home in the Todd Inlet in 1904 and when Jennie heard of a Japanese Garden designer visiting Victoria she commissioned a

        View Finder - A tourist binocular standing at the corner on the Delaware to New Jersey Ferry. Allowing the passengers to take a closer look at the stunning blue sea and coastline. You can buy this print  here . Get Free Shipping with code BLOGGER Prints also available in larger sizes.  Contact  for more information and special requests. I am open to wholesale and licensing opportunities. Get in touch for more information.                       Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

From Rainier we drove to Seattle and checked in to our hotel in the Queen Anne district. We woke up the next morning ready to start exploring.. and eating! We grabbed a bite to eat at Sugar Bakery and Coffeehouse and walked over to the International Fountain coffee's in hand. The fountain wasn't fully turned on but the boys enjoyed running around it.. and around it and around it..  and we watched.. and sipped.. Space Needle in the background. On our way to the Space Needle we came across a park and of course the kids had to play in it.. it was an amazing play ground.. really taking the basic slide and swings to the next level. Afterwards we strolled through the area passing the Space Needle.. Museum of Pop Culture and the Chihuly Garden.. we had seen some of Chihuly's work when there had been an exhibition in New York last year but didn't have the time to venture into any of the museum's on this visit. We walked towards the water to the Oly