The Lederman Kitchen

Sydney's school closes for a 2 week summer break, so we decided to take a road trip up to Bend, Oregon to visit some friends, then head over to Portland to stay with my parents.  The plan was to all drive up, then Brian would drive home to get back to work, and I would stay with the kids a few more days and fly home with them.    My best "mom win" of the trip - Sydney's snack pack She loved this and it provided hours entertainment and food We gave ourselves 2 days to get to Bend.  Without stopping, it's an 8 hour drive.  We went into day 1 hoping to get to Kalamath Falls (6 hours without stops) but with the expectations we may only make it to Redding (3 hours without stopping).   It took us 7.5 hours but we ended up making it to Kalamath Falls.  The kids were troopers.  We stopped for a coffee break around Redding, we stopped when Sydney got car sick just north of Shasta, and for dinner in Wee...

Today we celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary!  When thinking back it seems like so long ago, but also like it was just yesterday.  Our first year of marriage has been full of new experiences, and I couldn't be happier to have Brian by my side through it all. Here is a little glimpse of September 3rd, 2011. Just Married! One of our favorites A beautiful day Another favorite Such a happy day Love the view The past 12 months have been some of the very best.  So much has happened; we've moved abroad, lived in 4 different apartments.  Brian had a promotion at work, I started a new job.  We have been in 9 different countries & 5 states together.  We welcomed a nephew and a cousin to the world.  Celebrated a friends wedding, and a cousin's wedding.  It's been a great year, the best. We are just starting this journey together and are looking forward to what comes next.  Hoping it's at least as good as it's bee...