about me

hi, i'm melissa. thanks for visiting!



i'm a 30-something mama from minneapolis who moved to seattle in 2015 with my husband and two young kids. most of my posts are about everyday life with my family and our adventures here. i created this blog in 2010 to remember these years that are flying by way too quickly. i love having people follow along and leave comments. so, don't be shy! 

to bring you up to date:

i met my husband thatcher in 2001 (i was 17, he was 19). we worked together for the community education program at our high school. our first conversation took place in the supply room...where i asked him to help me find card stock. so romantic!



i left for college in september 2002 and we dated long distance (2.5 hour drive) for 4 years. we never broke up once during that time. 



i graduated in 2006 and moved back to minneapolis. we got engaged 10 days later on a trip to venice, italy. i told him he couldn't propose to me until after i graduated. i guess he listened. ;)



we moved into our first apartment together in uptown and got married a year later (i was 22, he was 24), we were babies! fun fact: we are also one of 30+ couples to meet through southwest community ed and get married - crazy huh? 



in october 2007, we bought a house where we lived for almost 8 years.



we became a family of 3 when we welcomed our daughter, azalea in march 2011. 


and we became a family of 4 when we welcomed our son, ashford in december 2013. 

after talking casually about moving out of state for a few years, we took a leap of faith in the spring of 2015 when my husband accepted a job offer in seattle. we purged a ton of our belongings, sold our house, and re-settled in seattle. it's 2024 and we are still here. it's not always easy, but i can't imagine my life any other way.

thanks for taking the time to read this and i hope you stick around!

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