I'm flying to Virginia this morning to spend a week at home before heading to DC for my bachelorette weekend! I haven't been back since Christmas, so this visit feels long overdue. I can't wait to spend time with my family, see my friends, and hopefully soak up some warmer weather.

I have some posts scheduled while I'm gone (and a new design to launch really soon!), but feel free to follow along with me in real time on Instagram. Hope you have a wonderful Friday! What are you up to this weekend?

I've been feeling some pretty serious wanderlust lately.

I've traveled. Not like some people do, but I've been across the United States and to Canada and Mexico, the Bahamas, England, Italy, France. I've had my fair share of enlightening city and museum tours and mind-blowing pasta. It seems like a lot and then I look at a map of the world and my travels feel almost insignificant. I was a baby in Hawaii once.

But lately I've been thinking about Norway (these photos didn't help). And Ireland. I want to have tea in a foggy little mountain town where sheep roam about on really green grass. In May, I'll be Mrs. Peterson in the Dominican Republic, and after that I want to travel more.

I've been a couple of times before, but I want to get to know Seattle. Re-visit San Francisco (woops!--doing some research already) and eat really good sushi, and clam chowder out of sourdough bread bowls. And then I'd like to find myself in Europe and Scandanavia, drinking coffee and taking gorgeous hikes on unfamiliar trails.

Where have you been? Where do you want to go?

I'm going to dump a few more photos on you for now, and then that should be it until I start showing you my favorite shots from our engagement session, which I'm pretty sure is going to end up being a series of three posts full of just photos. Woops.

I spent my first week back in Virginia at my parents house in Roanoke. It felt weird to come "home" and call it "vacation," but it somehow managed to feel like both. I spent time with friends, getting drinks, having dinner, and going on coffee dates. I went to the gym and then to the spa with my mom, had a wedding dress fitting, got dresses for my bridesmaids, cuddled with my dog, and read a book. It was great.

On Friday morning, Rob flew in from Minneapolis and I picked him up at the airport. We got coffee and did some grocery shopping for my mom before heading home, then back downtown for lunch with his friend, Ed. A few hours later, Rob's brothers and their friends were arriving, and we went back to my parents' house for beers and hard cider on the back deck. The next day his parents arrived with his oldest brother, his wife, and my sweet nephew-to-be. My best friends Tina and Emma came over, and everyone got acquainted and we had a little engagement party.

Hello from my apartment in Minneapolis! Rob and I landed late on Sunday night and I'm just writing this quick post before I hit the hay. I've had such a wonderful time over the past two weeks seeing friends, spending time with my family, having our engagement photo session, and seeing a college roommate get married. I can't wait to share some photos I took while I was away. It feels good to be back and I have a to-do list a mile long, so this week will certainly be busy!

Because I don't usually leave my blog unattended like I did last week, I wanted to take a second or two to link to my current sponsors and thank them for supporting me and my blog. While I get back to my regular posting this week, I hope you'll stop by their blogs and/or shops and say hello.

Happy Friday from Corolla, North Carolina! We've been here since Saturday and I figured the internet connection might be questionable, so I had a couple scheduled posts set on Tuesday and Wednesday, but I'm here writing this post from the huge dinner table next to the kitchen of our beach house.

It's been so nice hanging out with my extended family all week, and wonderful as always to spend time with Rob. It's hard to believe that I'll be moving in with him in less than three weeks! There's still so much to do before then.

I hope you all have a great weekend! We're leaving early Saturday afternoon, but until then I'll be swimming in the pool, walking along the beach, and reapplying that sunscreen!

How has your week been? You can check mine out a bit more on Instagram.

I was so excited when Jigsaw London asked me to represent Virginia in their fun summer campaign this year.  They're following bloggers around the country, getting insider details on the best places to stay, eat, shop, and go out. I decided to stick with what I know best--Roanoke and Charlottesville. They aren't big cities by any means, but I love them.