June / August 2023
Latvia
A new country, a new family, a new me. The trip that truly sparked the love of travel within me.
Getting around the Rose way
Some trips are all about relaxing on beautiful beaches and getting a good tan. Others are about seeing how far I can push my tennis shoes and where I can get the best pizza. I felt like the best way to show how we like to get around was organizing it like this, since I've been blessed enough to have too many memories to just throw a list of them at you.
Destination type
Beach Days
Salty hair, sleeping in until noon, and sunburns.
Destination type
City Escapes
Street lights, navigating the metros like natives, and the feeling that there's always something else around the corner.
Destination type
Nature + Quiet
Getting back to nature (and getting carsick on the way) and moments that made me appreciate Arkansas a little more
Destination type
Farther From Home
The places that made me want to put a private jet on my wedding registry
Places I Still Think About
Summer 2024
Backpacked Europe
The most tired, most fulfilled I've ever felt. I showed up with a half empty backpack and left with a new view of the world.
September 2025
Hawaii
Magical moments full of nature that made me fall in love with these islands enough to make the 10 hour plane ride worth it.
January 2026
Japan
A spur of the moment trip that totally changed our view of travel.
The Full Archive
Little moments I kept
The parts I didn’t want to forget
Walking just far enough away from the nude beach in Spain to find those quiet tide pools and feeling like a mermaid.
That bus ride through Croatia where I couldn’t stop staring out the window, trying to take in every second because I couldn’t believe where we were.
That random chicken alfredo in Rome that we didn’t plan for, but somehow ended up being our favorite travel meal ever.
Walking through London at night with nowhere we needed to be, just ending up wherever the streets took us.
That waiter in Puerto Rico who said “ta daaaaa” every single time he set a dish down.
The moment the Tokyo metro started to make sense — and then we took the wrong exit.
Standing there watching the Eiffel Tower sparkle and thinking, “I can’t believe this is real life right now.”
Riding bikes through the Netherlands with no real plan, daydreaming about the mango sticky rice we had just eaten.