Well, well, well. It’s been, what, only about four months since I updated this little ‘ol blog???
Oopsie!
Time flies, I guess, when you’re having fun!
Or maybe it flies faster than the speed of freaking light when you are up to your eyeballs in wedding planning (Jer and I are tying the knot this December!), renovating our house (total gut job of the floors throughout, the entire kitchen, a full bath, new paint throughout, etc. etc.), living at my future in-laws in the interim (a huge thank you to them or we’d be homeless!), packing up all our crap and moving back to our house (hopefully soon!), crazy busy season for the photography business (yay!), and going back to a full time career (we knew that was bound to happen sooner or later).
Yup, that must be it. ;))
We’ve been a teensy bit busy to say the least. But with all good, exciting, fun things! And since I keep telling myself that I don’t want to miss out on documenting some of these amazing times in our life, I had to pause for two seconds today and upload a few of my favorite photos from our recent engagement session with the fabulous Concept Photography!
As I’m sure you can imagine, photos are at the tippy top of my wedding priority list. Other than marrying the man of my dreams, that is. ;))
Needless to say, securing a location and date that matched up with my favorite wedding photographers’ schedule was a must-have, and we found the perfect match in mid-December. And the cherry on top of securing my favorite photogs for the wedding, was that Sara and Jason, the married duo behind Concept Photography, actually drove down to Naples in early October to shoot our engagement photos too!
We had a great time exploring downtown Naples by the beach and I am absolutely head over heels in love with the photos! I really cannot say enough good things about those two. They are truly awesome and uber talented in so many ways. I would recommend them in a heartbeat, but I’ll let a few of my favorite photos from the shoot speak for themselves…
^^All photos from the fabulous Concept Photography.^^
Other than that, I am frantically trying to wrap up all of our remaining wedding details (although, let’s not lie, I still have an enormous wedding to-do list), and we are anxiously awaiting a move back into our home…sans much furniture (or any worldly possessions really), but hey, at least we will be home. It’s about freaking time. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we are in our old house by the end of the month!
Adios for now.
You guys!!!
I am so stinking excited (and a little emotional). Wanna know why??? Welllllllllll, I finally pieced together all that random video footage that’s been seriously burning a hole on my hard drive since we got home. You know, one last video of our LAHO sailing adventures!
It’s a good mix of special moments, awesome adventures, and everything in between while Jereme and I lived aboard and sailed the Bahamas and Caribbean.
And honestly, although it’s a little bittersweet that it’s our last video of our sailing adventure, it might be my favorite one to date. I know, I say that every time. I really do love reliving some of our favorite experiences and am so glad we not only documented our life afloat in photographs, but also with tons of video too!
If you want to check out any of our other videos… (Pig Beach in the Exumas + Swimming with Sea Turtles + of course, Oliver’s video I Luh Ya Puppy! are my close runners-up) …you can find them over here.
Enjoy! xoxo.
Posted in Bahamas, Boat Dog, Boat Life, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Sailing Blog, Sailing Love, Spanish Virgin Islands, Travel, Turks + Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands, VideoTags: Bahamas, Caribbean, GoPro, LahoWind, Sailing, Sailing Blog, Travel, Video, Virgin Islands
(somehow this post from 2015 got ‘unpublished’ so I am republishing for my own sake.)
If you’ve been following our blog from the very very beginning, then you might already know the story of how our boat name “LAHO” came to be. But if you haven’t, well then this post might explain a few things!
No, LAHO is not short for “Land Ho!” or some crazy Hawaiian term for sailing or boating as some may suspect, LAHO was actually the nickname given to Jereme’s Grandpa Leo. And the “LAHO INN” became the namesake of the adorably quaint hand-built family lake cottage on Pike Bay (Lake Huron), Ontario Canada that Jereme and his family spent many summers at throughout his childhood.
We first visited the family cottage together back in 2011, and somehow, when contemplating boat names for our sailboat, we fell in love with the name. LAHO was personal, original, and just felt right for us. And, even better, the play on “LAHO INN” into “LAHO WIND” and thus our sailing blog was born.
Well, after spending 57 weeks living aboard and sailing our lovely LAHO through the Bahamas and Caribbean, we were beyond thrilled to get an extra three weeks to road trip from Florida all the way to Canada, stopping to visit lots of family and friends along the way in Florida, Ohio, Canada and even an antiquing pitstop in North Carolina on the way home!
Jereme, Oliver, and I spent several days (along with Jer’s sis for a day) at the LAHO INN lake cottage relaxing (like we need any more of that, lol) and enjoying cottage country and one heck of a gorgeous lakeside. I, of course, snapped about 14 million photos, go figure.
^^We spent our days hiking the gorgeous Lake Huron lakefront. There is definitely something to be said for fresh water. It’s a helluva lot different that the super salty salt life we led for the past year plus. And who knows, maybe one day (in the very distant future) we will opt to sail the beautiful Great Lakes.^^
^^We did a lot of…you guessed it…nothing! Hah! One of my favorite pastimes, lol. Oh and this was Oliver’s first trip to the Laho Inn and he loved it!^^
^^We did, however, make sure to bust out the little sunfish sailboat while we were at the Laho Inn. Jer and his sis Ashley pulled the old sailfish out of the boat house, cleaned her up, and took her for a spin around the bay. I was quite content reading my Kindle and staying dry on shore. ;))^^
^^Cottage country wouldn’t be complete without a campfire and (more than) a few tasty s’mores!!!^^
^^And a little beer tasting. Total necessary. Lol.^^
^^We made our annual entry in the famous Laho Inn Guest Book before departing…which has entries from all the way back in the 50’s until now, and it is so fun to look back and read the timeline of the cottage!^^
^^How handsome are Jereme and his Grandpa???^^
Hope everyone is enjoying an equally as relaxing and fun summer!
Posted in Land Life, TravelTags: Canada, Cottage, Kimberly Joy Photography, LahoWind, Lake Huron, Land Life, Lifestyle Blog, Naples Florida Photographer, Photos, Pike Bay, Road Trip, Sailing Blog, Travel Blog
Today was the second best day in a boat owner’s life.
That’s right…today we sold our lovely LAHO. Sniff sniff. :((( It’s a bittersweet day to say the least.
^^Just a few hours ago as we cleared out the last of our belongings. Our last day as official owners of LAHO.^^
It has literally only been 20 days since we sailed back into our home port…almost two years to the day that we sailed the boat from St. Pete to Naples…and LAHO is sold! To some really great blog followers no less! I still can’t really believe it.
The past (almost) three weeks have been spent cleaning the boat from top to bottom, moving all our crap off the boat and temporarily back to Jereme’s folks’ house (while we wait to move back into our own home), doing walk-thrus and a boat survey, and more! Basically, just the reverse of what we did two years ago!
Holy moly, have we grown, learned, changed, seen, experienced, etcetera etcetera so so so much in these past two years! And hopefully LAHO’s new owners will get to enjoy some of those same awesome experiences!
I know, I know…you must be thinking a.) you didn’t even know our boat was for sale or b.) how could we possibly sell our beloved boat? Or maybe even c.) what idiots we are. Hah! ;)) But the answer here is easy, for us at least.
#1 we luckily didn’t even need to list or promote the possible sale of our boat since we had a few interested blog followers who wanted a cruise-ready bluewater boat and expressed that interest early on. And #2, this definitely won’t be the last boat we ever own, but since we are re-entering the “real” world so to speak, we decided to forgo the extra carrying costs of keeping a boat at a dock (during hurricane season no less)…one that we wouldn’t be able to use all the time, and hence, the sale.
So there you have it. LAHO is sold. Can you freaking believe it?
Time to move onto new and exciting chapters in our lives…
Posted in Boat Buying, Boat Life, Sailing BlogTags: 1982, 2015, Boat Sale, Cruising, Endeavour 37, LAHO, LahoWind, Lifestyle Blog, Sailboat Sale, Sailing Blog
Holy moly, life lately has gone from basking in the bahamas sun to land life in Florida. It’s crazy where just a few short weeks can take you!
Our last month was a whirlwind of activity from our awesome stay at Cape Santa Maria Resort in Long Island, Bahamas, to island hopping back through the Exumas, shell picking in Bimini, another Gulf Stream crossing, harbor life in Marathon, Florida Keys, a road trip to Key West, and finally our last overnight sail home to Naples, where we’ve been adjusting to land life ever since! Phew! It’s exhausting to think about the past month of activity. Here are a few of my favorite Instagram photos from the past month…
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Posted in Bahamas, Boat Life, Sailing Blog, Sailing LoveTags: 2015, Bahamas, Boat Life, Caribbean, Cruising, Instagram, LahoWind, Photos, Sailboat, Sailing Blog
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Hi, I followed your blog when you were sailing ( we are in VI) and am glad to get an update. Beautiful engagement pics – my favorite is the one with reflection in the water. I hope ou do before and after of your house! Have a wonderful wedding.
Hey guys,
Just stumbled across your blog today. Glad you had so much fun in the Caribbean, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
Here’s wishing you all the best, and please do look me up if you’re ever in St. Thomas!
Captain Nate
http://www.natescustomcharters.com
Absolutely georgeous. ♥ Happiness and love to both of you