On Thursday, May 5th 2016, I married the love of my life Taylor, and became an official Bagshaw!

Love our goofy family

Oquirrh Mountain Temple, South Jordan, Utah

Since then, we've been on some pretty fun trips- a road trip to Disneyland in California, a four-day honeymoon cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico, and, after being married for only 9 days, we packed our bags and embarked on a three-day/30 hour drive out to Alabama, (where we now live until the middle of August) stopping in New Mexico and Texas along the way.

Matterhorn ride

The Happiest Place On Earth!

Catalina Island

Ensenada, Mexico

La Bufadora

We've experienced a lot of new things in our short almost 2 months together- and I'm not just talking about traveling! The scenery and humid weather, the culture, people, food, animals, dangers, and attractions are all new to us. Heck! Marriage is a whole different experience all by itself!

Life itself is made up of moments and experiences. The person you are today has been shaped entirely out of your many experiences, packed neatly (or shoved tightly) into your existence. Perhaps, maybe even another's experience(s) are folded deep within you as well. I often find myself rummaging through my thoughts, searching deep inside my head for a life-changing epiphany, the mental affirmation that I have enough courage to do something extraordinary, an idea for a futuristic invention, or a blunt, head turning opinion, only to find a memory of a random stranger at the grocery store giving me a kind compliment during a time I needed one most, or a flashback to my mother giving me a cooking lesson in our kitchen. I want to be able to share all of my experiences- good and bad, happy and sad, perfectly planned out and "spur of the moment", routinely boring and embarrassingly funny- in hopes that I can uplift, help, (possibly shape) and inspire anyone that needs it. Because that's the point of life, right?

Enjoy yourself as you dig through my tangled mess of headphones, earrings, travel stories, bobby-pins and hair ties, opinionated fashion blurbs, makeup, lipgloss, iPhone camera captured moments, life thoughts, and spare change.

What's in your bag?