Passport Please!

I'm going to go total travel nerd on you for just a second... look what I found the other day:

Yes, I just found my very first "passport" which dates back to when I was in the 2nd grade. My class made their own passports and collected stamps from different places we learned about. Notice Antarctica was my first stamp!
I haven't forgotten...I'm still coming for you!  ;)

In other news... I've officially changed my last name to my new married name, which means I had to get a new passport. I was a little nervous sending my old one in because I didn't know if I'd get it back. It was full of stamps I've collected as well as this little guy.  (who has been kept safe in the pages of my passport for the past 5 years!) My Aussie guide found this heart and gave it to me when we toured the Blue Mountains and I've kept it there ever since!

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! I got my new passport right before Christmas and my old passport (complete with my heart leaf!) right after Christmas! Easy Peasy!  I was honestly impressed with how quick and painless the process was! My passport(s) hold such sentimental value to me and I couldn't be more thrilled to have them back in my possession-I'm even more thrilled to be able to start filling the pages of this new book in just a few short months!!

That's right... Heading back to EUROPE! This trip will include Amsterdam, Lucerne, Zurich, Interlaken, Hamburg, and Berlin.  More information to come, but I'm excited to once again be traveling with my husband and having my dad there too! There's a specific reason for this trip which I'll write more about later....

That's all for now!