Pamela + DeAngelo / Downtown Chicago & Michigan Avenue Wedding

Pamela + DeAngelo / Downtown Chicago & Michigan Avenue Wedding

I grew up with parents who were complete homebodies. They never really had any strong desire to travel and if they did, it was at most a 2-3 hour drive. That was enough for them and because that’s all I knew growing up, that was good enough for me too.

Bonneville Salt Flats, UT // #ObristAdventures Summer 2021

Bonneville Salt Flats, UT // #ObristAdventures Summer 2021

Utah… the state that we’ve all only heard of, but dreamed of going especially in the past year. Craig has been watching a lot of Youtube videos of all the hiking trails in Zion National Park, so that was a must do for him. For me, getting a family shot at the Salt Flats was a must ever since he showed me online, so even though these two locations were pretty far from one another and the flats were out of our route, we made it a point to make the extra drive to make this happen.

Yosemite National Park, CA // #ObristAdventures Summer 2021

Yosemite National Park, CA // #ObristAdventures Summer 2021

In Sept of 2019, Craig attended a men’s retreat in Yosemite called APEX. We met the organizer of this retreat, Jeff, at a marriage conference that we attended a couple of times. Attendees were mostly photographers, various entrepreneurs and creators.

City #1 - Ocala, FL // Silver Springs State Park // 21 Days of Obrist Travel

City #1 - Ocala, FL // Silver Springs State Park // 21 Days of Obrist Travel

“THREE weeks?” is the response we got mostly when people ask what we’ve been up to. Yes, you heard right… 21 days was the goal and we did it! It was more of a mission than a vacation per se. When we decided to take our girls out of their school and register them to our county’s online school and homeschool our son, we wanted to make that decision count.

Obrist Camping // Links, Lists and All the Tips! // Lake Lanier vs Stone Mt.

Obrist Camping // Links, Lists and All the Tips! // Lake Lanier vs Stone Mt.

I’ll keep the intro short because I know you guys want these links and the details. So, here’s what happened in a nutshell. We had Disney booked for camping at Fort Wilderness, but it called for tons of rain all week there, so yeah… they were nice enough to change our reservations, but we were SO disappointed.

Obrist Family Beach Vacation 2020 // Santa Rosa Beach Tips & Recommendations

Obrist Family Beach Vacation 2020 // Santa Rosa Beach Tips & Recommendations

If you know me, I hate it when things don’t go as planned. If my heart is set on something, I want exactly that. Well, I’ve been getting a lot of training on things not working out the way I want it this year, that’s for sure. LOL! But, that’s a good thing because I’m definitely learning that God’s plans are always better than mine.

Craig's 40th // Obrist Family Santa Rosa Beach Trip 2020

Craig's 40th // Obrist Family Santa Rosa Beach Trip 2020

2020 has truly been a year of things not going according to plan. Everything we planned got cancelled and anything that happened, we didn’t plan. LOL So…. I’m just not going to plan anything for awhile. LOL This beach trip? Yeah, it wasn’t planned… hahahahahaha

Minneapolis Hospitality // It's a Real Thing

Minneapolis Hospitality // It's a Real Thing

If you’ve been following us on Instagram, you have probably recently seen what we were up to in Minneapolis. It was a short trip, but boy did we have fun and meet so many amazing people! We did so much that I felt like I was there for a week! You may be wondering why we even went there!

Salzburg, Austria Adventures // Sound of Music, Snow and a Massage!

Salzburg, Austria Adventures // Sound of Music, Snow and a Massage!

Oh, Sound of Music… Julie Andrews… Growing up, these were a few of my favorite things. :) (You see what I did there? hehe) I remember watching Sound of Music and Mary Poppins over and over and over again. My mom got me both of the movies on VHS (I hope you know what those are.) and I probably watched those two movies more than a thousand times.

Vienna... My New Favorite City

Vienna... My New Favorite City

If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, I think by now you know that Craig and I returned from our anniversary trip to Austria!  I'm still processing everything that we experienced there together.  It's still surreal to me that I was in Europe.