Blog Crawl: My Life As A {Spell} Book...

Thanks to pretty Blair 

at Wild & Precious 

for sending you to Aspiring Kennedy.

I was thrilled to see that Beth Dotolo of Hello Splendor

 chose to kick her piece off with a nod to Twlight. 

My excitement came 

partially because I love Twilight.

However, it was mainly due 

to the fact that I had chosen to base MY post 

around a certain series 

that is near & dear to my heart: 

Harry Potter!

My Life Is An Open {Spell} Book

The Setting:

Hogwarts, of course.

Well no, not actually Hogwarts-

but perhaps the closest place we can get in the Muggle world:

Oxford, England!

 My husband is a student at Oxford,

and it’s a different world here.

We have dining halls,

ancient libraries,

 and all the ancient spook factor

one HP fan could hope for.

Oxford is missing the flying brooms & dragons,

 but I’m still have my hopes up

 they'll both turn up soon.

The Characters:

Tyler: 

 My Harry Potter. 

The Chosen One.

 He was the only wizard that could really put the love spell on me.

Halloween 2007. I love this!

 Me, Lauren:

Hermione Granger

I'm a booky-but-sensitive-know-it-all 

with uncontrollable hair

{that is looking better as I get older}.

I also look smashing in Burberry 

(just like Emma Watson).

 My family:

The Weasleys.

The whole gaggle of us.

 I love them all- 

and we have a rampant case

 of red hair running through my nephews & nieces 

which obviously only makes them more endearing.

Halloween 2007 with our nephew.

 My friends:

Dumbledore's Army.

Those in the magic world of blogging, 

and the muggle world ... non-bloggers.

Some that hang near & dear are

 Beth of Hello Splendor, Laura of Something Legit, Kellee of If the Shoe Fits, Grant of Cashmere Cowboy, Jenny of Thompson Tales,  Kelly of Fab K, Heather at Social Thread, and Victoria of Victoria Wall Photography.

photography by Kevin Dotolo

The Plot:

Newly arriving from the backgrounds that shaped us,

Tyler & I are in the process of 

getting educated in a new magical world.

We love England,

and are daily enchanted

with the small nuances of everyday life.

Things like

 “white” tea,

bicycle commutes,

and mid-morning rain

are constantly bewitching us.

The Twist:

Like every good book should,

{in my opinion}

 our story carries

a theme of love

through it’s entirety.

 The relationships with our families & friends

are of epic proportion.

Has any other couple ever felt so rich in love?

We hope so.

While many may doubt

if the love

Tyler & I have together

 can be so real-

 the answer is YES!

Our hope is

that above all the tricks & titles

 life may pass our way…

 we will share the love

 that has been given freely to us 

with others.

Continue on our blog crawl tomorrow

 at the amazing blog of

Emily A Clark!

Emily is one classy girl... 

who's life is so fancy- 

it might be leatherbound.