Two Kids and a Map

Today marks the one year “blog-iversary” for Two Kids and a Map.  We are celebrating big time by giving away a My Busy Kit to ONE lucky winner!  Be sure to check back later today to find out how to enter!

 When I started this blog I had never intended for it to become what it has!  I was writing to keep family updated with our three week Christmas holiday Europe adventure.  I enjoyed writing the blog and decided to keep it up.  This is my travel journal.  I used to scrapbook our family travels in a fancy book with pen and paper.  Now, I write about them and post pictures here.  Over the past year I have learned a lot about blogging and have met some amazing people, both online and in person.  I still have a long way to go, but I am enjoying the journey!

A few fun facts about Two Kids and a Map:

• Posts Written:  171
• Comments from you:  593
• Funniest Keyword Searched:  canned squeezy cheese in FL
• I often wonder what I will do if my husband and I choose to have another child – Three Kids and a Map?  Change the domain name?  Keep it and just change the header?  I don’t know why I worry about these things!

Things on this site that I am proud of:

• Finally figuring out how to link my feed to feedburner and actually getting subscribers.
• Travel Blogger Tuesday and staying fairly consistent with posting
• Joining Twitter and finding a happy medium between my tweets and living life!
• Launching Pensacola with Kids - After Pensacola posts kept popping up on Two Kids and a Map, I created Pensacola with Kids (a site to help you explore Pensacola with your family)

My goals for the future:

• To continue to explore new places and write about them here
• To be better at commenting back to you when you comment to me – I love reading comments back to me so I know you all probably do too!
• Get the blog makeover that I have been waiting for (I had hoped it would be done in time for the one year anniversary but unfortunately I am still in some queue out in cyberspace!)
• Finally create a blog roll of all the amazing sites I love now that I am on Wordpress

Travels on the Agenda for the Next 12 Months (most trips are planned, some are just wishes and dreams we hope to come true!):

• Jacksonville, Florida (to visit friends)
• Panama City Beach, Florida (to visit family)
• Atlanta, Georgia (to get away for a weekend)
• Orlando, Florida (to visit Mickey!)
• Washington DC (to visit family)
• Norfolk, Virginia (to visit family)
• Asheville, North Carolina (for a wedding)
• Oahu (for our 10 year anniversary)
• New York City (for blogging conference and to visit the one spot I have always wanted to go but have yet to make it to!)
• Europe (Germany and Italy are on the agenda for this summertime trip)

Keep an eye out because later today we will post how to enter to win a My Busy Kit!!!

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