We spent the first week of our trip on Kauai high up on the north shore in Princeville near the end of the road in Hanalei. This location is a bit off the beaten path from other tourists which made for a super relaxed atmosphere. A welcome break from the hustle and bustle of our regular lives. Oh and the…
Part brave, part totally insane, but we packed our bags and flew 12 hours to Hawaii with a 20 month and 4 year old… and lived to tell the tale! Honestly, the kids did AMAZING! I was SOOOO impressed and proud of their ability to go with the flow and amend through a nearly 20 hour travel day. Truth be…
When the Palmer School is closed for summer vacation, we head to Camp Coco! On Monday morning I packed up the boys and headed to LBI for the week. Aunt Bonnie joined Coco for the fun/chaos this year as they played, swam, ate donuts, drove trucks at the bay, rode bikes and ran around the beach. It was REALLY hot most…
Long-time friends invited us on their boat last Saturday for a cruise around the bay during our weekend visit to LBI. Andrew was very excited to talk about the boat, ride in the boat, ask questions about the boat and even drive Captain Mike’s Boat! He even used his favorite boating phrase ‘aye aye Captain!,’ when addressing Mr. Mike. Teddy…
We left the Loire and Renaissance France and headed south to Bordeaux. Again we tool the scenic drive- both for the journey and because we were too cheap to pay the 75 Euros in tolls! On the way we passed several more chateaus just littered about the country side and field after field of sunflowers! Eventually we made it to…
Warning: This post contains lots of non-Millennial (or at least really OLD Millennial) attempts at selfies. Andy’s artistic and professional photos to follow! Andy and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary a little early with a week long trip to France! We jammed so much fun, new adventures and wonderful memories into our week-long, kid-free vacation! It summary: it was…
We had a pretty fantastic weekend at the beach! The sun was shining, we went to the beach, hung out with our friends (with and without kids!), played in the sand, rode the jet skis and spun around on some rides at Fantasy Island! What more could you ask for?!?
While Andy travels a lot (!), most weeks its a day or two here or there. But each year in June, he has to attend in annual company user conference (affectionately referred to as BUC) in Chicago that lasts Monday- Friday. While I love my children with all of my being, that’s just a LONG time to be solo parenting; 5 breakfasts,…
We traveled to Hershey, PA earlier this month to celebrate my Aunt Bonnie’s well deserved retirement (40 years!) from teaching. The drive was a little far for the boys so we decided to space out the time in the car and visit nearby Indian Echo Caverns. Andrew has been into caves recently- and by that I mean hanging out in…
Some work trips aren’t so bad. While I missed the boys I certainly took full advantage of my time away at the staff retreat….which is pretty easy when it’s in Colorado, at a spa/ranch and there’s zip lining! 😋