Friday, March 27, 2026 Ahhh this day was another great one!! I had so much fun. 🤩 Started out again with a relatively slow morning, which is our pretty typical vacation mode. Ethan had a rough draft of a paper due by Friday night so he was up finishing that up on the screen porch:… Continue reading Virgin Islands 2026 Day 3: Maho, Little Maho (!!), Francis Bay and Trunk Bay
Thursday, March 26, 2026 We had the best day yesterday!! It felt so good to just put all that travel stress behind us and start enjoying the trip. As I mentioned, the morning started off slooooowly. We spent a long time on the screen porch/decks. (Our place has 3 outdoor decks plus our huge covered… Continue reading Virgin Islands 2026: Day 2! Cinnamon Bay, Jumbie, Hawksnest and more.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Whew, we made it!! Yesterday felt like a super long day- I guess because it was. I already filled you in on the stressful part. Everything else went off mostly okay. Slight delay out of Chicago (just an hour), and then upon arrival to St. Thomas, we had to sit on… Continue reading Virgin Islands 2026- Day 1! Travel > St. John
Oh my gosh you guys. I am writing this from the plane from Chicago to St. Thomas (thanks free WiFi American). My heart is kind of still beating fast from the events of the last 12 hours. Last night, my parents arrived, and we went out for a quick dinner. Everyone was packed, all ready… Continue reading I am an idiot!!!
Ahh, it feels SO NICE to have a mid-week departure planned, on the heels of a wide open weekend. This has most definitely not always been the case lately. On recent trips we've had multiple Friday night departures, which means working all week AND trying to get ready for trip... This Wednesday departure was planned… Continue reading Weekend: pre-spring break
Yay, I'm finally sitting down to write this final Ireland post! This is truly a favorite way to spend a Saturday morning for me. 🙂 Okay, only 2 days of our trip left.... and I think I saved the best for last! Do not skip the end of this post- our final day was STUNNING!… Continue reading Christmas in Ireland 2025- final Part 3 (saved the best for last!)
Writing from our hotel room in glamorous Brown Deer, WI. As I mentioned, Asher and I are here for 3 nights for Asher's State swim meet. We arrived last night (Thursday), later than ideal. He had practice from 5-6 and then they had a team dinner at 6:15 at Noodles.... (Like, why couldn't the team… Continue reading Swim meet/ mini-vacay!
I think if I finish these recaps before winter is over, I'm doing okay! (I feel better knowing that Lag Liv is also still attempting to recap their South Africa trip from... last June I think?) Anyway, after this one, I just have one more to go. 🙂 So on that note, let's dive into… Continue reading Christmas in Ireland 2025- Part 2
Okay! Finally carved out a little time to work on recapping our Christmas in Ireland. As you know, I got SICK and was really down and out for a good week+ after the trip, and then the post-holiday re-entry rush was real at work (while still being pretty sick and then dealing with severe post-viral… Continue reading Christmas in Ireland 2025: Part 1
Hello hello! Happy New Year's Eve! We got home from Ireland late Sunday night, and I've been wanting to post all about our wonderful trip, but unfortunately.... I've been very sick. Seems I've been hit with that bad flu going around. My parents were both sick last week when we arrived to Ireland (they had… Continue reading Happy New Year’s Eve… from the couch + Ireland trip teaser
GRATEFUL KAE 