Monday, March 30, 2026 Day 6 already! At first it felt like we had sooo much time stretching before us, but now here we are somehow over halfway done already! The plan for Monday was to get out and explore the island a bit, after our more low key resort day on Sunday. But first,… Continue reading Virgin Islands 2026 Day 6: Mountain Top and Magen’s Beach
Sunday, March 29, 2026 Our first full day on St. Thomas! Seeing as it kind of rained during our only “resort time” on Saturday, and we woke up to beautiful blue skies and sunshine on Sunday, it seemed the consensus was: pool and beach day. View from main balcony- the pool looked so inviting. Did… Continue reading Virgin Islands 2026 Day 5: pool/beach day, more snorkeling + night kayak tour!
Saturday, March 28, 2026 On Saturday we had to sadly check out of our beautiful St. John villa. Knowing we could have stayed one more night was a little hard (technically had it til Sunday!), but we had to move on. We enjoyed one slow, final round of tea/coffee on the patios, then packed up… Continue reading Virgin Islands 2026 Day 4: to St. Thomas and sunset cruise!
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
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!)
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
*This post is part of my Travel series going back to recap some of our past (pre-blog) trips. Today I'm covering our time in Durango and Silverton, Colorado, in August 2019. The boys were 9 and just-turned-11, here. See other days from this trip here: Days 1-3 (Vail/Glenwood Springs), Days 4-6 (Moab, Utah), and Day… Continue reading Colorado/Utah Trip Days 8-9: Durango and Silverton, Colorado
GRATEFUL KAE 