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
Thursday, August 7 As I mentioned, Thursday was looking to be a great weather day, and it was!! We got a plethora of blue skies and hot sunshine all day beginning in the morning: As I also mentioned, the seaweed that was hanging around mostly moved out to deeper water. Yay! After our usual balcony… Continue reading The end days/ great weather edition!
Tuesday 8/5: My last check in was Tuesday morning, where I lamented some bad weather plaguing our first couple of days. Well I’m pleased to report that while we didn’t instantly get perfect blue skies and sunshine, the weather has mostly been a non-issue! Yay! Tuesday morning as I wrote my post, there were bits… Continue reading The middle days: a weather turnaround!
Hello! Checking in from the beach. Current view: I’m enjoying the sounds of the waves and my tea and thought I’d give a little update. Backing up to Saturday- We drove basically all day! Here is a pic of when we finally let the boys take the wheel for a while. Asher drove my parents’… Continue reading First couple days/ we had it coming
GRATEFUL KAE 