Weekend between Christmas and the New Year. Paul has time off. Hmmm… I should catch-up on editing photos. I should get the house in some type of order. I should, I should, I should do so many other things. But spending some days being lazy sounds nice. Spending some time in a quiet town sounds so good. Seeing…
I think I’ve made it pretty clear how much I dislike going to the park, yeah? Every. flippin. day. Yesterday, I just couldn’t. I did not want to do it. So I picked Stevie up from school and right on cue, he said “MOM! BOP!” I told him no. He flipped out. But I knew…
Our first visit to New York City was right around this time of year, way back in 2008. Yeah, I already had a blog back then. And yeah, I already wrote about the trip. But what I didn’t anticipate back in 2008 was what a lasting impact the city would have on me after just…
Too much food. The first words that came to mind thinking about our trip to Utah. Seriously, though. Still full. But also: laughter, beauty, nostalgia, happiness, frustration and a little bit of heartache all rolled into one big group hug. We stayed up too late. Woke up too early. Made too many dirty jokes. Enjoyed…
I know I keep referring to it as the worst day ever. The truth is it was just like every other day. Tantrums every five minutes. Incessant nagging. Screaming and frustration. But it felt so much worse because we were at freakin DISNEYLAND. I mean, there were time-outs next to Pirates of the Caribbean, begging…
We planned for months in advance. We somehow settled on a date that worked for 18 people. We convinced the non-believers to just come anyway and try to have fun. But I didn’t realize our cousin day at Disneyland was doomed from the start – until it was actually over. I can’t help but think about all the…
Well, hello November. Oh and yes, hello to you too 5:30am because of the time change. How long is that wake-up time going to be in effect? Halloween was good. Stevie still didn’t totally get it, but this year was a lot easier. Therefore making it more fun than years past. And he looked bloody cute, let’s not…
Day 5 is also known as the last day of our Pacific Northwest vacation. *Insert sobbing emoji here* We hustled that morning to pack up and get out the door. Just a few last things in Portland to see before we headed back to Seattle for our flight home. Our first stop was VooDoo Doughnuts. Now, listen…
Portland was warm. Portland was pretty. Portland was… weird. They don’t lie about that fun little fact. We had a lot of recommendations for food, which was obviously fine by me. But other than that, we weren’t really sure what to do with ourselves. So with a couple tourist pamphlets and Google Maps in hand,…
We started our foggy morning with breakfast at the hotel and then a quick drive through Queen Anne to get one last glimpse of the city. Totally unnecessary to see that view AGAIN, but it was still nice to briefly explore one more area before we headed out. At that point, we still had a couple…