Take your kid to work day! All the kids had a blast! Girls night at Anastasia. We went to dinner at Pizza Republic before. It is just the best show. We all had so much fun. Josh’s induction into the National Honor’s Society. I love this ceremony. It’s so cool. Congrats, Josh on all the…
Hi everyone! It’s Josh. The final day of our Southern States road trip was a ton of fun, and was probably my favorite out of the whole trip. We stated the day with a bit of a sleep in, intentionally skipped breakfast, and then headed over to Mrs. Wilkes, a southern homestyle dining restaurant. Mrs.…
Our first day in Savannah started with the boys sleeping in as Halle, Rusty and I headed to the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters. It was such an interesting tour. One thing I really liked was the fact that they were very careful with their words. They always said enslaved person instead of slave. They…
Rusty here: I was in charge of the Montgomery day. It started with breakfast at the hotel and then we loaded up the car and started walking. First was the Rosa Parks bus stop which was right across the street from the former slave market. For whatever reason, the streets were deserted this Saturday in…
Blake here: Our day started by going to Surry Juice for breakfast where you could get a variety of breakfast foods and drinks of a combo of your choice. I got this massive breakfast sandwich and josh got biscuits and gravy which he was super excited about. We also got this banana foster french toast…
In keeping with Tradition, each kid gets to write the blog post for one of the days of the trip. Here’s Halle’s : We started off the day at Mardi Gras world, where we got to try the iconic king cake (which is probably better not from a box)(and mom REAAALLY wanted to get the…
We have been so excited for our Southern Road trip! We are going to cross so many States off our bucket list. It began in New Orleans. It was fun to fly over all the swampy Bayous and get our first-ever look at the Mississippi River. Our flight landed, we took a very long shuttle…
Super bowl Sunday! All our favorite foods and the raspberry mousse cake we look forward to alllll year. President’s Day weekend at Keystone. Blake opted not to come this time, so we took Max instead! It was quite windy one day and they shut down a few lifts. This resulted in a HUGE line. So…
Winter vacations to the beach are just the best. This year we left the boys home alone! I was nervous about it–I knew they could handle it–it just feels scary to be that far away from them. They did awesome. Blake missed the bus one morning, but he called Carlie and got it all sorted…
Halle had the amazing opportunity to go to Honduras and study with the Dolphin Communication Project. She left on NYE, and so she got to start a new year in a brand new country! It was an incredible experience for her. Routan is a stunningly beautiful place. The weather was perfect. And she got to…
Welp…I got the flu for Christmas. Me and Blake both. And Nat and Simon. Then, we passed it on to Grandma and Josh. So, that’s super exciting. We had to delay our Christmas Eve dinner and jammies so we wouldn’t infect the rest of the family. Everyone was so sad. Josh said, “You mean I…
Merry Christmas!
I have to be honest. It was kind of a boring Christmas season. The boys are busy, and they didn’t really want to do any of our normal advent activities. Not having Halle around is the worst! I need my adventure buddy. Everyone over here is perfectly happy to spend all their time on the…
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