Journals

For Rusty’s 30th birthday I gave him gift certificates for Skydiving. Read his skydiving post here.  Due to a fun and crazy summer, this weekend was the first chance we had to go. And through a weird stroke of luck, Carlie was here to watch the kids for us.  So, Rusty and I drove to…

I really love our advent activities each year.  Sometimes it’s very hard to execute them at the end of a long day, but the kids really look forward to pulling the card out and being surprised each day.  And, we make some really great memories. This year we started a new tradition inspired by one…

This week Halle attended her first ever Tennis Camp. Rusty was skeptical that 5 year olds could learn tennis, but he was wrong. She did awesome. Her teacher was great and knew just what to say and do to make the whole thing really fun. The camp was just 4 straight days, and now we…

Storm Nemo that is.  I was set to hit NYC with a few of my best girlfriends when Nemo decided to hit the east coast.  Of all the rotten luck.  All flights where cancelled and we were stuck in CO.  We all had arranged care for our kids, so we decided to head to Denver…

Compared to the Denver Zoo, this place was a ghost town!  Also, much, much shadier.  The best part?  Feeding the Finches at the Aussie Aviary And this really cool carousel and park. Look closely and you will see our animal siblings rode the carousel with us. The zoo also brought with it a special adoption. …

One thing I really love about Boston is all the access to green space.  There are gorgeous splashes of green amid all the high rises.  The Emerald Necklace, The Fens, and the Esplanade.  Today, armed with our scooters, we set off to explore the Esplanade.  But first up, Flour Bakery to try their famous sticky…