Josh, Rusty and I had an early morning drive to Rose bay warf. We ended up being really early for our dive and so we wandered around for a bit. We cheered on a duck diving for fish and in the tree next to us were the most pretty parrots! Josh said their undersides looked…
We took a subway, tram and bus to get to Coogee beach. This was such a fun and pretty spot. The boys couldn’t wait to get in the water and play in the waves. We had so much ground to cover that sadly, we couldn’t stay long. Gordon’s Bay was next. Instead of setting towels…
We flew straight past Christmas and landed in Sydney on the 26th. Our Airbnb host was kind enough to let us come early and drop bags and freshen up a bit. Then we down to Circular Quay to get our first views of Harbor Bridge and the Opera House. It was SO stunning and none…
Rusty here: Portugal was awesome. I loved the people, the scenery and the food. The city was clean and huge and intersting. The country was breathtaking and exciting. My top 3 highlights that I say “made the trip” no matter what Tara was tons of fun, always up for adventure. We had some hard talks…
I had the best weekend with my HS friends. I turned right around from Portugal and left for Anaheim 2 days later. Going to Disney with friends is so much fun because waiting in line is just more time to chat. And we never run out of things to say. I love being with people…
We had a really beautiful family experience as we laid Alan to rest. So many special memories. We started the night before the celebration at Alan and Sharon’s house. It was the first time the kids and I had been back to the house and it was so emotional for me. I kept waiting for…
Nat and Michael and the boys met us in Steamboat for a few days of Spring skiing. We had the best time! The snow was crap, but that didn’t stop us one bit. The kids all skiied so hard, and my boys did their first double black diamond (Simon and I found a different way…
I’m writing this now in the van to the airport in Cancun. What an amazing trip. Every trip with Tara is amazing but this one was really special. We woke up Thursday and got on the plane and I told myself if I took a quick nap I could play Civ 6 so I did…
What a trip we had!! We saw and ate it all. Loved being with all the Cornell women. And really missed Halle. I don’t like being in NYC without her. She was sad to miss too, but I think all the baby elephants she’s been seeing significantly softened the blow. We flew into JFK, took…
We got to have two Christmases this year! (kinda). Home Christmas and Utah Christmas. Home Christmas is where all the presents were. We contemplated flying to Utah (ended up driving so Dash could come) and the kids had some large, heavy presents, so we combined Dinner under the Christmas Tree with presents a few days before we…