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…
For the highlights you can check out the video on YouTube. PRINCEVILLE Wednesday morning we were off! A quick flight to Vegas and then off to Kauai! We landed in the afternoon and felt the amazing humidity. Everyone was off to Costco (except Carlie and Dan who would get there an hour later). At Costco…
Our big adventure was finally here! I can’t remember where I first learned about the online skating marathon in Berlin, but as soon as I did, I knew I had to do it. I recruited Rusty and Carlie and Dan and we spent the summer rollerblading up and down the trails in Erie. We were…
Is there anything more fun that vacationing with friends? I think not. Sam invited us all to come celebrate Gina’s birthday at her favorite place on earth–their cabin at Hebgen Lake. And I think now it is also all of our favorite place on earth. We had the best time! From boating to board games,…
Rusty here–Friday morning We picked up our breakfast bags and were off to the airport pretty early like 7AM.. It was about an hour. We pulled up to the curb and hugged the kids and said we will see you in America in a week! Crazy. The kids were troopers and I think were a…
Halle’s one Ireland wish was to do a photoshoot in a castle. Which got me thinking….Ireland would make some pretty epic family pictures. I shopped around and found a photographer and a location I loved. Bective Abby, although not a castle, was an incredibly picturesque ruin in County Meath. At the last minute, our photographer…
Friday was castle day! We ate our breakfast and left our glamping cottage around 10am and then it was time to make our way to some archery. It was at a beautiful farm estate of course. Archery was super cool. Tara was the archery pro, winning all the games. Josh and blake also enjoyed it….
Rusty–I’m getting Galway and Limerick mixed up a little bit but Galway was where we stayed right next to the Latin quarter. Galway was a big city! We checked into our hotel and then we walked the Latin quarter late at night. So much music and so much energy. Really fun. I was surprised when…
The Cliffs of Moher get a big shrug from the Banks Family. Perhaps we were too tired. Perhaps we were on beauty overload. Perhaps if the weather was better we would have liked it more. Our Ferry from Insheer took us under the cliffs on the way back. Blake could not stop talking about how…