Category Archives: traveling

Merry Christmas! (and a happy New Year)

We flew up to the DC area last week to spend Christmas with my family, which is always fun. What made this year really special was that we went up within days of the huge east coast snowstorm, and the snow was still on the ground and quite deep. It was an unusual treat for...

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I went to New Orleans and all I got…

I actually didn’t get a t-shirt if that’s what you were thinking. Mainly, I came home with pictures, and an awful lot to think about and contemplate. The kids, my dad, and I tagged along with Andy and a bunch of his awesome high school students on their summer work trip to New Orleans, Louisiana....

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my kids meet snow

It’s probably not nice to keep showing you pictures of Fort Myers all the time. I’d hate to set up for a case of “weather rage” or whatever you might care to call it. Yes, I know a lot of you are bundled up right now and wishing you were at my house instead of...

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airplanes!

The kids and I are shivering in Ohio this week, taking some time to visit my dad. They have been having a blast playing in the snow from the last snowfall, which mostly melted yesterday, and is still going today. Me personally, I’m finding it just a wee bit cold. Yesterday, we all went to...

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thanksgiving

I know, I’m a little late on Thanksgiving. What can I say? We were in Virginia, with limited internet access and limited cell coverage (well, that was mainly that I didn’t have mine in my pocket, I confess). So yes, I’ve neglected you. I kind of neglected my camera in Virginia, too, but I took...

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