have kids, will adventure
We arrived home late last night from our first big trip since enduring pandemic life, of which felt a little too close to my generation’s beloved Oregon Trail. Sure – we PCS’ed last summer and we’ve taken long weekend trips to Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saugatuck but this one was our first big trip since outfitting
I am Michigan born but not bred. Having parents that hailed from the Great Lakes State ensured that we spent a couple of weeks in Michigan every summer, which was a tall order for the 10 years we lived in Arizona. My mother’s family had a cottage in Glen Arbor and to this day, I’ll
We’ve been incredibly busy with work and our weekday evenings have been dominated by coaching and a variety of youth sports – we’re in the season of our lives where time is by far our most precious commodity. It’s why it has taken me almost a week to write this post. It is why our
Travel has been virtually non-existent for our family since we entered pandemic life but back in February, we gambled on being vaccinated and tourism opening up and began booking late spring, summer, and fall travel. Life right now looks a lot different than this time last year – Clay and I are vaccinated, our kids
Last summer, as we reflected on our long list of cancelled adventures, we were so hopeful that our spring break travel this year would’ve involved an international trip or at least a jaunt across the country but alas, it wasn’t in our cards. Our children are currently attending school in a hybrid capacity but next
And Then We Laughed 