have kids, will adventure
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
There is really no way to know that you’re in the good old days until you’ve actually left them. The art of looking back fondly is a somewhat idiosyncratic effect of human nature. We always seem to have a more idealized take on our experiences when we’re looking at them through the rearview mirror. While we
The kids have grown up both watching and playing baseball. Being stationed in the Washington DC area a couple of times cultivated an appreciation for the Washington Nationals and we’ve long considered them “our team”, despite living an Uncle Sam-directed nomadic lifestyle. Attending games at Nationals Park quickly became a favorite family activity of ours
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
And Then We Laughed 