If I were to be completely honest, I’d have to say that I get equally excited about eating in New York City as I do about Broadway Shows and world famous museums. It’s true. I don’t think there is a better place to go and feel comfortable leaving your suitcase of emergency gluten free food… Read More Big Apple Birthday Adventure Part 2: The Food!
First stop: Carriage ride through Central Park. It was 20 degrees (wind chill – 0 degrees), but we did it anyway. We were just numb by the end! The last time we had been in a carriage together was on our wedding day in August of 1992. It was 100 degrees that day! A wonderful… Read More Big Apple Birthday Adventure – Part 1
I love this photo collage, because it truly reflects the joy in this vacation we take every year. (We got back a week ago.) And being from Texas, it never ceases to amaze me that my kids are growing up spending 4 days in Maine every summer! (Not to mention hanging out in Boston and… Read More Fun in Maine!
(One of the most spectacular sights on our hike to Mills Lake was a Bighorn Goat. It was moving slowly through the trees when I spotted it, and at first I thought it was a mini-van! I was highly discouraged that we had hiked all that way only to find that there was a road… Read More Colorado in The Spirit
We were so blessed to travel to Colorado to be a part of Keith and Katrina’s wedding! They are a great couple who met at our church three years ago. Keith was a student and football player at Amherst College, and Katrina a French major at Mt. Holyoke College. They are both from Denver, had… Read More Colorado in Pictures
(Inspired by Megan’s “number” posts!) Meals prepared and frozen for kids and sitters: 7Miles Traveled by plane and car (Amherst to Estes Park and back): 3414Change in Elevation(Amherst to Denver): 4985 ft.Highest Elevation Reached on foot: 10,180 ftMiles Hiked in Rocky Mountains: 15Animal species spotted: 7Miles Jogged in Mile High City: 5Miles shopped in Mile… Read More Colorado in Numbers
Lots going on here, as usual. Haven’t had much time to write about anything, but just though I’d share a few recent highlights. The first is that Kayla managed to trap Mr. Groundhog over the weekend. We don’t really know how long he’s been around, but he sure did enjoy eating fresh veggies out of… Read More Recent Tidbits
Last week we tool a 2 night/3 day trip to Washington, D.C. I have been wanting to make this springtime pilgrimage to see the cherry blossom trees in bloom ever since I first heard of them. We decided to put it on the calendar for this spring as something to look forward to. As the… Read More D.C. : Blossoms, Bikes, and a Budget
…..do as the Texans do! Robert and I recently returned from yet another trip to Texas – my fifth trip in 12 months – and we definitely returned to our roots in dramatic way on this particular trip! Robert performed the wedding ceremony of his second cousin, Jason on Valentine’s Day, outdoors on the Eberly… Read More When in Texas……
We left a little earlier for our annual trip to Texas and Oklahoma this year. For the first time ever, we traveled on Christmas Day and got to spend the day after with my whole family. Here we are at my dad’s house with sister Melissa and her three kids, sister Melinda – home from… Read More Christmas Catch Up