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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” – Anne Shirley (Lucy Maud Montgomery) Every October right about the time the leaves change but the air is still warm, the kids and I meet my cousin Alecia and her kids for an afternoon at the pumpkin patch. We have done this […]
As our boys get older and our family grows we are constantly looking for more space. The days of them playing in small spaces is long gone. They’re big and loud and they have their own amazing personalities. They need more space to become the young men they are becoming and we need more space […]
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll Randall Monroe sends us down rabbit holes proving impossible things, or maybe just the questions we thought too ridiculous to ask. He used to be a robotics engineer at NASA, which he has some pretty funny […]
We were “supposed to” go to Sioux City to see our new niece. The beautiful little Winnie was in Iowa for the weekend and we were going to get to meet her for the first time. At first, the plan was she and her parents were “supposed to” come to our house, but plans change […]
We have a lot of projects going on in our house – as usual. During covid, we took a step way back, stayed home, spent time as a family, did our jobs, and reassessed. Since we have eased back into doing things, but not full force. We still find ourselves pretty busy with all of […]
Day 16: Sammy slept in, in the morning. He really knows how to enjoy a hotel. He loves big beds, big breakfasts, and all the little things that come with them. We had a great breakfast at the hotel. There were lots of big fluffy eggs. On our way out of the hotel, we saw […]
Day 15: In the morning we all showered and hung our things out to dry as best we could. We wrapped some things up in the topper knowing they would just have to make it home wet and left behind a table cloth. We drove to the trailhead for Blackwater Falls and made the hike out. […]
Day 14: We started the day with another big breakfast and a stop for Dunkin Donuts coffee. I had no idea how big Dunkin was out east, but I love their coffee so I was happy to be in constant supply. We headed out early for our longest day on the road. We were making […]
Day 13: We had a big hotel breakfast in Westport and headed to Mystic CT. Yes, Mystic, like in Mystic Pizza (no, we didn’t eat there – we were planning on a pizza night for dinner). We looked at a lot of places to go in Connecticut and originally had a campsite at Hammonasset Beach […]
Day 12: We awoke indoors with big beds and floors with carpet which felt a little strange, sharing a bathroom, and not starting a fire first thing. We found a restaurant that served breakfast in popovers at a streetside cafe a short walk from our hotel. It was a beautiful morning and we could have […]