In the spring of 2015 (4th grade), Mara became a Taylor Swift fan. She liked the song “Style” but TS’s song “Bad Blood” really pushed her into huge fandom. Chuck saw that Taylor Swift was coming to DC a couple of weeks after we arrived back east and there were…
We were lucky enough to go to Legoland 3 different times while we lived in San Diego. The first time we went for Beckett’s birthday. The kids had a blast driving the cars, riding “The Dragon”, trying the Apple fries, riding the “Technic”, wandering around Miniland, and more. We even…
For Mother’s Day, Chuck surprised me with tickets for all of us to go Go-Kart racing. Definitely an out of the box Mother’s Day adventure! Strangely, the place was pretty darn empty on Mother’s Day. Shocking, I know! Within 15 minutes of arriving, Chuck and I were up. After a…
Despite our travels in 2013 and 2014, we hadn’t had an adults-only vacation for about 2 years. Luckily Chuck’s mom Carla came to the rescue, and flew down to babysit the kids while we went to Sonoma and Napa for 4 nights. Our first night was spent with Chuck’s friend…