• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

    Once we decided to go to Oregon and San Diego for our summer vacation, I started pushing to go to Universal Studios in LA.  Beckett and I had just started reading the Harry Potter books in the spring and I was completely sucked into the Harry Potter world (Chuck and…

  • 2016 Ironman Eagleman 70.3

    I knew about triathlons especially since my best friend competed in them.  But it was never on my radar as something I wanted to do, largely due to my limitations in the past with biking and running. That all changed when we moved to Kona and got to watch the…

  • Indoor Skydiving at iFly

    The kids received a gift certificate for indoor skydiving for Christmas. However, they had to wait for the place to open a few months later.  We finally took them in April and they LOVED it. They each said it was the coolest thing they’ve ever done and are already begging…

  • Diving with Hammerheads at Gordon Rocks

    One of the things we were most looking forward to on our trip was diving with hammerhead sharks.  We had 2 chances – one at Kicker Rock off of San Cristobal and the other was at Gordon Rocks off of Santa Cruz. Gordon Rocks is known as “THE” place to…