Before we came to the Galapagos, we each picked which experiences we most wanted and also which animals we most wanted to see. Near the top of my list was penguins! Yes, they have penguins in the Galapagos! They can only be found on 2 islands but only 1, Isabela,…
Welcome to New York!!!! For my birthday I wanted to go to New York City so we drove up on Friday and stayed till Sunday. It was a five hour drive each way but it was worth the drive! One of the things I wanted to do in New York…
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…
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…