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…
We’d promised the kids we’d take them on a cruise some day especially since we used to see the cruise ship every Wednesday in Kona harbor. However, Mara (and even Beckett) get sea sick on boats (as do I) so we were little nervous about how they would do. Enter…
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…