Last week, we had the pleasure of spending time with our family in South Carolina. While the travel there makes for a long day, it was sure worth it to see everyone for a few days! This was our first time purchasing a seat for Beatrice on the plane. She did a great job despite [...]
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May 16, 2012California Road Trip Montage!
October 9, 2010It takes several days to drive from Seattle to Los Angeles and back. But, thanks to the miracle of technology and our dedication to taking short videos whenever we remembered, you can experience this drive in a mere three minutes! Please enjoy the beauty of California, Oregon, and Washington in this short film. watch in [...]
California Road Trip, Day 1 – On Our Way!
October 9, 2010We recently returned from a family road trip to California. We spent about 10 days seeing family, enormous trees, the California coast, and having all kinds of adventures. It was wonderful, so you get to read about some of our adventures here on the blog! The night before we left, we stayed up late organizing [...]
August Catch Up Time-Part Two: Weekend in Idaho
September 13, 2010We took a family weekend road trip in August to visit my Uncle Chuck and Aunt Cindy’s family in Idaho. My Aunt Cindy is my Dad’s closest in age sister and she is an amazing hostess. We left on Friday and while the drive took longer than usual, Beatrice did a great job in the [...]
South Carolina 2010 Highlight Reel
May 24, 2010When we went to visit my parents in South Carolina this year, we brought a little video camera with us and took some footage of our adventures. Enjoy! South Carolina 2010 Highlight Reel from Jonathan on Vimeo. (Music: Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky.)
The Big D
October 13, 2009Carrie and I headed down to Dallas, Texas a couple of weeks ago to visit our friend April who is well, stinking fantastic. We flew down Thursday night, arrived around 11:45pm, then stayed up talking until around 3am. Regrettably, this meant we didn’t actually have brunch on Friday, more like we got up in time [...]
England, Where were we? Oh yes: More of Leeds
June 26, 2009We arose the morning of the 29th to a sunny sunny morning! What a treat! When I looked out the window, I saw this in the garden: My parents LOVE doing yard work and they did a little while we were in England. Later, Mom and Bara headed to the local garden center to get [...]
England: York
June 18, 2009The day began with some sweet hanging out of the laundry and hoping it was dry by the end of the day. I REALLY enjoy line drying our laundry and will be a happy girl when we get our own clothesline (after the yard project is complete). Here is what our stuff looked like in [...]
England: Leeds and Kirkstall Abbey followed by dinner with Rachel’s friends
June 17, 2009We awoke to a beautiful day in Oulton (the village outside of Leeds in which we stayed) and I enjoyed trying to keep up with Bara on a short run in the morning. Then Rachel, Jonathan and I went to the nearby Cottage Bakery to pick up some delicious bread for breakfast: One of the [...]
England: Chester to Leeds
June 15, 2009We arose Tuesday morning to fairly sunny skies and had a rather unfortunate breakfast at Wetherspoon’s (hey, it was the closest restaurant to our hotel). Following breakfast, we packed up and checked out of the hotel. We met Rachel at Euston Station and checked out the offerings at the shops in and around the station [...]