Christmas 2022 Part 2 – Normandy
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 – MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022 For the second leg of our Christmas trip, we rented a “seven passenger” (let’s be honest, it was more like a 4 passenger car in the US)...
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Christmas 2022 Part I – Paris
In the fall of 2022 we found some really great airfare to Paris over Christmas. Emily Elmer had been inviting us for years to come stay with her in Germany, and she was down to...
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Beachin’ in Florida
It was going to be an extra busy summer with Calvin riding his bike in extra races, and Olivia and Calvin both holding down jobs. Plus, we just couldn’t figure out where we wanted to...
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Disneyland – the last one
We always went to Disneyland every third year. It seemed to be the right amount of time between trips – enough that we all missed it when it was time to go again. But this...
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CAN CAN CUN CUN
Ah, Summer Vaction – so lovely, so hard. A: Where should we go on vaction? W: Alaska cruise! A: Yes! . . . oh, no, too expensive. A: Lake in Idaho! W: Boring A: Big...
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FLOW-RYE-DUH!
For the fam-vacay this summer we decided to do a last minute trip to Florida. Gatorland – where we saw the big gators right up close! Crazy!! Seaworld – where Nate was the dolphin trainer...
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It’s a Mystery – Sometimes I Make Myself Laugh!
In the spring we got a text from Beth – tickets to Thailand were suuuuper cheap! So we bought tickets. Then we had to figure out a way to tell the kids of our trip....
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