…we are home. We took an EPIC vacation for the last 26 days. That is nearly a month, people. We camped, we cruised, we swam, we ate, we national parked, we historical sited, and we drove and drove and drove. Most importantly, we spent a lot of time together and with extended family and it…
Don’t you love this picture? All of us are there, thanks to the mirror, but you might miss Joel if you don’t look carefully… My girls are obsessed with American Girl. Totally obsessed. Before our trip to Chicago, they combed the catalogs, trying to decide what they would buy when we arrived at The American…
The Art Institute of Chicago. My favorite painting of all time (on which one of my favorite Broadway musicals is based). My beautiful little family. Fun with photography. Who could ask for anything more?
We just arrived home last night from spending a week in Chicago. We’re completely exhausted, but only because we had a ton of fun and did as much as we could possibly cram in for the week. I took hundreds of photos (the only reason the number isn’t in the thousands is because I totally…
Oh yeah! Remember how I went on a cruise to the Caribbean in January? Me neither. Okay, so I pretty much stink at getting vacation photos edited, much less posted. Something about being easily distracted and easily overwhelmed, I guess. Although, I’d like to think that anyone would be intimidated by a vacation where nearly…
Our second port was Belize. We took the tender boats into shore this time. The kids thought it was a blast to ride on the smaller boat, and it was quite the ride, too. I think it took us 15 or 20 minutes to get to shore. Joel, on the other hand, doesn’t seem so…
So….picking up where we left off. After we returned with Bria from visiting the Mayan ruins, we ate lunch on the ship and then picked up the other two kids from the kids’ club and headed back on shore. The Costa Maya port was pretty boring right off the pier, but since that’s where they…
Our first port was Costa Maya, Mexico. Joel and I decided that we would leave Chloe and Sophia at the kids’ club and take Bria to see the Mayan ruins of Chacchoben. My parents had also chosen to do the same excursion, so we all went together. The first thing we saw when the ship…
After getting down to the Port of Miami on Sunday morning and standing in several lines for what seemed like hours, we finally met up with my whole family in the last line. That was cool. Then we got onto the second largest cruise ship on the water: The Liberty of the Seas. First we…
The Original Butterfly House is a fun family activity that you won’t want to miss while vacationing on Mackinac Island! My first visit to Mackinac Island was in 2010 with my eldest daughter’s girl scout troop. I fell in love immediately and couldn’t wait to get back! One of our favorite things we did on…
I got home last night from Mackinac Island, very exhausted from traipsing around with Bria and her Girl Scout troop. But we had so much fun. I have always wanted to go to Mackinac, so I jumped at the chance when the troop announced this activity. I was wishing I hadn’t paid for it once…
Remember how I went on an Alaskan Cruise in June? Yeah, me neither. So I guess it’s a good thing I took so many photos. Actually, I was just moving a bunch of my photo files off of my hard drive and I realized I hadn’t posted these pictures on my blog. And since the…