Tyler and I just celebrated our 9th anniversary yesterday. He planned a secret getaway for us to Point Reyes this past Sunday/Monday. My parents watched the kids (saints!) and we had a great time just the two of us. At this stage of life it seems an even toss up between what I long for most: peace and quiet (sleep!) and adventure (something new!). ...
Most years since graduating college, a collection of Princeton friends have reunited at each other’s houses for a weekend to play, reminisce, and continue to be inspired by one another. This year the gathering was in Chicago. I love these reunions, but with a family of four seat-holders now, we weren’t sure we could swing the ticket prices this year. Rather than opt out...
I’m playing a lot of catch up from my Nomadic November…the nice part about it is stopping to rethink again how special it was to have these visits with family and friends. Before meeting up with Tyler and Whitney for an early Thanksgiving with our Phoenix Family, Dylan and I went on a Midwest tour: first to Chicago (post to come) and then to...
We got to gather with my in-loves last month. While there, we had the privilege of watching some of Uncle Jason’s Ironman Triathlon. Tyler went and took pictures throughout the whole event and we joined him for a few hours in the middle of the day. If you’ve never seen an Ironman let me tell you…it is amazing. First of all, it starts before...
Last week we earned the “enjoyed a family vacation with toddlers” badge. It was our first excursion just us four. It was last minute, low budget (low pressure), low expectations and quite fun! I found a fantastic lodging deal on my favorite travel website, Travelzoo, it helped that we stayed Sunday and Monday nights. We brought one pack-n-play for one kid, and made a...
We’re celebrating family! Whitney has this next week off from school so we decided to kick off an adventure. Today we shared the morning with my brother’s family, then lunch with my cousin, a visit with Aunt Vicki, and topped it off with just us four enjoying beautiful views in Lake Tahoe, and an ice cream. Fantastic. Hotel with toddlers (note the door-they already...
We’re still in the afterglow of a great trip to see family in Colorado this past weekend. The piles of laundry are disappearing and the kids are back to taking good naps, and finally I’ve gotten to go through my photos and reminisce some of the good times. We haven’t been on a plane with them since Christmas…and travel days can be tough…here are...