October 2024 Fall Break Trip: South Dakota Carol found a cabin to rent in Canton, South Dakota, so we took a kayak and headed north for Fall Break. Luckily the weather was pretty good and the property was right next … Continue reading →
July 2024 RV Trip: Colorado Springs (Continued) The RV trip that we took to Colorado Springs started in June and continued into early July. The kids really enjoyed visiting Garden of the Gods and climbing all over the rock structures. … Continue reading →
July 2022 Fourth of July We were able to celebrate Independence Day with Nate’s family, including the younger cousins. Everyone had a wonderful time. RV Rental Trip to Galveston, TX We had been talking about buying an RV for a … Continue reading →
October 2021 School Pictures Since Grant (8th grade) and Jenna (2nd grade) did school remotely this year, due to Covid, we took our own school pictures. We also took a picture of Jenna’s primary teacher, Mrs. Dungan. Meeting Baby Cousin … Continue reading →
July 2021 Independence Day It was nice to celebrate the 4th of July with Nate’s parents. Fishing We were able to do some fishing at a nearby lake with Gramma and Pa. Grant had the best luck, catching three fish. … Continue reading →
July 2020 Flower Garden Some of the flowers in the garden started looking very pretty in July. Nate Fishing with his Dad Dad has a boat that is large enough that two people can be more than 6 feet away … Continue reading →
February 2020 Carol’s Trip Bloomington, IN Carol was able to get away for a long weekend to see her niece Alyssa in Bloomington, Indiana. They enjoyed their time together, touring Bloomington and going to the art museum on campus. I … Continue reading →
December 2019 Jenna’s Birthday Jenna turned 7 on December 14th. I cannot believe how fast time has flown by. We had a small gathering at the house for her birthday that consisted of my parents and Jenna’s friend Nova. My … Continue reading →
Note to Readers: It has been brought to my attention that I have not posted anything in the blog in many, many months. So….here is what we’ve been up to for the last 6 months. It will be mostly pictures … Continue reading →
I was able to get some time off from work this summer to travel back to the Midwest to see family. We divided our trip this year into three parts; Nana’s House, Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Bob’s House, and Gramma … Continue reading →
The kid’s Spring Break fell closer to the end of March this year. We headed down Florida’s Turnpike for what has become our annual Spring Break trip to “Nana’s Florida House”. We left on the Saturday before the start of … Continue reading →
We spent Thanksgiving in the Keys this year with Nana. We weren’t sure if we were going to make it because Grant came down with an ear infection the day before we were planning on leaving, and Jenna was catching … Continue reading →
We decided to take a trip to the beach yesterday since the forecast only called for a 30% chance of afternoon showers. That was the lowest chance of rain that we’d had in several days so we thought it was … Continue reading →
We recently completed our first major trip as a family of four. Major trip = requiring air travel. We traveled from Gainesville, FL to Atlanta, GA to Kansas City, MO by air. Then we rented a minivan (I never thought … Continue reading →
In July, we made a trip over to St. Augustine beach. As always, Grant enjoyed splashing in the waves and playing in the sand.
Continue reading →This year we traveled for the Christmas holiday to see our family in the Midwest. Two years ago when we traveled at Christmas we got snowed in at my Grandma Burton’s house for an extra couple of days, so we … Continue reading →
We’ve established a bit of a Labor Day weekend tradition, which I really quite enjoy and I hope we can keep it going. Over Labor Day weekend we take a trip to someplace in Florida for the weekend and spend … Continue reading →