This spring break we went on a 6 night cruise to the Western Caribbean on Oaisis of the Seas with Royal Caribbean. Our first destination was Royal Caribbean’s private island, CocoCay in the Bahamas….
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Tybee Island
In the spirit of trying something new, we went to Tybee Island for fall break this year. Tybee is a small city near Savannah known for its wide sandy beaches and a famous lighthouse….
St. Thomas, USVI
We spent spring break in St. Thomas this year and stayed in a villa in Lovenlund. I affectionately called it the Drug Villa. It is on a cliff above the ocean with 180° ocean…
Mexico
This year for fall break we embarked on a cruise from Galveston, Texas to Honduras and Mexico on Allure Of The Seas with Royal Caribbean. I know it sounds cliche, but the ship was…
Hilton Head
We visited Hilton Head for Spring break this year and had a great time. We played volleyball on the beach, rode bikes around town, and ate entirely too much. I even found some time…
San Francisco
This year we decided to mix it up and head west to San Francisco. We packed in as much tourist stuff as possible including: Though not an actual tourist attraction, my favorite part had…
Myrtle Beach 2020
This year we decided to rent a house in Myrtle Beach with the Wiles and Jessica to avoid the crowds and more so the Caronavirus. We had a great time. We swam in the…
St Thomas 2018
This summer we decided to go on a two week vacation in St. Thomas. We stayed in the same villa in Peterborg that we stayed the last time we were there in 2016. Below…
Shorty
The event we all knew was coming has finally occurred. Lilly is taller than Laura who shall be hereinafter referred to as “Shorty”. For whatever reason, Lilly asked me to measure her the other…
Camping 2017
We went camping with our friends the Wiles this fall at the Sawnee campground on lake Lanier, or should I say glamping. We had a great time, but we weren’t exactly roughing it. There…
Total Eclipse of 8/21/2017
We were lucky enough to witness a Total Solar Eclipse at 3:36pm on August 21, 2017 in Helen, Georgia. We decided to travel a bit north to be in the path of totality and…
2017 New Year Vacation
This year’s vacation was courtesy of Lilly’s wish to go on a Disney cruise and some Christmas magic. As it turns out, our friends were the recipient of the same Christmas magic, which coincidentally…
Katie turns 7 at Disney World
We, and by “we” I mean Laura, decided to go to Orlando to visit the parks and take part in a timeshare presentation. I wasn’t sold on the timeshare idea, but Disney sounded like a good…
Lilly turns 9 in St Thomas
Well, as you know my Dad passed away in early January. His wish was to be cremated and his ashes spread in St. Thomas. We (Mom, Laura, Lilly, and Katie) decided to make the…
Disney Cruise
We had such a good time on our first Disney cruise we decided to go on another. This time we went on a 7 night cruise to the Eastern Caribbean and visited Tortola, St. Thomas and…
Destin 2015
We decided to rent a condo from Seascape Resort for the week in Destin while the girls were on summer break from school. The condo was great; More room than we needed and walking…
Laura Graduated!
This has been a long time coming (we won’t mention that our sweet family went through losing a brother, having a baby, Tom getting diagnosed again with the return of cancer, and 5 years…
Snow Jam 2014
In the past two weeks we’ve received around 6″ of snow over a period of about 4 days. I’m sure that doesn’t sound like much, but it effectively shut down everything in it’s path,…
Christmas 2013 Update
Wow, it has been a long time since we last posted any news. As you can imagine a lot has happened over the last year. Lilly started 1st grade and Katie started Pre-K at…
Laura Update
Just thought I would update everyone with school stuff. I was offered an extern position on a mother/baby unit at a local hospital. It’s for the summer, and I get to work directly with…
We visited the Zoo
I’ve been feeling a little guilty that we didn’t go on a vacation or even do anything too out of the ordinary this summer before Lilly and Katie start school again, so we decided…
Laura School Update
I guess I owe a little news about school. I absolutely love school. I finally found that great thing in life that I want to grow up and do. School has provided me with…
Happy 4th of July
We had a wonderful 4th with family and friends. Our neighborhood hosted a fireworks display along with pool fun and bbq. We decided to go to the fireworks, and it was great! Not only…
Summer!
The girls and I have really enjoyed the pool! It’s super crowded on the weekends, and we really try to go even for just a little bit every day we can. We’ve enjoyed having…
Easter 2012
Easter came this year a couple of different times. We had a great little event with our neighborhood, and the girls were able to go on age group hunts. Lilly found one of the…
Happy 5th Anniversary
Paul and I have been married for 5 years now! Sometimes it feels longer, not in a bad way, just that we have been so busy right out of the gates. We really enjoyed…
Christmas 2011
What can I say? It was just another Christmas, but this time in our new house. Nana and Papa went overboard again, Santa brought Lilly her first bike and Katie got a dollhouse bigger…
Honeymoon Cruise
Laura and I celebrated our honeymoon by going on a cruise to the Bahamas. Neither of us had been on one before and we really enjoyed it. If you have never done it before…