Posts Tagged ‘ Friends & Family ’

Life’s A Beach

Tuesday January 10, 2012
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Life’s A Beach

We had a great mini-vacay over the New Years Weekend with a trip down to the Outer Banks. We went with some friends and had a great time hanging out, enjoying unseasonably warm weather and ringing in the new year.  Here’s a few photo highlights. Sunset at the beach Running at the beach Enjoying...

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Christmas Wrap-Up

Tuesday January 3, 2012
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Christmas Wrap-Up

I am way too late in posting this (geez, where’d the year go?) but nonetheless I wanted to officially document on the blog what a great Christmas we had. I love everything about Christmas.  It’s more than just presents, it’s the birth of Jesus.  It’s also great family time. We do Christmas eve with...

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Sunday December 4, 2011
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Happy Birthday to Me!

I enjoyed a lovely low key birthday weekend. On Friday, my beloved planned out and prepared a delicious steak and shrimp birthday dinner and made homemade tiramisu cupcakes.  Yum! I received a cupcake with two candles, because, according to the pastry chef, “that’s how many years less than 40 you are”. Adam thought it...

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Look Ma, No Training Wheels!

Saturday October 1, 2011
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Look Ma, No Training Wheels!

We love gliders (aka run bikes aka balance bikes aka pedal-less bikes).   Our older two kids have learned to ride by first learning to glide.   Now that our three year old is a master glider, I’ve been itching to get him on a “big boy bike.” Apparently, a downside of gliders is that once...

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Our Montana Vacation … all good things must come to an end (Part 6)

Wednesday August 17, 2011
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Our Montana Vacation … all good things must come to an end (Part 6)

Alas, good times don’t last forever and our vacation time was winding down.   However, we had one last hurrah lined up.   The Dunhams do an annual three day camping trip with friends at what they call “Hobo Point”.  Since it overlapped with the end of our vacation, we got to tag along. It was...

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Our Montana Vacation … Where the Buffalo Roam (Part 5)

Tuesday August 16, 2011
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Our Montana Vacation … Where the Buffalo Roam (Part 5)

The main reason we traveled to Montana was to visit family — Mike’s sister Karen, her husband Brad, and their five kids.   And the reason they live in Montana is to raise bison.   They moved to Montana about four years ago and now work with a ranch to raise bison for food — their...

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Our Montana Vacation … Where the Water is COLD (Part 4)

Monday August 15, 2011
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Our Montana Vacation … Where the Water is COLD (Part 4)

The cousins live by Flathead Lake and the lake is a huge attraction in terms of fun things to do.   A lot of the recreational fun revolves around lake/water activities. Volunteer Park We made a couple of visits to  Volunteer Park, which is a beautiful waterfront park on the lake with free swimming.  The...

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Our Montana Vacation … Glacier National Park (Part 2)

Saturday August 13, 2011
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Our Montana Vacation … Glacier National Park (Part 2)

So, if you’re visiting western Montana, sitting at the top of the “must do list” is explore Glacier National Park. The park is HUGE, has miles and miles of trails for hiking, and the views are breathtaking.   The NPS website has a neat map that shows all the roads and trails in the park....

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Our Montana Vacation … Where to Begin? (Part 1)

Friday August 12, 2011
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Our Montana Vacation … Where to Begin? (Part 1)

We had such a great time on vacation I hardly know where to begin.  I’ve got tons of photos and experiences to share, so I’m breaking up the trip details into multiple posts.   Be prepared for photo overload! It truly was the trip of a lifetime and we were so lucky blessed to be...

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Potluck Pumpkin Carving

Sunday October 31, 2010
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Potluck Pumpkin Carving

We don’t make a huge deal out of Halloween, but I thought it would be fun to invite some friends over for a low key evening of carving pumpkins and hanging out.   I have a tendency to go overboard when I host parties so I tried this time to keep things simple.  The guestlist...

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