I’ve mentioned before, that we typically go to a small cabin out near Front Royal over New Years with friends from college. The good thing about the cabin was it was free, not too far away, and “rustic” enough that it was okay for everyone to bring their 17 dogs (I exaggerate, a tad). ...
*** Giveaway alert! I’m giving away a beautiful necklace, courtesy of Tracey Jolley Designs – check it out!! *** I’m behind again on my photog-o-blogging, but wanted to give thanks for a great weekend we had over Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It started with a super easy getaway on Wednesday night. Despite leaving during ...
Last week, we had two teacher workdays on Thursday and Friday, followed by a Columbus Day holiday on Monday. It meant five days of no school! Mike took the kids (all three!) down to visit his parents in southwest VA, while I stayed home to enjoy a staycation by myself. It was blissful to...
As if our summer vacation wasn’t full enough, we had the opportunity to go to Kings Dominion the day we got back from our New England Vacation. Grandad’s work takes the employees and their families every year to Kings Dominion for the day, and for the past few years, we’ve managed to weasel our...
(I’m blogging about our New England Vacation. You can use these links to catch up on Day 1 , Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, and Day 6. I’m sure you’re getting sick of it, but this is the last day!) It was Saturday, our last day in Maine. The plan was...
(I’m blogging about our New England Vacation. You can use these links to catch up on Day 1 , Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5). Day 6 was Friday, our last full day in Maine. It was not shaping up to be a hot beach day, so we decided to check...
(I’m blogging about our New England Vacation. You can use these links to catch up on Day 1 , Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4). Day 5 was Thursday. We decided to take a train ride. I had gone with the kids a couple of years ago, but thought this would be...
(I’m blogging about our New England Vacation. You can use these links to catch up on Day 1 , Day 2, and Day 3) We arrived at our destination in Portland Tuesday evening. My friend Jo was kind enough to put up with us up. When Wednesday dawned bright and sunny, we knew we...
(I’m blogging about our New England Vacation. You can use these links to catch up on Day 1 and Day 2) It was our last day in New Hampshire. We didn’t have firm plans, but thought we would find something in the area to do before driving over to Maine. After reviewing the various...
(The New England Adventure starts here) It was our first full day in New Hampshire and Storyland was on the menu. It was, in fact, the reason we picked this area for the first part of our trip. Storyland is an amusement park geared for the younger crowd. It doesn’t have big thrill rides,...
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