For the past two years we have traveled to Maui in March to see the humpback whales. Every year over 10,000 humpback whales migrate to the shallow waters of Maui and it is MAGICAL! You can see whales breaching, splashing their tails, and slapping their flippers from basically anywhere on the island. It doesn't matter if I've seen it 1 or 1,000 ...
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Skiing in Park City
Does your family love to ski? Mine does. I do not. BUT, I love doing things that they love doing. Well, at least I love it when I am not suffering from altitude sickness that is! For the past few years we have taken the kids skiing after Christmas. One of our favorite places to visit is Park City because it is so convenient. The drive from ...
Christmas 2021
It's no secret that Christmas is our favorite time of the year. We have so many fun family traditions that we just keep adding to year after year. Whether it's Christmas Eve jammies, pictures with Santa, or watching every single Christmas movie ever made.... we just love it all! Every year we make homemade ornaments. I'm thankful that at ...
Turks and Caicos with the Family
Over Thanksgiving break our family traveled to Turks and Caicos for a relaxing beach vacation. This was Israel's first trip to the Turks, so we were all excited to experience it with him! You can see our original post about the Turks HERE. In that post Jared shared a lot of tips about booking your trip (flights, where to stay, what to bring, ...
Ornament Tradition 2019
Last year I told you all about our ornament tradition. You can read all about that HERE. Basically I order the kids three felt ornaments each Christmas to represent their year. Here's what I ordered this year: Israel's ornaments: Cheetah - his favorite animal from our trip to KenyaBasketball - He played basketball in the winter and loved ...
New York City with the Family
Day One We hit the ground runnin' as soon as we got to New York City. The kids had been dying to go to FAO Schwarz after we told them all about it. It was the first thing on our to do list. It was a rainy day, so we ran to the Lego store before heading back to the hotel for a while. We stayed near Central Park at the Parker Hotel. We ...
Israel’s 7th Birthday
I know I say this every single year, but I can't even believe we have a 7 year old! It truly does seem like he was three years old just yesterday. Israel requested a Spider-Man birthday for the 3rd year (Keep in mind he has only celebrated 4 birthdays with us, ha!). What can I say, the kid knows what he likes! He chose a family birthday ...
Back to School 2019
How is it that these kids just keep on growing up?! Whether we like it or not, we officially have a 5th and 1st grader at our house! These two had such a fun summer that they were a little more hesitant about going back to school. Now that they are in the swing of things they are loving their classes, teachers, and being with friends ...
Joelle is TEN!
Y'all. I.CANNOT.EVEN with these double digits. Seriously she was 3 like yesterday. We celebrated Joelle with family at a local burger joint. It was super simple, but just perfect for Joelle! At home she woke up on her birthday to all things animal print. Our trip to Africa was her favorite thing ever, so I wanted to stick with those ...
Safari Vacation: The Round-Up
Now that I have shared all of the things that we did while in Kenya, I thought I would do a quick round-up post of where we stayed, what we packed, and what we enjoyed! First things first. We went to Kenya at the end of July. We were there for almost 2 full weeks (left on a Sunday evening and returned on a Saturday). This was our 3rd time ...