family mini vacation As with all our vacations these days I ended up at the doctor with Olivia who has a double ear infection. Luckily we're basically at home, so I was able to get in,
family great wolf lodge I've been wanting to spend a couple nights at a hotel with a waterpark for a long time. Emma has a 4 day weekend... and it's supposed to be really cold, so it
kids nailed it Emma got a princess cake kit for her birthday. It was a dreary, cold day so I figured we could use some princess cake. Olivia and I got everything set up and surprised
places we've been parent's night out One of us had too much fun last night. 😂 We tried to go to this restaurant a couple months ago. As we pulled into the parking lot they called us because Olivia threw
kids olivia's week Now that the holidays are over and school is back all of our other activities also started back up. We've has a busy week and Olivia loved all of it. This week she
kids happy day I've been waiting a long time for this day! Olivia is finally old enough for the 3s class at gymnastics, which means I don't have to do it with her. She was soooo
kids horseback riding Emma is pretty much a professional pony rider. If we're somewhere that has pony rides it's the first thing she wants to do. I have no idea how many pony rides she's done.
family spring in january We've been having some unusually high temperatures for January. We made the most of it with smoked meat and a bike ride this weekend.
kids two in a row Olivia and I met some friends at the zoo this afternoon. It was the second day in a row that we got out of the house. That doesn't happen often with this homebody.
crayola Emma always wants to go somewhere or do something. Olivia would rather just spend her days at home.... unless it's going to the Crayola Experience. I try to do all the same things
family getting off the boat Bad weather in Galveston closed the port, so the ship wasn't able to dock at its scheduled time for us to get off. We took advantage of some extra hours on the ship.
family christmas cruise - day 6 On the last day of the cruise (Wednesday, December 26) there was a little something for everyone. The adults attended an adults only brunch. In the afternoon I took the girls to a
family christmas cruise - day 5 Merry Christmas (Tuesday, December 25)! Our first event of the day was decorating gingerbread cookies. We followed it up with more characters, an adult chocolate and liquor tasting followed by naps. Naps meant
family christmas cruise - day 4 On day 4 (Monday, December 24) we stopped in Grand Cayman. The four of us spent the afternoon with the dolphins. Clearly Olivia has been having tons of fun on this vacation because
family christmas cruise - day 3 On day 3 (Sunday, December 23) we stopped in Cozumel, Mexico. Olivia stayed on the ship with Braden's family, while Braden, Emma and I went swimming with stingrays. That night it was pirate
family christmas cruise - day 2 We started the morning of day 2 (Saturday, December 22) off with seeing Ariel, Cinderella, Tiana, Belle, Anna and Elsa. We also squeezed in a visit with Minnie Mouse. Emma spent a little
family christmas cruise - day 1 Emma was very excited it was time to get on the ship (Friday, December 21)! Our first stop was to check out the kids club. After a quick tour around the kids club
family christmas cruise eve I haven't been able to update our website until now... so here is what we've been up to going all the way back to Thursday, December 20. We've been excited about our Christmas
