Monday morning we headed southwest from Grand Junction to Mesa Verde National Park. The drive was absolutely glorious – I had no idea the San Juan Mountains were so beautiful. And the quick changes in scenery from arid desert to forests and mountains were mind-boggling. This was a most excellent part of our vacation. Continue reading
With the onset of the pandemic, our initial plans to celebrate Sean’s 40th birthday in Spain were hopelessly dashed. I was determined to make it special, though, and we started looking at a trip out West where there would be plenty of space, fewer people, and killer views. Colorado fit the bill for us and we seemed to have planned the trip at the perfect time during this first year of COVID-19 – states had just started reopening and had low numbers. (A few weeks after returning home, cases would spike again and some states imposed strict closures yet again.) Everything was open when we traveled, but nothing was crowded. This was also me and Sean’s first time away from Harrison overnight, together!! Continue reading
It had been about 7 months since me and Lindsey seen each other and decided it was time for a visit. We drove up to Fort Mill, SC at the end of June for a weekend of fun, laughs, swimming and flying drones. Continue reading
After more than two months of quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were really missing our families. Everything now seems to have great risk but in actuality everything was already a risk. We believe that this virus is not going away, even with a vaccine. As time passes, more treatments are available, too. For us, it’s about finding ways to live with the virus that provide us some safety to mitigate the risk. We continue to limit our trips out and are glad to see businesses reopening in Georgia this month. We decided to plan a trip to Savannah over Memorial Day weekend, and when I saw how cheap some of the huge mansions were to rent, we decided to invite both of our parents. Continue reading
For Christmas 2019, Sean got me (well, planned for me) a weekend in New Haven, CT to visit our friends Beth and JR. Sean had gotten to see them on a work trip he’d had up there but I had yet to visit them after their move up north in October 2018. We planned the trip for the first weekend in March, 2020. I was hoping for snow! Continue reading
It was a big birthday for me! As the card says – 21 again! Haha. It kicked off the day before my birthday and went a full week and a half with so, so many lovely things. My husband has pretty much mastered gift giving for me. Everything was so thoughtful, well-planned and perfectly executed. I’ve got really great memories from this birthday and wanted to capture it with a blog post. 🙂 Continue reading
The end of an era. My mom and Ron are moving to the Outer Banks and have put my childhood home up for sale. To have one last stay in the house and to see my friend Stacey and her family visiting from Alaska, we planned a quick trip to Ohio. So many memories and I left feeling like I didn’t have enough time to revisit many beloved places or see many old friends. Such is life. But everything we did do was incredibly special – starting with Harrison’s FIRST airplane ride. Continue reading
My entire family loves Savannah! It’s less than a four-hour drive from Atlanta and for my brother and Kym, slightly less than the time it takes to drive to Atlanta so it was the perfect meeting spot for a fall getaway. With summer temperatures! It was also Harrison’s FIRST trip to our special city – site of our wedding and many other fabulous adventures. Continue reading