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Winter Getaway: Ft. Lauderdale

On January 28, 2016 · 3 Comments · In florida, travel, vacation

During last year’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad February—seriously, it was the coldest month ever in history—I was DYING to get away. I was really regretting not having a trip planned. It was so, so bad.

Even last summer, we were planning ahead for a winter getaway of some sort. We didn’t have any […]

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Ocean City 2015 (Part 2)

On July 29, 2015 · 1 Comment · In family, ocean city, travel, vacation

On Monday morning, Michael woke up early and took Nora out to the beach to check out the sunrise.

Meanwhile, Vivienne and I continued snoozing away. Unfortunately, it ended up being too cloudy to see a real sunrise but Nora still got a kick out of it. I got to hear the whole story […]

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Ocean City 2015 (Part 1)

On July 21, 2015 · 3 Comments · In family, ocean city, travel, vacation

Ah, vacation. My little family of four has just returned from a week in Ocean City, Maryland. It was so nice to get away and spend some extra time together. No agendas, no stress—just wake up each day and fly by the seat of our pants.

Just FUN.

One thing that Michael and I did […]

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Take Me to Ocean City

On June 15, 2015 · 7 Comments · In ocean city, summer season, vacation

Next month, we will be spending a week with this view:

We’re heading to Ocean City, Maryland!

A few months ago, I posted about our struggle with this year’s summer vacation planning. We didn’t have any friends or family lined up to go with us, we couldn’t decide on where to go. We […]

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Summer Vacation Planning

On April 13, 2015 · 9 Comments · In travel, vacation

Last year, we spent a week at the beach with friends in the Outer Banks. Nine adults, seven children, a lot of sun, water, sand, food, beer, and fun. Everyone had a really great time. It was perfection.

Understandably, we wanted to replicate that experience this summer, but alas, our friends are not on board […]

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