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A Birthday and the Beach

On August 2, 2014 · 2 Comments · In obx, vacation, vivienne

Today is my beloved Vivienne May’s first birthday.

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already. It’s funny to think about how a year ago at this time, I was in labor—just an hour or so away from meeting my baby for the first time. I didn’t even know if she was a […]

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We’re going to Disney World!

On May 20, 2014 · 21 Comments · In disney world, vacation

Initially, we weren’t planning on making the voyage to Disney World for a few more years. We figured we would wait until our youngest child was around 2 or 3 years old, at least. But the more we talked about it, the more we realized that Nora is at a really great age for Disney […]

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Meet Virginia

On April 30, 2014 · 6 Comments · In family, roadtrip to virginia, travel, vacation

We took a quick trip down to visit my dad in Virginia last weekend. It was much too short, particularly when you consider the 8.5-hour drives to and from… with two kids.

Truth be told, the girls did great. But we drove down on Friday and came back on Monday, which gave us only two […]

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Poconos in the Sun

On May 31, 2013 · 1 Comment · In family, nora, poconos, vacation

On Sunday, we woke up to sunshine in the Poconos. It was still pretty chilly outside, but we didn’t even care. After breakfast, we layered up—I wore a long-sleeve t-shirt, a hooded sweatshirt, AND a Northface fleece—and headed outdoors. We took the kids down by the pond to explore.

Soon we decided to venture out […]

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Poconos in the Rain

On May 26, 2013 · 2 Comments · In family, nora, poconos, vacation

Another year, another Memorial Day weekend. And another family trip to the Poconos!

If you’ve been reading here a while, you know by now that it’s tradition for us to travel down to the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania to spend a weekend with my family at my mom’s best friend’s house. Our group is getting […]

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