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batavia easter fun.
beware. long post. isaac and john’s spring breaks overlapped a bit, right around easter weekend. so, we decided to load up and head to new york for easter in blah-tavia. we had hoped to make the drive up in one … Continue reading
instagrammy and such
not much to report from around here. if you follow me on instagram, this will mostly be redundant. but, there’s a few new pictures thrown in… i don’t know if i’m overlapping other posts, but i’m too lazy to look … Continue reading
the last wny post.
(this time).
welcome back for the final installment of sarah and isaac and anna take new york. here is an account of our last two days there. on friday, we loaded up the kids (including rob’s girlfriend’s son, evan) and headed to … Continue reading
wny. again. part 3.
i’m baaa-aaaack. more tales of our adventures in western new york. i think i’m on wednesday. we spent the night at les’s. and my mom had a training thing in buffalo in the morning, so when she was finished we … Continue reading
another western new york trip series. part 1.
a. we haven’t been to batavia since march. b. ike had a 3 day week sandwiched between a 4-day weekend and a 3-day weekend. c. ny autumn is 216% more awesome than nc autumn. so, we (me. kids.) went to … Continue reading
a feeble attempt to cover the last few weeks.
when i went to post the back to school post, i realized it’s been quite a long time since my last post. then, i started a miscellaneous post and realized that i hadn’t posted pics of the coop or discussed … Continue reading
strong museum. and strong hospital.
during most extended batavia trips, we always make an attempt to get to the strong museum of play. this time was no exception. this time, we are members of the winston-salem childrens museum, so we got in for free. and … Continue reading
another family visit in the books.
my mom, stepdad and brother came down for a visit this weekend. they rolled in at 330 am on saturday morning. spent three whirlwind days here. and just packed up and headed out a few minutes ago. isaac is bummed. … Continue reading
christmas tree assembly.
my mom and grunkle frankles were here for thanksgiving and black friday. while we kept it pretty low key on the biggest shopping day of the year, we still went out to pick out a tree, all the way to … Continue reading
batavia trip randomness
here are some random shots of our last few days in ny. shucking corn. eating raw corn. post swim boat ride. we went to “friday night in the square”… the square being jackson square (which i never knew existed – … Continue reading

