we were gone for a lot of july, so there’s not a lot to post about. but, i will manage. 🙂 during our week at home between the beach and new york, derek was training for a new job at wells fargo. he settled in while we were in new york, so when we came […]
homeland pilgrimage. part 5. (the last one!!)
welcome to my final post about our trip to ny! i think at this point it’s thursday on our second week. jake had the day off (a rarity). and i’m pretty sure it was rainy and gross. so we had a lazy day. and i made jake pick us up some subs. from southside. i […]
homeland pilgrimage. part 4.
monday of week 2. a lazy day. we went to the beach to swim a bit. and ike practiced all of his diving board tricks. i don’t know what else we did. but, this is the last pic of the day. napping hazel. on tuesday, we were back at the beach, but this time with […]
homeland pilgrimage. part 3. the july fourth edition.
we had a lazy day with eliot and my mom off on friday. i think. because there’s no pictures except for a handful from the beach. like this. and this. and some kayaking. and that’s pretty much it for friday. saturday was the fourth of july. again, i have no pictures to help me piece […]
homeland pilgrimage. part 2.
so. i think at this point, i’m on tuesday of our first week. to help keep track. our first stop on tuesday was to visit the varland clan. even though julie just had her fourth kiddo 7 weeks before this picture was taken, she was still a gracious host and fed us some delicious pb&j’s. […]
pilgrimage to the homeland. part 1.
well well. i was all proud of myself for catching up on my blogging. and then i let this ny trip sit and sit. and then all of july happened. and we went on a mini vacation to the mountains. and we leave for the beach in a couple of days, so then i’ll have […]
june. (seriously belated).
so. we were at the beach and then in new york for a good part of june, so i thought i didn’t have a ton of stuff to post about. but, i still managed to rustle up 24 pictures from random june happenings…. like this picture of my delicious (and organized) breakfast. picture one of […]
no dads atlantic beach trip. last day.
i’m on a roll!! our last beach day started at the pool. juliana’s family left early, so we all said our goodbyes.  🙂  (juju is natalie’s little sister.  she loves hazel.  natalie loves anna.  it’s a big sister little sister thing). anna still had makayla. in the afternoon, anna went to the beach.  and these […]
no dads atlantic beach trip. days four and five.
back to the beach. there was a lot of sand castle building on this day. with my little pony accessories. and princesses. ruler of the kingdom. Â rainbow dash. the boy. attempting to catch a fish. the girl. being cute. more sand castle mania. general candid shot. another of the boy. it’s a miracle. in the […]
no dads atlantic beach trip. days two and three.
after selecting all the pics for this post, it appears we didn’t go to the beach at all for days two and three. strange. anyhooo… here’s what we DID do. we started off with a slow morning, because hazel learned that she can climb out of her pack and play and we got a very […]