well well well. looky what we have here. it is currently september 2nd, and i’m wrapping up august. it’s an early autumn miracle!! somehow, between vacations and camps and practices and appointments, hazel and i were able to squeeze in a quick trip out to zebulon to visit our long lost pals who moved away […]
anna
back to school… and sports!
well well well. once again, summer vacation flew by with record speed, and suddenly it was time to head back to school. this year, i only have two kiddos in the public school system, hazel entering 6th grade (!!!) and anna beginning her sophomore year. since their start times are an hour and thirty minutes […]
july stuff. twentytwentyfive.
i’ll spare you a long intro. here’s the stuff that happened in july, between the cracks. firstly. i’ve lived in winston-salem for 20ish years now. and for the last six, i have driven past this lotus filled marshy area at least twice a day. i always say, “i should walk there someday” and then i […]
holden beach, party of four.
we had a really busy summer and it almost looked like we weren’t going to be able to squeeze a beach trip in, but we had one available long weekend and managed to book a little airbnb at holden beach for an annual dose of salt, sand and sun, just before the school year starting […]
another summer in batavia.
after a perfectly lovely week in the adirondacks, a quick little ride out to orchard park, we finally settled in batavia for a few days. on the morning of july fourth, we awakened to perfect conditions for a full day of celebrating our nation’s independence. we had gotten in pretty late the night before, so […]
ny summer road trip.
well. before i get to that batavia post, i need a spot to put all of the photos of the in between moments of our adirondack week. the travels, the airbnb, the pit stops, etc. i’ll make it quick. first of all. here we are, all loaded up and officially hitting the road. (we were […]
rich stadium. aka: the ralph, highmark.
as soon as we settled on the dates for our summer trip to ny, i immediately hit the bills website to see if there were any public tours of their stadium that we could attend during our stay. turns out, there absolutely was and we booked it. (it made for a very long travel day […]
owls head lookout
for our final family adventure in the adirondacks, we opted for a 5.2 mile hike to owl’s head lookout. it was pretty wooded and buggy and a mostly steady incline the entire way until a final steep scramble to get us to the top. it clocked in around 1200′ elevation gain total. obligatory foot bridge […]
saranac lake kayak adventures
since i’m not a complete psycho, we didn’t hike every single day we were in the adirondacks. one day, we kayaked. haha. we had to book a little in advance and thankfully, the weather cooperated (was absolutely perfect) on the day we chose. we packed our lunches, loaded into a fleet of kayaks, and began […]
middle kid ADK epic hike.
it’s becoming a bit of a tradition on our family trips, that not only do we schedule a day for me to go on an epic adventure without the fam, but we also plan an extra long extra cool excursion for me and the annababy. for this vacations extra long extra cool adventure, we chose […]