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 […]
eliot
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. […]
the last two weeks and five days…
warning. i think there’s 33 total pictures to document. starting off with this knucklehead. valentine addressing. (side note: based on the loot isaac brought home, he was the only kid that didn’t give out a pile of candy. just tattoos.) the valentines day party was postponed, however, when this blizzard happened. the kids raced over […]
visiting leslie and co.
so. for the last leg of our trip, we went out to leslie’s new house in angola. it’s about an hour into the trip home, so it’s nice to have a little jump start when we get on the road. packing a day early and having to run to the car 5000 times for something […]
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 shot. we picked up ike from school at 130. which would put us there around […]
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 kidnapped her and made her go to vidler’s in east aurora for some old timey […]
another western ny trip series.
part 2.
on monday, my family returned to their respective jobs and schooling, leaving us to our own devices. so, naturally, our first stop was olivers candy. so. much. sugar. the kids saw this dog and instinctively stopped to pose for a photo with it. they’re well trained. or brainwashed. whatever. outside, we took some photos along […]
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 ny. normally, i post a little while on the trip, so i don’t get overwhelmed […]
some more from ny. and pa.
here are some random new york pics, plus some of our journey home… playing with chalk at new gramma’s and grampa terry’s. tic-tac-toe with jake at tullys. hanging with “the other isaac”. drumming at leslie’s. cousins, bathing. at leslie’s. on the way home, we took a slight detour and stopped in pennsylvania to visit our […]
more road tripping.
after our road trip to florida, we took a weekend to recover and then the kids and i reloaded for our first big road trip without derek, this time to western new york. derek has a ridiculous long week at work and it would be a good time for us to get out and do […]