we are now almost fully recovered, so i can begin posting about out it… our end of summer family trip to north myrtle beach. usually, we go right after school is out. in june. but, last year, when we were selecting dates, and i was miserably pregnant and heartburny, we thought that postponing as long […]
swimming
bullhole.
two weekends ago, we made a spur of the moment decision to go on an adventure. derek had read about this place in cooleemee, called the bullhole, which sounds sort of like a bad word. *snicker*. anyhow. it’s a super short hike down to a dam, where there’s some little waterfalls and slippery rocks to […]
july 4th and our last day in batavia.
so, in batavia, on the fourth of july, there’s an extravaganza in centennial park all afternoon. i haven’t been to it in years upon years, but this year, we decided to give it a go. i totally should have taken a panoramic shot of all of the festivities. there’s music. and crafty vendors. bounce houses. […]
taughannock falls.
i have a friend named mary. she was my camp counselor at ymca camp arthur g. hough. (aka: the most magical place in the universe). she was also a friend of my uncle, who isn’t all that much older than me, now that we are in our 30’s and 40’s. and. she was a substitute […]
food and friends. batavia and williamsville.
we continued our western new york eating tour by hitting up the pok-a-dot for some beef on weck and gravy fries. (for newer readers of this blog, my gramma, mom and i all worked at the pok-a-dot. a lot of memories. and old friendly faces. i think it’s a national treasure. no? it should be.) […]
hazel’s first trip to batavia. part one.
i’m only now just recovering from our trip to ny. we got home nine days ago. it was super busy. and i barely slept. and never slept well. and the travels were misery. but, we had lots of fun and adventures. we loaded up and left on a friday afternoon after derek finished a test […]
no dads allowed beach trip. day six.
on our last day, we were decidedly beached out. i had no desire to march everyone out there just to have them whining the whole time and then come back in and desand all of them. so. to the pool we went. i didn’t take many pics, because i was mostly in the pool. there […]
no dads allowed beach trip. day five.
day five. back to the beach. for some reason (anna playing with my phone), i took a bunch of pictures in black and white before i noticed. it’s really hard to see your screen at the beach. so you just take lots of pics of random blobs and hope for the best. 🙂 hazel fell […]
no dads allowed beach trip. day four.
ok. after our horrible day. then our “off campus” day. we were ready to try the beach again. and the results were extraordinary. firstly. the kids were well rested and happy. then, hazel fell asleep in the carrier on the way. so, i was able to just set our stuff down and take a seat, […]
no dads allowed beach trip. day three.
after the terrible day we had the previous day, on beach day numero tres, we decided to stay away from all sand and ocean. and got off campus. we have a zoo membership, which gave us free admission to the aquarium. so, we packed some snacks and off we we went. it was super sunny, […]