• Travel-n-Trips

    Stinson Beach, California

    A short walk from our AirBnB to the beach
    Uncle John came from a visit
    More friends came for a visit
    Matt loves running the Dipsea Trail from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach
    A day trip to Bolinas, just a little farther up the road
    Eating carnival food back in San Fran

    I’m behind on writing about our Fall Break trip in October to Stinson Beach, California, but I didn’t want to let it drop because I love that part of the country! So here it goes…

    Whenever we fly to San Francisco, we take a pit stop in Oakland to connect with two different sets of dear friends. We … Read More

  • Travel-n-Trips

    Australia with Kids: What an Adventure

    Where do I even begin when it comes to recapping a magical trip to Australia with kids for Winter Break?   

    I guess I could pick a single word to encapsulate the experience. And I guess I already did in the sentence above!   

    Magical.  

    It was simply magical.   

    It’s a magical continent, and it’s magical to travel to a different hemisphere (especially to escape winter by heading into summer!) and it’s magical to spend an extended amount of time with my family.   

    We weren’t very strategic about how we picked where to go on the world’s largest island. I came across an incredible home in the … Read More