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West Texas Adventure
I’ve been trying to wrestle more free time into my life. I’ve been so out of practice with free time that I find myself wondering what to do with myself when I finally get it. My general answer is either: read, swim, or start dreaming and scheming (sometimes I combine the latter two).I’ve been reading some great escape fiction lately (and love this book that I’m currently reading). But I’ve also started planning (so much fun!). My recent plan involves a future vacation. Our school schedule gives us more than a week to travel in the fall, winter, and spring. We’ve got a trip to the Pacific Northwest sitting… Read More -
Planning a Neighborhood Movie Night
When Matt and I were dreaming and scheming about building a house, we purchased a large outdoor movie screen, so that we could invite friends over and watch movies outside.Now that we’ve lived in our house for almost two years, we should get this party started!Maybe once a month? In April, May, June, July, August, and September?We would definitely need to do it after bedtime since our boys go to bed so early. Maybe it could start at 7pm? And we could socialize for the first 30 minutes and then start the movie at 7:30pm?We could just open the back gate and let people enter from… Read More -
San Diego!
Spring Break! What fun!
During Spring Break, our family trekked to San Diego for five days of fun. I was born in San Diego and spent the first 12 years of my life there. I was eager to share it with my family.
We rented a small house in Mission Beach from Airbnb. We were just a block away from the beach. Although it wasn’t the nicest place, it fit within our budget and had two rooms (which makes it a lot easier to put Tate to sleep). Here were some of the highlights of our trip:
- Henry loved exploring real ships at the Maritime Museum
- The San Diego
