let’s go somewhere

We are home from our little get-away with family. We stayed here…With four generations of family on CapableDad’s side… We hung out… And relaxed… And enjoyed nature… And visited our neighbors… But the highlight? The 60-foot rope swing… We flew… And we soared… And we did tricks… We could use one of these at home….

Our summer with no big vacation plans has turned out to be our summer with one mini vacation after another. We were home from the camping trip in Michigan just long enough to wash six loads of dirty — and I mean ground-in dirt, sand, creek sludge and lake water DIRTY — laundry before we…

We just spent the last four days camping at a state park along the coast of Michigan. I think that makes it sound really exotic to say the campground was “along the coast”, don’t you? I’m not even sure if that is the correct term to use when you are talking about Lake Michigan, but…

We said that so many times over the last few days. “Shhhh. Listen… it’s soooooo quiet.” That was really what we were needing. Complete silence. It was deafening. And we realized we hadn’t heard that sound for a long time. The sound of nothing. We kept going back and forth and around and around on…

I can’t believe it’s the 4th of July! We are still in this strange and wonderful place where it doesn’t matter what day it is. Or what time it is. We can go wherever we want. And stay as long as we like. And no one needs us. Thanks for your guesses on where we…

A few days ago, I mentioned that my husband and I were planning to get away for a few days without our kids. So, what do you think we finally decided? 1. Did we choose:a. the beachb. the forestc. the mountainsd. a citye. a historical site 2. Did we make up our minds where to…

A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law asked us if the kids could come and stay with them for a few days in Cincinnati. The plan was to meet half way, and she would take the kids to her house for four days. Well, since my husband and I get away by ourselves about once every…

I hope I didn’t keep you hanging on the edge of your seats with anticipation wondering IF we survived the tornado, IF the firefighters really did chop down the door to Room 101 and IF we really did enjoy our hot cocoa. For those who read my post yesterday, here is the rest of the…

I have been daydreaming about summer. At the beginning of every summer, I sit down with my kids and we write down our “goals” for the next 12 weeks. Now don’t let the word “goals” scare you. The first page is all of the places we hope to visit during the summer. The second page…