After nearly ten months of what felt like never-ending planning, we were off on our long-awaited six-week European adventure. There were...

On May 22, Miles' baseball team, the Cardinals defeated their opponents, the Diamondbacks, Twenty to Thirteen. The game was...

Garin turned sixteen on April 18th (yes, I am a wee bit behind in getting this posted). and he's driving! Not! But I guess my title...

Last weekend, Miles hit a grand slam to win the game for his team, the Cardinals, who have remained in the number-one spot for the entire...

We arrived back from our Spring Break trip to Washington DC last weekend. In contrast to prior trips, I decided to create one larger...

As sad as it is for me to accept, winter is in the rearview mirror. Unlike most people, who prefer warm weather (or even hot weather,...

You might have noticed a bit of a delay in getting this post published. We arrived home, two weeks ago (on January 5), which now seems...

I'll admit that Florence took a little bit of getting used to when we first arrived. Venice had been so quiet and uncrowded. Not to...

After 30 long hours of traveling, we finally arrived in Venice on Friday, about 18 hours past due. I'll admit that the trip here not...

Our trip is off to a stellar start. A few minutes before we were due to walk out the door for the airport, to catch our flight to...

Blog burnout? Check. Too busy to write? Check. A tad bit disinterested? Perhaps. I will admit that all of these factors have...

Some things never change, such as how quickly the summer flies by. Whether you are a student, or the parent of a student(s), the feeling...

As luck would have it, the twins' birthday was on Sunday, the very day the now-named "hurriquake" hit Southern California. Luckily we...

I am writing this blog from my kitchen table in Hidden Hills. We arrived home last night. It feels strange to be home. First thing this...

Like so many other experiences on this trip, visiting Balmoral Castle exceeded even my greatest expectations. Ever since we planned this...

We have loved every moment of our time in Scotland (except for the expected family squabbles, which are to be expected on any lengthy...

We continued on with our castle circuit on Wednesday. We are on Scotland after all! However, we mixed it up a bit and added a famous...

We departed the Isle of Skye for Inverness on Tuesday. We saw some beautiful scenery as we made our way through the legendary Highlands...

On Monday, we spent the day driving the Trotternish Loop, which is a 50-mile circuit around the northern part of the island. This loop...

As we were packing up to leave our Airbnb, the kids came upon this wee friendly duck in the parking lot. She followed us around for...

Unlike the doomed SS Minow's three-hour tour, on the beloved 1960s show, Gilligan's Island, our eleven-hour, three-isle tour, went off...

On Friday morning, we were back in business (well, after a few hours of sitting at the Budget Rental trying to work out a few problems)....

On Wednesday morning we headed off to Glasgow to spend three days and two nights, more or less. This was our third big city in a row. As...

On our last full day in Edinburgh, we packed in the sights. With not enough time in this glorious city, we tried to see as much as we...