Summer

While in Florida we discovered one of our good Kauai friends was visiting her hometown in Lake Worth, FL, so the morning after Disney we drove a couple hours south to see her. We spent the morning at the beach until the rain came, then we said goodbye and drove a few hours back north…

After my brother’s wedding in New York, we decided to take a little detour before driving back to Texas. We stopped in Orlando and took the kids to Disney World Magic Kingdom! They had been to Disneyland in California two years before, but I think they enjoyed it a lot more at this age, a…

On Day Two in Manhattan we took the subway to Central Park. The kids enjoyed playing at some of the playgrounds. Eva especially loved the big silver slide. Damian’s favorite was the Alice in Wonderland section. The kids were so exhausted after it all that we had to bribe them with ice cream just to…

Summer seemed to go by in a flash. I was booked almost every day, on top of working my 9 to 5 office job. We had plenty of solid beach and pool days, a lovely trip to Mexico for our wedding, and an event with our nonprofit SurfVive.Org. Still, a part of me longs for…