Any time we travel, we always have the random rough day. Sunday was that day. I even thought for sure that since the kids had a good night sleep the night before that we would be good. Turns out everyone was grumpy. I guess you can’t win them all. The thing I always find amazing … Read More
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The North Road Trip – Day 2
The hardest yet most important thing on any family road trip is keeping the kids happy and entertained while we’re driving. It would be easy enough to hand them all electronics and let them zone out for hours while we drive. But our kids tend to get really grumpy after playing video games for even … Read More
California – Day 7 Disneyland
On Tuesday, we finally checked something off our summer bucket list! We got the kids ready and headed out to Disneyland California Adventure. Our kids are HUGE Disney fans and we’d never visited California Adventure, so we decided this trip would be a great time to make that happen! Unfortunately, we didn’t get out the … Read More
Epic Summer Road Trip – Oceanside
We woke up Tuesday morning, left Corona, and made the short drive down to Oceanside to our friends Gary and Courtney’s house. We took it easy that day and headed to the pool. It wasn’t awesome beach weather, so we just went swimming. The water was a tad chilly, but the kids swam a bit. … Read More
Epic Summer Road Trip – Portland {part one}
We woke up early-ish on Tuesday morning and headed across the drawbridge to Hood River, Oregon for breakfast at the Egg River Cafe. We ate omelets and pancakes until we were stuffed. After breakfast, Carl took us on a hike up Hood River Mountain trail. It was really awesome and a pretty easy hike with … Read More
Road Trippin' to Florida – Day 6
Monday was a fabulous, fun-filled day! We started the morning off right with a dozen donuts from The Donut Hole. They were totally worth the calories, in case you’re wondering. We had planned on spending the morning at The Track, so we picked up our donuts and headed over there. It turns out they open … Read More
Road Trippin' to Florida – Day 5
Sunday was a light day for us. Josh and I both had wedding hangover (this is an industry term for the complete mental and physical exhaustion you feel the day after shooting a wedding), so we weren’t too crazy that day. We got the kids some breakfast and then I took them out for a … Read More
Disney Cruising – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
I hope you’ve enjoyed following our daily adventures on our Disney Cruise! I wanted to go ahead and do a recap, with a few overarching topics that may or may not have come up in the other posts… essentially, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Disney Cruising. I’m going to go ahead and … Read More
Disney Cruising – Day 2
Note: This post was originally written on Monday, January 30th. I am SO not loving the two hour time difference right now. Max woke up around 6 am this morning and Lia woke up shortly after. I really thought they would go back to sleep (especially considering how dark it is in our room!), but … Read More
Disney Cruising – Day 1
Note: This post was originally written on Sunday, January 29th. Well, we got a nice early start this morning. Lia woke up at 6 am local time, Max got up at 7 am, and Ava got up closer to 8 am. We ate some cereal, watched some Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney Channel, and … Read More