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Four day weekend.

Four day weekend.

This past weekend we had a four day weekend, with Friday and Monday off of school for my six year old. He has been so good lately that we wanted to reward him. So we sent him off on his own adventure… two states away. To grandparents house we go. When I was a child … Continue reading

Fort Fremont

Fort Fremont

Sometimes you take a road you’ve never taken beforehand to see where it goes. Sometimes you find nothing but empty houses for sale, which is fine because an empty lot can house so many day dreams. But every now and then you find something real, and you keep coming back. Fort Fremont is out on … Continue reading

Hungry to [couch]Surf

My families wanderlust is constant hunger to see and do more. We are gluttons of the road. Sadly with school, work, and financial restraints, we are often left to shuffle our feet about our house looking for new ways to create experience. In our constant state of needing to do something, I thought hosting a … Continue reading

Labor Day Camping

Labor Day Camping

Last week we celebrated the “official” end of summer. Labor day weekend we reserved two camp sites at Myrtle Beach State Park and our little family  of four met up with my husbands two younger brothers. This was the first time really camping with our kids (as a family… the boys went last summer), and it … Continue reading

Congaree National Park

Congaree National Park

We are explorers. We like to drive. So last Sunday we got up and got in the car by noon and headed northwest toward Congaree National Park. It didn’t seem overwhelmingly hot or humid but I had done some reading prior and they warn that the park is extremely humid. So I packed the back … Continue reading

Don’t forget the Blue Star Museums!

Don’t forget the Blue Star Museums!

It summer, and summer is almost over! Have you taken advantage of any of the FREE family fun options that are offered to military families? Blue Star Museums These are many types of museums, (history, arts, children’s, discovery) that are free for military families during the summer. Labor Day is fast approaching (the last day … Continue reading

Friends Along the Way

Friends Along the Way

The first week of July we went on a two week trip, along the way we decided to take an extra day or two to detour and see a couple of friends. It is no secret that you will meet some of the greatest people while you are in the military, the same is true … Continue reading

Father’s Day 2013

Father’s Day 2013

So we had no real Father’s Day plans since we don’t celebrate Mother’s Day, why celebrate Fathers Day? We let each other know often enough how much we love and appreciate one another, I get plenty of homemade cards and crafts throughout the year and so does he. We did have plans to go to … Continue reading

Lunch at the Modern

Lunch at the Modern

While in NYC we had the pleasure of getting to have a dinning experience at The Modern, which is the restaurant in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The dinning room had a fresh feeling, which most likely radiated from the crisp linens on the tables and the pristine…. everything. The servers seemed to float … Continue reading

NYC Chocolate Tour.

NYC Chocolate Tour.

Last week, I had the pleasure of doing something I’ve always wanted to do… my whole life, that was go to NYC. While there, my friend sunnyinsd11 found us a groupon for an eight-stop, walking  chocolate tour. This was already going to be my favorite day because I had lunch at Korilla was later having coal-oven pizza … Continue reading