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Family, Summer, Travel

A TRIP TO THE BEACH ~ Corolla, North Carolina

Last week, we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with a vow renewal at a beach house we rented in Corolla, North Carolina, about 4.5 hours drive for us. Although the weather was predicted to be pretty wet, we headed to the shore anyways. Here was our view as we drove east. The downpour is to […]

Family, Summer, Travel

OUR WEDDING VOW RENEWAL ~ and 30 years of wedded bliss

Just recently I wrote a post about being married for thirty years and some advice about what I think has helped us survive thirty years. I also shared a project that I did specifically for our trip to the beach where we renewed our wedding vows. We just came back from a trip to the NC beach […]

Savannah, Travel

SAVANNAH SMILES ~ I’m smiling too!

My boys love the band Relient K. They’re always playing one of their songs on the piano and singing away or playing a youtube video of one of their favorite songs. Because I just got back from a wonderful trip to Savannah, Georgia, I thought it was appropriate to post the song that Relient K […]

Charleston, Travel

BEAUTIFUL CHARLESTON ~ Day 2

Charleston is such a beautiful city so full of history and character. If you missed mine and my best friend’s first day excursions in Charleston read here. I think I forgot to tell you guys that Boone-Hall Plantation was the sight of some famous movie scenes. Do I have any “North and South” or “The […]

Charleston, Travel

BEAUTIFUL CHARLESTON ~ and a beautiful friendship

This weekend I had the honor of celebrating my longest and dearest friend’s 50th birthday. Appropriately, my friend (I’ll call her Miss L) is one of the most beautiful souls I know and we celebrated her special day in one of the most beautiful cities. My dear sweet tired friend worked the night shift Thursday night, […]

Family, Maui

ALOHA FROM MAUI ~ and aloha to Maui :(

We are so sad to be ending our family vacation to Maui. We have enjoyed every minute! We had to check out of the Noelani Condominium Resort by 11:00. The kids really wanted to go snorkeling one more time so while they headed to the beach, the LOML and I finished the laundry and packing […]