Audrey’s adventures: cousin Beth’s wedding
In her short life, Audrey has flown numerous times, been to the west coast twice, and now, attended three weddings. The most recent one was at the beginning of the month, when we traveled down to my parents’ childhood home of Portsmouth, Virginia for my cousin Beth’s wedding. Or, as Audrey knows her, bride. All three [...]
Audrey’s adventures: Disney World
Yep, we took our not-quite-two-year-old to Walt Disney World! Kenji had work training at the Disney Institute, so of course Audrey and I had to tag along. Saturday We flew down Saturday morning, but it was early afternoon (naptime) by the time we checked in at the hotel. So we spent the first part of [...]
Audrey’s adventures: pumpkin patch
The bad news: We have a mold issue in our kitchen. The good news: Audrey and I are up in Rhode Island for an impromptu visit with my parents while the repair work is done! It was a blustery but mild day so we walked Audrey over to the pumpkin patch after her (abbreviated) nap. [...]
Audrey’s adventures: Labor Day in RI
I’m trying to finally catch up on posting photos from our summer travels. I’ll start with the most recent trip: Labor Day weekend in Rhode Island, visiting Grandnan, Granddad (aka Tickles), and G.G. Bird (aka Bicycle), as well as some dear friends. (The nicknames were chosen by Audrey during our visit.) We didn’t make it [...]
Happy nineteen months
Our cutie pie is getting ever closer to two years old (*sniff*); she’s nineteen months today! And busier by the day. We spend lots of time at the park adjacent to our street. These days Audrey loves to climb up and down the jungle gym (skipping the slide, usually), hang from the “big girl” swing [...]
Audrey’s Adventures: Portland, here we…come?
What a long day it’s been…and it’s still only early afternoon. We left home about 7:15 a.m. (a little behind schedule) to catch our morning flight to Portland, OR. Then began an unfortunate series of events: heading in the wrong direction on 66 to get 495N, a shredded tire on our car, a flat spare, [...]
Spain family visit
Over Presidents’ Weekend we flew up to Rhode Island for a few days with my parents and my brother Steve and his family. His daughter, Lily, was celebrating her one-year birthday. It’s always great to see family but it was a special treat seeing Steve, Roxanne, and Lily since they live on the west coast. [...]
Home
A few weeks ago Audrey and I visited my parents and grandmother. It was wonderful having time with family (and getting a much-needed break from cooking/cleaning the house), although we missed Kenji. He was on the West Coast at the same time for a work conference. I’m glad Christmas is only a matter of weeks [...]
Visit with Amanda, Chris, Ella, and Annelise
A few weeks ago we visited our good friends Chris and Amanda and their daughters Ella and Annelise (plus their dog, cat, and chickens). It was my first time meeting Annelise, and she was just adorable as can be. Spending the night away from home provided a welcome respite from the issues we’re dealing with [...]