🏴 Scotland: Exploring Historic Edinburgh Scotland! Land of bagpipes, Loch Ness, delicious shortbread, fancy kilts, and Edinburgh, one of the most beautiful cities to which I've ever been. My cousin, Jen, and I were excited to travel there in 2017. Another cousin and her husband live there (well, Toni and Dave actually live in the cute … Continue reading Travel Adventures: Scotland
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Travel Adventures: Hawaii
🌴Hawaii: A Tropical Paradise🍍 I've been to the Hawaiian islands twice so far. The first time I went was to the small and relaxing island of Molokai with my mother a long time ago. Unfortunately, I have no photos from that trip to share with you all. Molokai is pretty and definitely less crowded than … Continue reading Travel Adventures: Hawaii
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Travel Adventures: France
🇫🇷 France: Paris and Versailles There's a lot you can see and experience in a whirlwind visit to France for a few days! My husband and I had just finished visiting my friends in Plymouth, England, when we hopped on the Chunnel and headed toward France for a few days to meet up with our other … Continue reading Travel Adventures: France
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Travel Adventures: Seattle
Seattle: Rain, Some Lovely Sights, and More Rain ☔ I'm a California girl, through and through. I love the sunshine! So I was out of my element when I visited Seattle, Washington with my mom back in 2010. There was so much rain! Rain all of the time. Never ending rain. But I got some good … Continue reading Travel Adventures: Seattle
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Travel Adventures: England, Part 2
England: Oxford, Plymouth, and Stonehenge If you've been following my blog lately, first of all, THANK YOU! I truly appreciate your interest and readership. As you know, this summer I'm writing up a series on some of my travels around the world, and using some fun photos from my adventures. Last week, I wrote about … Continue reading Travel Adventures: England, Part 2
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Travel Adventures: England, Part 1
London 🇬🇧 and Some Harry Potter Magic England is such a magnificent country! It's old, yet modern. Grand, yet quaint. Proper, yet progressive. I am blessed to know some wonderful people who live there, which means I've had some adventurous travels around England, have made fantastic memories, and have taken these fun photos! We'll begin with the … Continue reading Travel Adventures: England, Part 1
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Travel Adventures: New York City
I ❤ NY, also known as the Big Apple! When my friend, Suzanne, got an internship at the Smithsonian back in 2003, my friend Vicki and I jumped at the opportunity to go visit her on the East coast! We did a whirlwind trip of not only Washington, DC, but also spent a couple of … Continue reading Travel Adventures: New York City
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Travel Adventures: Portugal
As you may have noticed, I'm sort of branching out with the blog and not just limiting myself to writing about being a mom. I've been examining my life, flipping through my photo albums, rereading some of my old journals, browsing various websites and books, and gathering ideas from my family and friends for new … Continue reading Travel Adventures: Portugal
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Recent Travels
Recently for Spring Break, I went to England and Scotland! Most people travel to hot and sunny places for their vacations and come back bronzed or sunburned, but not me for this trip. I went to chilly and cloudy places! I think I actually came back paler than when I left! 🙂 Anyhow, I have … Continue reading Recent Travels
Moxie and Mishaps 