‘Bushwhacked’
Hurricanes. Coming from the west coast with fires and earthquakes, one really doesn’t have time to prepare. You can have a plan in place, but you have little to no…
Heads Flew
It’s funny, when we moved to a lake on the East Coast, in so many ways, we had no idea WHAT we were getting ourselves into. Escrow closed, and we…
Tiny Dancers
One of the cutest things at a dance recital is the ‘littles’ doing their routine. Our ‘grandbeauties’, three and five years old, have been taking dance classes. The younger granddaughter…
A “Little Bike Accident”
We spent an Easter in Tennessee with my daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons when the boys were quite young. The spring weather was amazing, and we spent most of our…
Locked Out
My husband and I love to take road trips. We head down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a three and a half hour road trip, to hang out with our…
Childlike
For our granddaughter’s third birthday I flew out to celebrate with her and her family. I was so excited to see my son and his family, and in turn they…
Love at first bite?
One of the best things about living in Montana was being able to train and show horses. At one point, my dad decided to start raising horses. He bartered for…
Flipped
The earliest family vacations that I remember while living in Montana were at Flathead Lake. We would go with serval other families that owned boats, and we enjoyed all kinds…
Conquering Fear
When our children were young, it was super important to us for me to stay home with our kids, at least as much as possible. I worked from our home…
The Titanic
While living in Southern California, although we owned a boat, we did not live close to a lake. We would travel to northern California or head to Nevada or Arizona…