Our family recently took a train from Warsaw Poland to Gdańsk for a couple days. When I first learned we were traveling to Gdańsk, I was curious and had no idea what to expect – I was not familiar with this small Polish port town. It turns out this was one of my favorite cities…
In early January of this year, our family of 5 was stuck in New York City for 3 nights due to a blizzard. While we mostly happily hunkered down in our hotel, we also got out into the city a bit every day. On Friday, while my husband worked from the hotel, I took my…
Our family of 5 recently returned from a 3-week trip over the holidays to Europe and I thought I’d start sharing highlights of our trip by answering the most common questions I’ve received since returning – plus a couple that I bet you’d like to know! Check them out below and let me know if…
I wrote this post a couple years ago during a record Nashville snowstorm and this week Nashville has been blanketed by snow again (and again) and while I sip my snowstorm cocktail after sledding all day with the girls …and prepare for another day off of school … I thought the post is still totally…
In honor of MLK day next Monday, today I’m sharing my husband’s story of visiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN with my oldest daughter last spring. My daughter’s school organized a fifth-grade class field trip to the National Civil Rights Museum which is located in the heart of Memphis – about a…
We are ringing in the New Year in Warsaw, Poland with our dear friends and looking forward to a 2018 of continued adventures & lots of laughter. In Poland, fireworks are called firework-“ees” (spelled fajerwerki) which makes us giggle – we’re having a blast learning new words and customs during our travels this holiday season….
Tonight is the third night of Hanukkah and even though my husband and I did not grow up in the Jewish faith, for many years, we’ve made a tradition of reading the children’s book “Latkas, Latkas Good to eat, a Chanukah story” to the girls and talking about the meaning and celebration of this Jewish…
Scroll down for a FREE Advent of Kindness Printable. We totally indulge in chocolate advent calendars at our house – in fact, this year each of our 3 girls has her own chocolate calendar to open each morning plus the decadent truffle filled Aldi calendar that my husband purchased on a whim – but several…
Happy Holiday Season! Today I’m sharing 10 of my favorite gifts centered around family experiences and travel, story-telling and change-making. I like the idea of gifting experiences over things – or at least making sure those “things” can be used to create experiences, memories or recall them in some way. Everything on this list, I’ve…
My sister-in-law Cory is an artist and her love of Italy comes out in her Italian paintings along with the way she describes Italian scenery, food and culture. I have vivid memories of walking into her Florida home and feeling like I was in an Italian villa, discussing our favorite Gelato flavors and combinations at…