We had taken Lillian and Stella to Colorado after Christmas in 2018. They were 2 and 18mos, respectively. They had never seen snow and still talk about how they built a snow man with their daddy. We knew once Ruby was old enough, we wanted to go back and let them try their hand at skiing. Spoiler, only one of them actually skied. It was an amazing trip; the girls will talk about it all year and we cannot wait to go back. Why We Chose Vail We fly almost exclusively Southwest as a family. We have a Southwest credit card and are able to get the companion pass between…
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Durango Trip Recap
Last year my sister-in-law suggested we do an adults only trip to celebrate her husbands’ 40th birthday. Honestly, I didn’t think it would ever happen. Between the 3 couples going there are 8 kids to account for, and did I mention we were bringing one set of grandparents of said children on this trip? But, where there is a will, there is a way. Shout out to the grandparents that stepped up to make this trip happen. All my brother-in-law wanted for his birthday was to get out of the Texas summer heat. I cannot disagree with that birthday wish. So, after an extensive search, we settled on Durango, Colorado. …
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Our Trip to Charleston
For the past three years, we have taken a trip in between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s the perfect time to travel because it is generally a slow week of work for Matt, the kids are out of school and by the day after Christmas I am ready to get out of the house to get away from the clutter of Christmas and relax. We don’t do big gifts for the kids for Christmas or exchange gifts between Matt and I, so we treat this trip as our Christmas to the family. As the girls get older and understand better, they probably won’t get anything from us for Christmas and…
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Our Girls Trip to Cabo San Lucas
Every year my mother-in-law, sisters-in-law and I go on a mother-daughter trip. This is something that Matt’s mom and sister started when his sister was in college. My mother-in-law’s intention was always to include the women that her two sons married as well. Matt and I got married 6 weeks after his brother got married, so his wife and I joined the mother daughter trips at the same time, 7 years ago. It’s such an amazing time for all of us to connect as women, wives and now as mothers. For the first 6 trips one of us (or two of us) were pregnant or nursing. Their have been 5…
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What I Really Needed For My Birthday
For my 35th birthday last year, I had only one request… alone time. I am an only child and I crave being alone. And as a mom of 3 young girls, I don’t get much of it. I told Matt about a month before my birthday that I wanted to go somewhere by myself. This was 2 weeks after having my third baby. He looked at me like I had 3 heads. “What do you mean by yourself? With me, right?” he said. Nope. By myself. “You’ll take the baby, right?” Nope. By myself. He still looked confused. Then, I was telling my best friend about it, she thought I…
