Last October, Marcus and Emrick and I went for a Sunday drive. That’s something that Marcus and I used to do pretty frequently before we had kids. When I first moved here, I enjoyed those drives because I wanted to explore the neighborhoods around here and generally get acquainted with the area. Plus, there was …
Category: Trips
Aug 18
Also in California: Pool, Piano, and Popcorn
POOL When we arrived in California on Wednesday afternoon, my mom had already ordered and received an inflatable pool for Emrick to use during our visit. We didn’t get a chance to use it until late Friday afternoon. On Thursday we had spent the day (trying to do some) shopping, though Emrick’s rambunctiousness wasn’t making …
Aug 16
California, Baby!
Marcus and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary on August 2nd. In the weeks leading up to that date, we had mentioned it to each other a couple of times and casually discussed what we might do to celebrate. Our first anniversary had been spent in Vegas, which is where we had gone for part …
Jul 24
The Florida Trip, Part Five: Friday and Saturday
In my last post, I forgot to mention something cute Emrick did when he saw the ocean. Remember that he had just been introduced to the swimming pool the day before he first went down to the ocean. He had gotten the word “pool” down pat, and seemed to enjoy saying it. Well, you can …
Jul 15
The Florida Trip, Part Four: Thursday
On Thursday morning, the sun was shining and the beach was calling. So after taking a picture of the ocean from the balcony, I sent Pookie inside to be swim trunked and sunblocked. And then we headed down to the sand. The beach looked beachy. The water looked watery. The condo building looked big. And …
Jul 09
The Florida Trip, Part Three: Wednesday
This chapter of the Florida trip covers just one day instead of two. That’s only because there are so many cute pics here, and if I went to Thursday there would be too many! Wednesday morning was slightly cloudy, but it wasn’t raining. The forecast had said it might get sunny in the afternoon, but …
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