Note to future self: December is crazy busy. Plan ahead. …because I did not this year. Let’s not talk about how much I spent in expedited shipping. (2020 goal: no more procrastinating! ha!) Jordan and I got away for a Read more…
November went by in a blur. I think all 4 of us were healthy for a combined 2.5 hours out of the entire month. But, we survived and still had a lot of fun! That’s life with the preschool crowd. Read more…
We spent three weeks in search of the best playgrounds in Innsbruck. Here are our top picks: Rapoldi Park Slightly off the beaten path, but still close to downtown Innsbruck. The playground was also conveniently located within a huge park Read more…
One thing we learned very early on in traveling with our kids was that renting apartments or houses is way better than staying in a hotel. (We had a particularly horrible hotel experience when Ali was 7 months old.) Sometimes Read more…
What made our time in Innsbruck extra special was our last minute decision to not rent a car. This totally changed the dynamic of the trip. On previous trips to Europe we’ve always rented a car, and like the freedom Read more…
Now that we’ve been back home for a week, and have settled back into life in Golden, I can officially say our trip is complete. We’ve survived the re-entry phase (our easiest one so far), we’ve begun tackling our jungle Read more…
We’ve been in Innsbruck a little over a week and our little family has settled into a daily rhythm here that looks different than our life at home, but I love it just the same. We’re here for 3 weeks Read more…
After writing about our harrowing (for me) climb up the Zugspitze, I wanted to at least mention all of the other things we loved doing in and around Mittenwald. Mittenwald feels like a town out of a fairytale, and only Read more…
Last week I took Ali (4) and Jurgs (16 months) on a solo trip to New Jersey to visit family. If you know me, I’m always after the “perfect pack” – packing just the right stuff to do the job, Read more…
We’re down to the final hours of 2018. I’m sitting in the back of my parents’ car, parked outside my brothers house, wedged between my sleeping kids. Rain is sprinkling, and the oversized moonroof reveals big juicy droplets resting on Read more…
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