Trav and Erin + 3What a year! I thought it would be good to write a quick recap of our year and some of the things we learned while navigating our first pandemic. When we began the year 2020, we had no idea what was in store. Everyone was looking forward to a new decade and all the things […]
It has been almost 5 months since our world was turned upside down by COVID-19. The turning point for our family was March 13th, when schools in our area closed. Little did we know they wouldn’t reopen for the rest of the school year. We endured a stay-at-home order for over a month and countless […]
We were supposed to be at Disney World this week. The trip had been planned for almost a year. We had everything done except for some last minute details–the rental house was booked, our park tickets were bought, dining reservations were made. I’d spent hours reading Disney blogs, getting up to speed on the latest […]
It’s almost here…Brooklyn goes to kindergarten a week from tomorrow. I’m not sure I’m ready for this. I’m sure every mom of school-age kids has experienced these feelings, but whew. Over the last week or two, it has really hit me—and I don’t get emotional very often. I’m not much of a crier, but I […]
Last year was definitely the most jam-packed one we’ve had as a family so far. It was a rollercoaster year—full of ups and downs. In January, Travis worked a lot of extra hours in the first half of the month as his project neared a big deadline. We also made a chocolate birthday cake for […]