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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Laura

After a wonderful two-week vacation in Alaska, we’re home!  We got back Thursday afternoon after a surprising fast and easy flight back.  Ellie and Mark happily restarted their mulch excavations, a favorite pastime of this summer. And, like last year’s … Continue reading →

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I Went To The Mountains*

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Laura

We just returned on Sunday from a four-day vacation in the Shenandoah Mountains and it was lovely.  The weather was so cool, a blessed relief from the triple digit temperatures of the week before.  In true Nik and Laura vacation … Continue reading →

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Nursing – The Perfect Travel Food

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Laura

to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week 2013 at a park in Arlington, VA, 8/4/2013 Traveling with a baby can be stressful.  Routines are disrupted and environments are unfamiliar.  We recently spend two weeks in Montana, a trip that involved a long … Continue reading →

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Post-Vacation Jet-Lag Sleeping-In Coma

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Laura

  Taken at 9:30 in the morning (last Thursday)!  Unheard of!  Sadly, we’re now back to our 5:30-6:00 am wake-ups.  I suppose it couldn’t last forever.

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We’re Home! (with the best souvenirs ever)

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Laura

We are home and finally feeling recovered from our big trip to Montana!  My whole family converged on my dad’s family’s place in southwest Montana for two weeks of fun.  We had a great time, driving through the West and … Continue reading →

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Grand European Tour, 2012: Iceland (Stop #4)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Laura

Our flight to Iceland from England was relatively short but by the time we actually got to our hostel, it was very late and we’d been traveling for around 21 hours since leaving Greece very early the morning before.  We … Continue reading →

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Grand European Tour, 2012: Windsor (Stop #3)

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Laura

On our flight back from Greece, we had a really long layover in England – most of a day.  Jon and Leah were able to take the day off and meet us at the airport, which was lovely.  So Jon … Continue reading →

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Grand European Tour, 2012: Greece (Stop #2)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Laura

 This past summer, after spending a week in England with my brother and his family, we flew to Greece to spend two weeks with Nik’s family.  Unfortunately, we lost most of the pictures that we took in Greece.  Thankfully we … Continue reading →

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Grand European Tour, 2012: England (Stop #1)

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Laura

At long last, here are some pictures to share with you from our summer’s trip to Europe.  We visited my brother and his family in England for a week (perfectly timed so that Nik could go to Wimbledon!), then spent … Continue reading →

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We’re Home!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Laura

After a wonderful  three and a half week whirlwind tour of Europe, we’re grateful to back home again!  We spent time in England with my family, time in Greece with Nik’s family, and threw in a bonus stopover in Iceland … Continue reading →

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