Category Archives: travel

Alaska, Summer 2011, Part 1: A Beautiful Descent

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Nik

This is part 1 in a series about our trip to Alaska from which we just returned. We rose early in the morning to begin our long trip to Alaska. About 14 hours later we started our descent into Anchorage.  … Continue reading →

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We’re home!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Laura

And Ellie is crawling like a mad woman all over our bedroom floor.  We’re still up with our 4-hour time change, although exhausted from a long day of traveling.  Can’t wait to share some of our pictures from our fabulous … Continue reading →

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An exciting announcement about something that is really going to change our lives

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Laura

we’re not pregnant – come on, people. We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this newsflash from our vacation: Ellie is crawling!!  She’s been trying to move for a couple weeks now and has in fact, been pushing … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 6: The Finale – the Family Picture

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Laura

My family hadn’t all been together since my sister Rachel got married in May 2008.  So it had been 2 1/2 years and in that time, we’d gained three more babies.  (Actually, since Christmas we’ve gained two more babies!)  So … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 5: New Year’s Eve, Alaska style

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Laura

For New Year’s Eve, Dad, Jon, Leah, Kaitlyn, Nik, Ellie, and I went downtown to the celebration.  It was really cool.  Nik asked me if I’d ever gone to this before and I said, “No – it never occurred to … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 4: Obligatory Moose and Scenery Pictures

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Laura

If you didn’t guess from either the title of this blog “series” or the dog mushing pictures, we spent our Christmas vacation (or most of it anyway) with my family in Alaska.  Here’s the proof: The one moose we inevitably … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 3: Ellie meets Auntie Rachel

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Laura

I’m not exactly sure what was going on with my brain yesterday but I managed to miss featuring Auntie Rachel with Ellie!  Sorry Rach!  So here are a couple pictures of Auntie Rachel with Ellie!  (I think it might be … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 2: Ellie meets her mama’s family

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Laura

Ellie met her Nana and her Auntie Meggan when she was very young.  The remaining 16 people in my family were still strangers to her so it was so fun to have Ellie meet my side of the family!  You … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 1

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Laura

I’ve been meaning to post these pictures for a long time (as a matter of fact, since Christmas!) and I figured I should at least post a few before we leave for our summer Alaska vacation. Our first day in … Continue reading →

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We’re home!

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Laura

After a long trip (starting at 6:00 am AK time and ending at 1:30 am EST), we’re back in our own home! We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day with Nik’s family in Arlington, VA and then on Christmas night … Continue reading →

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