August 16, 2019 Get lost in Japan off Kenny Road Having our Thai daughter Napa in our lives for an unforgettable intercultural exchange year was a blessing to our family in so many ways…
August 1, 2019 A romantic getaway to Niagara Falls There are many great summer road-trip destinations accessible from central Ohio, but among our favorites is Niagara Falls, Canada. If you’re looking for a…
July 21, 2019 I still dream about La Paz I’ve been pretty blessed to travel to some amazing places in my lifetime thus far, and y’all know I just looooooove to reminisce about…
June 20, 2019 Christmas day in Mexico: Puerto Vallarta, Majahuitas and Yelapa This past Christmas day, as we relaxed at home and wished for snow, I found myself daydreaming about a not-too-distant Christmas past, when we…
June 17, 2019 The perfect day at Kings Island Here in Ohio, we’re blessed with not one but two popular, all-American amusement parks: Kings Island and Cedar Point. It’s been years since I’ve…
June 12, 2019 Loving – and letting go of – another family’s child When we signed up to host an international exchange student through YFU, we were ready for the adventure of bringing a young cultural ambassador…
May 12, 2019 Take your kids to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center! We had so many fun adventures during our recent Florida spring break trip, but among my favorites was our day at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
April 20, 2019 A wild time at Gatorland Orlando During our recent spring break trip to Florida, our family spent a day adventuring at Gatorland in Orlando and we’re still talking about the…
April 17, 2019 Swimming with the dolphins I’ve had the pleasure and good fortune to swim and interact with dolphins not once, but twice. The first time was in 2007 in…
April 12, 2019 We miss our vacation cat On our recent spring break trip to Florida, we stayed at a marvelous little airBnB in Sanford that we absolutely adore. We’ve stayed there…
