Our trip to Oakland Cemetery last month was at an ideal time of year. Early spring. Not too hot, yet warm. And the flowers, oh […]
Greece Trip: Day 10
As usual, I did not sleep well the night before an early flight. The wake up call came at 4:45, but I had been up […]
Greece Trip: Day 9
We got going a little bit earlier today than yesterday in order to catch an earlier bus to Thira. After another nice breakfast, we walked […]
Greece Trip: Day 6
I set my alarm early to have time to wake before having to get the girls moving. Around 6, I felt a “boom” like a […]
Greece Trip: Day 5
No wake up alarm today! This might be the only morning on the trip where we all could sleep in a little bit. Even so, […]
Greece Trip: Day 4
My alarm went off, but I was not ready to get up. After a few hits on the snooze button, I noticed lights outside. I […]
Greece Trip: Day 3
I set my alarm to go off early in order to check the weather report. As the report still indicated a high chance of rain […]
Greece Trip: Day 2
I set my alarm for 5am (10pm back in Atlanta) in order to get up with time to take care of a few things, get […]
photo friday: oakland cemetery
Despite having lived in the Atlanta area for almost 15 years now, we have not been to a number of the places that tourists go […]
photo friday: fort pulaski
While we were in Tybee Island back in September, we decided to spen a few hours exploring Fort Pulaski. Unfortunately, just as we got there, […]
photo friday: savannah, ga
While in Tybee Island in September, we decided to take a day to visit Savannah. Having never been there before, and because of the heat, […]
photo friday: fox theatre tour
One of the hopes on our Summer 2013 Passport List was to finally take a tour of the Fox Theatre. The girls, my parents and […]
Georgia: Funk Heritage Center
Continuing with our field trips related to our Georgia history studies, we headed to the Funk Heritage Center while we were at the cabin last […]
Georgia: Traveler’s Rest
As we continue with our field trips related to our Georgia history studies, I decided to find a field trip that was close to a […]
Georgia: Chief Vann House
Yesterday we continued our Georgia History Field Trips by visiting the Chief Vann House in Chatsworth. After a very foggy drive over the mountains from […]
photo friday: alcatraz island
The ONE thing the girls insisted on wanting to do while we were in San Francisco last month? Go to Alcatraz! They’ve both been before, […]
Spring Break Day 5: Alcatraz
After an early morning of sunrise, fruit, coffee and yogurt, we headed back up the hill to the Legion of Honor. THough we didn’t go […]
photo friday: cherokee, nc
While up at the cabin for Thanksgiving, I had hoped to visit a number of historical sites. In the end, we only visited a few, […]
photo friday: st. augustine
As part of Camille’s homeschooling for this year, I decided that an interesting topic for us to cover would be the history of Georgia. Camille […]
photo friday: Little White House
A couple weekends ago, we camped for two freezing nights at FDR State Park, just south of Atlanta. While there, we visited Callaway Gardens, but […]