The Kids Have Been to 18 and 15 States By 13, 12 and 7 Years Old & 13 National Parks by 2020

It was fun to stop and reflect on where we have all traveled to:

Carter only:

New York

Addison only:

Alabama

Carter and Addison only:

Utah

South Carolina

Carter, Addison and Delaney:

California

Colorado

New Mexico

Oklahoma

Oregon

Washington

Arizona

New Mexico

Louisiana

Florida

Arkansas

South Dakota

Wyoming

Tennessee

Georgia

Megan and Blake:

Hawaii - Big Island, Oahu and Kauai

Illinois

Nevada

Massachusetts 

Indiana

Washington D.C.

Megan only

Minnesota

Blake only:

North Carolina

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Kansas

National Parks we’ve been to:

National Seashore South Padre - 2016?

Big Bend - 2017

Carlsbad Caverns - 2018

Hot Springs Arkansas - 2019

White Sands New Mexico - 2018

Hawaii Volcanoes - Blake and Megan - 2018

Great Sand Dunes, Colorado - 2019

Yellowstone, Wyoming - 2019

Grand Teton, Wyoming - 2019

Grand Canyon - 2012 -  (Pregnant with Delaney)

Joshua Tree - 2020

Great Smokey Mountains - 2020

The Badlands - 2020

Tiger:

Texas

Arkansas in an RV

Delaney - Class of 2031 T-shirt - Kindergarten & 2nd Grade

Kindergarten 

1st grade - 2019 - We must have forgotten

2nd grade - 2020 - COVID-19

Kuykendall LBJ Lake House to Celebrate Completion of First Week of Virtual School

This was a super fun and special weekend, as it was the very first time all 16 of us had been under the same roof. We had traveled and become close with each of these 3 families over the past couple of years, which in turn, each of them had met and become super close. But this weekend was the very first time we had all spent a weekend together. I loved watching everyone interacting and connecting over the weekend, as I know these 6 other adults love my kids with all their hearts, as we do their's. Getting to laugh, tell stories, play competitive games, dive into tough conversations pool side and learn from one another is the reason a weekend like this fills all our hearts.

Our 1AM hysterical game night of the absolutely sillest game ever!

Our morning coffee talk.

Port Aransas with Blagg Side Family - Last Weekend of Summer 2020

08.16.20

A day after we got home from Colorado, we headed South to one of our favorite places... Port A. Ironically is was the same place that we officially started COVID back on March 14, 2020. We wrapped up the Summer, or rather the longest Spring Break ever, due to COVID striking the United States in early March. This was a special trip that Nancy planned for Danielle, Erin, me and all our family's, her and my dad to be together under one roof. Unfortunately, in the last few days before we left, my dad, got a little scared due to his health and COVID and made the hard decision not to come. Addie had a soccer game in Georgetown Saturday mid-morning so she and Blake stayed home and had a fun one on one weekend.

We had a super fun and late night on Friday, playing Cards Against Humanity and others, leaving us lower energy on Saturday night and back to my normal bedtime. It really was so fun just laughing so hard with my 2 sisters and step-mom and watching sweet 20 month old Stella interact with her cousins.

I got so much one on one time with Carter and meanwhile Blake and Addison had a fun weekend, together filled with sushi, soccer and tubing on the river!