by David | Aug 7, 2014 | Getaways
Ruth is always leaving on trips out of town. This summer, I got a chance to go with her on a trip to Chicago. The first place we stopped was “Gene’s & Jude’s” for an authentic Chicago hot dog. Gene’s is often picked as one of the...
by David | Jul 28, 2014 | Attractions, Family Visits
This summer, Atlanta Botanical Gardens brought back the popular exhibition “Imaginary Worlds.” It had all the creatures from last year plus some additional ones. For my mother’s birthday this year, we brought her to the gardens to view the...
by David | Jul 24, 2014 | Cara, Parties
Cara had a blast at her 6th Birthday bash. She had her birthday at her favorite kid gym place: Champion Kids. This time she was willing to try the indoor zip line. You can see by her face that it still a bit scary to her, but she did it twice and was happy to...
by David | Jul 20, 2014 | Ballet, Chloe Jane
Chloe Jane enjoyed her ballet classes so much that she participated in a two week dance camp this summer. The camp ended with a recital and Chloe Jane did three different numbers. One of the projects for the camp participants was to make their own costumes. So...
by David | Jul 20, 2014 | Ballet
The girls finished up their ballet season with a recital. Each did one ballet number and one tap number. Cara did a ballet dance to “Mickey Mouse’s Birthday Party” and her tap number was “Chocolate Cake Walk.” ...
by David | Apr 8, 2014 | Vacations
This year we took our first ski vacation! We visited beautiful Park City, Utah. Ruth and I haven’t been skiing in over seven years but we always felt it would be a great family vacation tradition for years to come if the kids enjoyed it. We told them we were...
by David | Mar 6, 2014 | Miscellaneous
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by David | Mar 6, 2014 | Fun Days
The kids are getting ready for Utah right here at home. These are some images from Atlanta’s second snow day of the season. [insert] [/insert] [insert] This is the kids very first sledding ride! At first, Tommy was very excited to start sledding but . . . . ....
by David | Mar 6, 2014 | Cara
It was raining this morning and, frankly, my mood matched the weather. I drove my two daughters to the end of the block to catch their bus to school and parked about 15 yards from the bus stop so as not to impede any cars coming up to the stop sign. Cara, my...
by David | Feb 7, 2014 | Travel
My Dad does not maintain a blog, but he went to Ireland in February and took some photos and drafted a journal of his travels. It would have been perfect for a travel blog. So I have used his journal and some of his photos to highlight his trip to Ireland on my own...
