Social Distance at Vulture City

March 26, 2020
An hour west of where we live there's a ghost town called Vulture City. The last time I was there it was 2019 and my friend and I participated in a nighttime ghost tour. It was honestly creepy and there were a few doors that opened by themselves, disembodied voices and sounds that resembled miners pushing ore carts. The property has been taken over...
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Week One At Home

March 22, 2020
I read an article about one of the authors the kids love and how he is teaching kids how to draw. This is one of the first educational lessons we tried that the kids actual enjoyed and became engaged in. Here are some of their creations. Thanks Mo Willems! https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
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Disneyland Shutdown

March 20, 2020
Well. We planned the worst possible time to visit Disneyland for the first time. When I booked the trip last year, COVID-19 was not in the news. I had a lingering feeling not to plan the trip for spring break, wait until summer. Why wait? I ignored my instinct and planned it anyway. My sister got tickets for the kids and our parents. Two weeks bef...
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Daddy-Daughter Dance

March 01, 2020
Every year since M has been at her school they have hosted a Daddy-Daughter dance in the late winter. She has been fortunate to have her dad be her guest for each event. This year she wanted to wear the Belle dress a friend gave her. The dress started out huge on her, but this year it fits perfectly. Her princess-loving days are numbered, so I was...
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Skiing in a Winter Wonderland

January 11, 2020
My sister and I have been on a mission to invest in experiences rather than material goods for our familial gifts. This year we aimed to take a trip to Flagstaff to hopefully ski, snowboard and throw snowballs at each other. We found an Air B&B just outside of Flagstaff with room for 6 and booked a weekend to bring our parents and most favorite unc...
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