Tag: family
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Hamilton (the musical) and Per Se (the restaurant)
We were in New York this past weekend in order to see “Hamilton,” the musical that seems to have taken the entire country (okay, maybe just the East coast) by storm. The tickets and a backstage tour by Leslie Odom, Jr. (the actor who plays Aaron Burr) were a Christmas gift to the kids. (I…
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Deer Valley (and meeting Congressman John Lewis)
We have some very lovely friends who invited us for a second year to join them at Deer Valley for Presidents’ Day weekend. Neither Jim nor I ski (growing up in Kansas means you don’t have a lot of mountains nearby), but the kids enjoyed it last year when they tried it. We started off…
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Dinner at the Inn at Little Washington (again)
I know we were just there in December, but our son wanted to celebrate his excellent report card with a dinner at the Inn, and who are we to say no to that? So off we went in mid-January to enjoy another scrumptious meal (and many congratulations regarding his academic performance). The kitchen was kind…
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Merry Christmas!
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!!
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Disneyworld & the Osborne Family Lights
We haven’t been to Disneyworld for the Christmas season in years, but when we learned that this would be the last year of the Osborne Family Lights at Hollywood Studios, a visit was a must do and off to Orlando we went on the first weekend of December. We landed on Friday evening and headed…
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
We have friends who host a gingerbread house decorating party every year. Below is this year’s creation with the side decorated by the 14 year old son. (The 17 year old daughter couldn’t make it this year.) My favorite touches this year are the chimney (decorated by Jim) and the fish in the pond (made…
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Thanksgiving 2015
We sat 31 people to dinner for Thanksgiving this year, which is rather a lot for us and a tremendous amount of fun (and a teeny weeny amount of stress). Thank goodness for Robert, Jim’s nephew, who came early and helped tremendously with the cooking. Together, we managed to feed everyone the following menu: Thai…
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Halloween 2015
You might think we were a bit too old for Halloween and trick-or-treating, but it’s our favorite holiday (and you are never too old to beg for candy). The family Halloween photo featuring The Tardis, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Captain Cold: Another one of the kids: And just as full disclosure, Chewbacca was The Grinch…
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Ten Fabulous Days in Honolulu!
There’s not much more to be said about Hawaii that I haven’t already said, but I’m going to talk about it anyway. This trip was the first time the entire summer that all four of us were in the same geographical location. We stayed at the Halekulani and a wondrous time was had by all!…
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Tokyo and the US-Japan Leadership Program
We traveled to Tokyo in late July to participate in the US-Japan Leadership Program alumni weekend but arrived a few days early so that we could do the important things in Tokyo—Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland. 🙂 (Our son came with us on the trip, but our daughter was doing her community service project and…