If you’re new to the blog, our family is on a mission to visit all the National Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites in the United States. We keep track of them in our passport books, and are constantly on the National Parks website scoping out our next adventure. Follow along as we inch nearer to… Read More Find Your Park: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
I started off September very strong – reading three books in a 9-day span. And then I only read one more book the rest of the month. Ooops. But, I’m still super proud that I finished 4 books this month (I owe this all to our sleep consultant Annie for giving us a sleep plan… Read More September Reads
It’s my 32nd birthday today! I’m not one that’s big on celebrations, and we chose to forgo gifts this year because we bought a new dining room table after we moved to Boston (which we both love, so it feels like a birthday present). BUT…my mom is visiting for the week, so all I requested… Read More 40 by 40 – 2 years down
Today I’m linking up with Kait from Communikait for her September Blogging Challenge. She has some great prompts this month that I hope will let you get to know me better. This prompt really had me thinking, because the older I get, the more I just want to explore in my own backyard. Since the… Read More Places I Would Like To Visit One Day
Buried in the Sky by Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan “When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world’s most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the… Read More May Reads
Back in June we visited another of Missouri’s National Parks: the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, which is located in St Louis. The property is actually called White Haven and was the home of his in-laws before he married his wife Julia Dent in 1848. The two met because her brother Fred had been Grant’s… Read More Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Eat and Run by Scott Jurek I saw this book at the library and recognized Scott Jurek’s name from the book “Born to Run”. I knew he was an ultra-marathoner and I thought this book would be a fun read and would help get me excited to get back into running and fitness. I wasn’t… Read More April Reads
When Don and I were newlyweds, we visited the Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis (which back then was called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial – the name was changed February of this year). It was summer so we walked around the arch and ventured inside to see the exhibits. However, the tram ride… Read More Gateway Arch National Monument
Despite Missouri being in the middle of a cold snap, we decided to venture out at the beginning of the month to visit Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. Not only did we want to get out of the house for some adventure/fresh air, we also know that our time before the boys come is limited and… Read More Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
It’s my birthday! I feel like birthdays after 30 are basically just another day. It’s nice to get birthday wishes, but I told D no presents since there’s not much that I needed or wanted (we’re trying to minimize the stuff in our house and save up for family adventures). But, I figured I could… Read More 40 by 40 – 1 year down