This post contains affiliate links The first week of April we headed to Galveston for our annual family vacation. This year, we stayed on Galveston’s West End. We didn’t realize that the island extended that far until we arrived at our destination, the Holiday Inn Club Vacation Galveston Seaside Resort. Our stay was incredible and…
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Prescott Trip 2023
This post contains affiliate links Prescott, Arizona is a small town rich with history and it happens to be my husband Derek’s hometown. We recently visited to surprise his grandma for her 95th birthday and we had a great time! Although there is a small airport in Prescott, there aren’t many airlines with direct flights…
Galveston Trip September 2023
This post contains affiliate links Over Labor Day Weekend, my family cashed in on our hotel points from my IHG Traveler Credit Card. Friday afternoon, we headed to Pasadena, TX, a suburb of Houston. While we didn’t find any old ladies there, we did enjoy staying at an IHG hotel free of charge. We had…
The Best Travel Decision We Ever Made
This post contains affiliate links The best travel decision we ever made occurred recently as we turned a staycation into a vacation. Our decision was made last minute as we had already paid for two nights at a local resort that has its own indoor waterpark. In lieu of kids’ birthday parties this year, we…
Gone to Galveston (Again)
This post contains affiliate links. Galveston Day 1 When we went on our first Galveston trip earlier this year, we promised the girls we would take them back when Pleasure Pier was open. I looked on the Pleasure Pier website to see what the hours and costs were and noticed that on Friday the pier…
Galveston Vacation 2022
This post contains affiliate links To Galveston We Go One of Derek’s job benefits that we really appreciate is paid family leave. He’s never had any paid leave upon the births of our children so having him home during the transition after Owen’s birth has been sweet. He has 8 weeks off paid and can…
Crowe’s Nest Farm 2021
When we first moved to the Austin area, we were informed that when it comes to pumpkin patches, Crowe’s Nest Farm is the place to go. We first visited when Addie was about 7 months old. Although she couldn’t really understand what we were doing at the time, Derek and I enjoyed ourselves and decided…
From Round Rock to Round Top
This post contains affiliate links Last Saturday we headed out to visit Round Top, TX to check out the famous antiques fair in the Big Red Barn Events Center. Our trip was one of the many sweet ways my husband blessed me for my birthday this year. I don’t remember how I initially came across…
Hume Lake Trip 2020
Although the phrase “The happiest place on earth” is generally used to reference Disneyland, I prefer to use it in reference to Hume Lake Christian Camps. Hume Lake is a place that is dear to my heart as it is where my family spent a majority of our vacations during my childhood and even early…
Scenes from the Silos
Exactly one week ago, my little family and I embarked on a journey to Frisco, TX so I could attend the Proclaim Truth conference. My sweet husband suggested stopping at the Magnolia Silos on the way there as Waco was about halfway between our hometown and our destination. Overall, the trip was super and the…