family

christmas cruise eve

erin

Dec 31, 2018 — 2 min read

I haven't been able to update our website until now... so here is what we've been up to going all the way back to Thursday, December 20.

We've been excited about our Christmas cruise for over a year. Finally the day had come to hop on a plane!

IMG_20181220_075116-1

Our cruise left out of Galveston, so on Thursday we flew to Houston, Texas.

00100lPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20181220094242131_COVER

IMG_20181220_102356

IMG_20181220_112654

IMG_20181220_133532

IMG_20181220_133539

Southwest knows how to do kids drinks.

IMG_20181220_115536

IMG_20181220_115546

That night we celebrated Christmas with Braden's family. The girls were both very excited for their Tiana dresses to match the shoes and headbands they got from Santa.

IMG_20181220_195704_1

hello again st. thomas

Taking the boat out of the water is always so much work, but putting the boat back in the water is just as much work. Days and days un-vacuum sealing all our clothes/sheets/towels/pillows with fingers crossed nothing is moldy or smelly, cleaning, trying to remember where we

family time

The girls and I took a detour on our way to Puerto Rico and stopped in Florida to visit my family while Braden headed to the boat a couple days before us to try to knock some projects out. The last time we were in Jacksonville was in March 2023.

the long days

Putting the boat back in the water is always a mountain to climb. I always underestimate my capacity - so I add time to my estimates and start with the intention to knock everything out in a shorter time frame that I estimated. Since I overestimated, it should be pretty

wrapping up

The leaves are changing. The weather is getting colder. That means our time in Minnesota is coming to an end and it is time to get back to the boat. I mean... just look at this weeks forecast. 80 on Tuesday to snow on Thursday. Before we can get back

Read more

hello again st. thomas

family time

the long days

wrapping up