THE CHALLENGE: Climb the 4 tallest peaks in the UK, Scotland and Ireland separated by 850 miles of driving and 120 miles of ocean crossing in 3 days in the quickest climb time. THE FIELD: 63 teams of 4 including one designated driver DAY ZERO : WEDNESDAY JUNE 25: after 3 hour drive north of Glasgow to Fort Williams, met up with our UK counterparts, …
glamourous train ride?
Who thought it would be a good idea to take an overnight train ride to Paris? Not quite as glamourous as I remembered! We were a tad crowded with all our luggage and carry-on bags. Wynter was supposed to sleep with Dad, but she wanted nothing to do with him, instead wanting to sleep with Tay-Tay in the cool cabin. So we switched it up…
holding hands
Do you ever get an overwhelming feeling of love when you hold someone’s hand? Especially when it’s a chubby, dimpled baby hand that feels so fragile and small in your much larger {wrinkled} adult hand? Wynter grabbed my hand today as we were walking to the elevator in our hotel. She wasn’t particularly happy about something and came to grab my hand for reassurance. I…
day four of our italy tour
Let’s see … where did I leave off? Did I mention the serious jet lag our kids suffered? I think it was Monday night they would not go to sleep. Time outs in a dark room, threatened removal of all next-day ice cream, nothing worked! They finally went to sleep around midnight. Taylor couldn’t sleep in her room and came in around 12:30. I finally…
bonjourno!
So we made it to Italy! Yikes!! The most kid {un}friendly flight crew in history! My fault for not flying the friendly skies … although we do have United on the way home, and also my advocate husband who told me he would’ve kicked some stewardess {booty}!! After an hour or so delay on the runway, and a “can’t you keep those kids quiet” remark…