It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 6 months since we were in Paris – wow, that time flew by.  Sometimes I have to think hard, “did the trip really happen?” Of course it did as I see everyday the lasting impact of traveling as a family. There were tons of experiences we had that…… Continue reading French Open Tennis (6 months ago)

A friend sent Drew this pictures today to demonstrate how old her computer is – this was 6 years ago. I love this picture. Arden is about 10 hours old in this photo. The girls had just arrived at the hospital with YaYa to meet their little sister. Char got right down to business holding…… Continue reading Flash from the past

We’ve had so many adventures that we haven’t even posted about – so we’ll be putting some updates out over the next few days/weeks as we start the post-travel process. A highlight for me will be our time in England – it is a country close to my heart for a variety of reasons -…… Continue reading Lunch with some old relatives

We have been counting the days for 6 months, and we finally made it….the Warner Brother’s Harry Potter Studio Tour. Watch out…here come your biggest fans….the Gingersnaps!!! (And Drew) And yes, we rode the broomsticks! And some overpriced butter beer…. There was so much to see and do – I don’t know what to tell…… Continue reading We love you Harry!

We had another glorious weather day in Paris (we can’t believe how lucky we have been with this beautiful, sunny, warm, summer-like weather) which was the perfect setting for our Paris city bike tour. We ventured onto the Metro (so clean and organized) and made our way to the meeting spot for the bike tour…… Continue reading Paris bike tour

We’ve been away from wifi (and electricity) for the past week so have some older posts coming in the next few days. Here is one from Paris: On Friday May 26th we celebrated my parent’s 50th Wedding Anniversary! Leading up to the day, my dad kept joking “we’re not there yet” whenever we talked about…… Continue reading Update from May 26th: 50 years!

We made it! The Snaps were so excited to meet up with YaYa and Pappy – nothing like being with family. We had a fabulous day yesterday with the most glorious weather to tour the city by bus. We had lunch by Notre Dame and enjoyed checking out all the beautiful architecture this city has…… Continue reading Bonjour Paris!

We know, we know. You hate radio silence from the Gingersnaps but the wifi in Sri Lanka was touch and go. We had an amazing time there and will update the blog with lots of stories and posts but just a quick update on where we are not. Copenhagen baby!!! Originally we planned to visit…… Continue reading Tivoli

So much to catch up on as we haven’t been able to post much lately. We arrived in Arugam Bay from Nuwara Eliya via car and were warmly welcomed by Rafaella and her husband Sudu at East Surf Cabanas – a lovely, small hotel. The food was AMAZING and we had a lovely cabana with…… Continue reading Arugam Bay and East Surf Cabanas by Hil

We woke up at 4:30 AM to travel to Horton Plains National Park to visit World’s End outside of Nuwara Eliya in central Sri Lanka. Lots of moaning and groaning from the Snaps but the views were worth the early start. It was a 4.5 hour hike – the kids were troopers. We always do…… Continue reading World’s End by Hil