Coaster loops at Kings Island.

Hitting Kings Island on our road trip!

Last summer, we hit Cedar Point.  This year, we saved our Coke Reward Points and scored tickets to Ohio’s other theme park, Kings Island.  I like to pretend to go to the park an re-enact that one episode of the Brady Bunch.  However, no one else in my family knew what I was even talking…

Jen at CNN

Touring CNN in Atlanta

It pays to have friends in the TV business! One of my former co-workers now works at CNN in Atlanta and offered to give us a tour while we were in town.  The big news nerd in me knew that was too good to pass up! It was a Saturday, and things were pretty slow. …

Penguins at Georgia Aquarium.

Road Trip: Georgia Aquarium

After our great World of Coke visit, we walked across the courtyard to the Georgia Aquarium. This place is amazing! Granted, it was very crowded the day we went.  But other then problems trying to find a place to sit and eat, it didn’t matter.  The way each animal attraction was set up was pretty…

World of Coke

Touring World of Coke in Atlanta

We are not huge soda fans in the house.  But there is nothing more that my kids love than “drinking soda around the world” at EPCOT.  They have a great area called “Club Cool” where you can try about 8 different flavors of soda from around-the-world.  So on our road-trip, we decided it was time…

Purdue

Road Trip Highlights: UF and Purdue

As you have seen from our road rules, we like to stop at college campuses if we are in the area.  On our 2013 road trip, we drove through Notre Dame and the University of Michigan.  This time, we drove through the University of Florida in Gainesville and Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana.  The idea…

Patrick meets Cayenne at the Georgia Aquarium.

Patrick Meets a Penguin

Guest post by Patrick Cook – Age 8: His name is Cayenne (like the pepper). He’s the 3 month old penguin that I met at the Georgia Aquarium. We got to walk around the aquarium and see all sorts of animals.  I got to touch a sting ray.  We also go to see otters. We…

Brendan catches a shark.

Marco Island Trip Report: Day 2 & 3

Marco Island is a beautiful place with so much to see and do.  But we always have a problem leaving the house. We are just so comfortable, and there’s so much to do here, actually getting dressed seems like such a chore. We’ve been doing a lot of fishing, dodging rain storms and lounging near…

Marco Island Vacation: Day 1

Our annual Marco Island vacation is under way! We are in a new house this year and it’s pretty amazing. It was a pretty successful day of swimming, fishing, day-drinking, naps and constant snacking. We’ve decided since we can now fish from the backyard, we will have a fishing competition. I’m proud to report that…

A view from the beach…

Yes…I’m one of THOSE people. I’m sitting on a beautiful beach, the waves the only sound for miles, under a cabana, with my laptop out and updating my blog. Sorry folks, that’s how I roll these days. Life has been busy.  Good busy.  Lots of change, lots of big life decisions. I never thought I…