Sometimes you just need a vacation and you don't even know it until you decide to go. This was the case for me this week. Eric and I have spent a lot of time on family vacations this year and we have had house guests for the past 3 months. Awesome house guests, but it has left us with very little time to spend alone together. The last time we had 5 days just him and I was way back in the beginning of August. Needless to say the last 5 days have been amazing for u...

Shortly after I completed yesterdays Blog, we looked up to see a pod of Orcas swim by. there were probably a half dozen breaching and slapping the water with their fins and tails. Whale and Orca migration starts here around December 1st so we weren't sure if we would see any. Unfortunately they were just a little to far off shore to capture on film, at least on my ****** camera. That is about the moment Eric and I decided before we go anywhere else we are getting...

Eric and I decided to take a last minute trip to Mexico. Our original travel plan was to go tour Nashville this week but due to fires and bad weather we changed our plans. WOW....are we glad we did. I checked the Southwest site to see where airfare was still a decent price 4 days out from traveling. I discovered that one of the most reasonably priced places to go was Puerto Vallarta. Thank you SWA for being awesome. On Wednesday we traded two tickets to Nashville...

We had a very leisurely morning today. We all slept in which I think we all kind of needed. Being on vacation is hard work. We had breakfast at the house and mimosa's by the pool and watched the monkey parade. At one point Ryan disappeared for a few minutes. Non of us could figure out where he went. Turns out he wondered into the jungle to pick tropical flowers for Clarice for Valentines day. It was super cute and Eric was a little jealous that Ryan beat him to i...