What to do for breakfast when your power is out (or how to BBQ pancakes)
Weekends around here usually involve a homemade breakfast. Well, that tends to be a bit difficult when you wake up to no electricity and you have an electric stove. (Disclaimer- This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.) My husband decided that he was making breakfast anyway and fired up […]
2015 Scout Show (Billings)
This past weekend, we had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Scout Show in Billings for our new Tiger Cub Scout. After years of him tagging along to so many of his older sister’s Girl Scout events, it was nice for him to start to have his own scouting things to go to. There were […]
PlayMobil Fun Park (Germany)
My family loves theme parks. I mean REALLY LOVES! From big amusement parks with huge crazy roller coasters to little play parks without rides, but plenty to climb on. We’ve been to Six Flags (a couple of them), Disneyland, Legoland (California and Germany), various Fairytale Lands, and more. Recently, we went to PlayMobil FunPark […]
Roman Holiday: A Family Vacation to Rome (Part 1)
After every deployment, we try to take a nice family vacation to spend time together and reconnect. (The low-pressure, out-of-routine location helps this process.) For this one, we saved and saved, and saved and saved, all extra money during the deployment to take a big trip and see as much as we could before we moved back to the States in a few months. We were going to Rome, Italy followed by an 11-night Eastern Mediterranean Cruise!