The summer is always a busy time for us. Chicago keeps us locked indoors for so long during the winter months, that it's hard to get me to stay inside very long once things warm up. Here are the broad strokes: We went to Texas to visit family. Sophia turned 10 and got her ears pierced. Will turned 2. We got the Yellowstone camper and have been fixing it up. I got hi...
read moreI just turned 40. FORTY. Thankfully I am married to a super sweet guy who planned a romantic trip for just the two of us last weekend as a birthday present. It was WONderful. I mean, I am totally in love with the guy, but there's a lot going on around here to keep us distracted. We talk a lot about the kids, who's turn it is to put the chickens to bed, how much half and half is left, what we're having for dinner, who can pick Sophia up from Brownies...on and on and on. So to have 3 full days of, "Oh yeah! H...
read moreLast year our friends Josh and Jen got engaged. They set their wedding in beautiful Golden, Colorado. Knowing we'd be making the celebrations by road trip, our plans grew and grew until we had a 3,000 mile route planned. We stayed in Highlands Ranch, CO with my brother Chris and sister-in-law Lara. Then we drove from Denver, to Golden, CO, to Deadwood, SD, to Mount Rushmore, to Crazy Horse, through Badlands National Park, across South Dakota to Okoboji, Iowa, then back home. Whew! Of course we took lots of pic...
read moreWe're planning a Great American Road Trip this summer and I've been trying to come up with good road trip activities for the kids. Our route includes visits to Denver (to see my brother and sister-in-law) and Golden, Colorado (where our friends Jen and Josh are getting married), then up to Rapid City and Deadwood, South Dakota, crossing the state to Mitchell and on down to Lake Okoboji, Iowa. We'll visit Arnold's Park, where my brothers and I took our first roller coaster ride as kids. The park was founded in the...
read more
My name is Alana. Our little family lives just outside Chicago, where I work as an interactive creative professional. I'm married to Dave, and a mom to Autumn, Sophia, and Will. Thank you for visiting!
