Category: North America
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Oahu Wedding

This post has to be in three chapters because our October half term felt like three beautiful vacations in one! Chapter 1 Oahu There was nothing but joy heading to Waikiki to celebrate Corey D and May’s nuptials. We arrived for the welcome beach party and the keiki beach was perfect for splashing with cousins and…
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Samuel P Taylor 2024

Summer 2024 kickoff was a camping trip to celebrate Grandad’s big birthday. Each day, Grandad and Mamo’s campsite was abuzz with grandkids. Cousins of different ages and heights skipped rocks, rode scooters, and picked blackberries. They could always find an auntie’s hand to guide them, or a cousin’s plot to adventure into. Everyone chipped in.…
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Samuel P 2023

Camping is my happy place. The days are long in the best ways and I feel immense joy camping with my kids. Corey is a natural as well. He jumps right in as though he’s been camping for decades (he hates that I’ve written that). I am fortunate to have him really see how much…
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Beast Coast Visit: Maplewood and Philly

Coming back to Maplewood, I’m always excited to see the cousins hang out even with almost a decade between Sach and the twins. Peyts and Wavester play just as hard as they normally do but with a 2 and 4 year old in tow, and it always makes my heart so joyful. Another bonus: we…
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Oakland Solo Week 2
It’s Mother’s Day which means that my trip to Oakland was three months ago!? Where does the time go?! Well, it never gets old looking back on the full-o-fun memories that we made. If you finished reading the previous post, then you know that Miya’s crew arrived on a Sunday. The cousins crew didn’t skip…