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40th and 1/3

Can’t believe we were the first to arrive to Campo! What a sweet start to the reunion/birthday/summer party weekend to have a moment together at the very beginning. The running joke for the weekend was how Seb’s birthday celebration fell on the weekend of Corey’s actual birthday. We celebrated this dynamic duo with feasts and…
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We went to the Olympics!

I still can’t believe we went to the Olympics. We entered the lottery and booked our events package a year ago. Now August 2024 was here and we were ready to live this dream. Lille, France: We started the trip with Saya smashing her finger in the door of the ‘adjoining’ rooms that we had…
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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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Penha Longa #finally

Sam got Rich and Rich got Sam, and we all finally got to join in on their amazing wedding day. The entire four days was a celebration- not only of their nuptials, but also a celebration of friendship, of our kids swimming together, of reunions with people we hadn’t seen since Covid. We’d wander to…
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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…