We travel the world with carry-on luggage and backpacks, but we have room for pickleball paddles. Our travels have taken us to five continents, and on that journey, we have had a whirlwind pickleball adventure. Our pickleball odyssey began in Costa Rica back in 2020. The owner of our hotel in Tamarindo invited Michael to play pickleball. Soon enough, we…
We try not to visit Arizona in the summer, but this year it was our only chance to visit Michael’s family. We braved the heat and had a fun time. Melissa and Mike have a great house and a pool, and they recently added an RV garage, casita, and pickleball court. We played a lot of pickleball in the morning…
We had a wonderful time with my dad and Kay in North Carolina. We have a good rhythm when we are there. Lucas and I often play tennis with my dad and his tennis group. We play pickleball in the driveway. We walk a two-mile loop almost every morning. Vivian spent a few more days with us after the beach.…
The first official Cousins’ weekend took place in Charlotte in 2014. My brother Seth and his family met us in Charlotte, North Carolina at our cousin Josh’s house. We spent a weekend hanging out at their house and swimming at their community pool. At that time Josh and Kristen only had one son. Now they have three kids. Almost ten…
We coordinated a family beach week in Seabrook Island, South Carolina. Not everyone in our large family could make it, but there were twelve of us. We stayed in a beautiful house, steps from the ocean. Seabrook Island is a private community about an hour south of Charleston, South Carolina. The island has golf and tennis. Sea turtles lay eggs…
It’s official. Lucas is a teenager! Lucas turned 13 in June. He had two requests for his birthday. He wanted to play pickleball and see a Braves Game. We made it happen even though we were on our way home from Michigan. We stopped in Cincinnati the day before Lucas’ birthday because the Braves were in town playing the Reds.…
Henry was excited to pack up and go back to Camp Kanuga this summer. He had a great time last summer at his one-week starter camp. This year Lucas went to Camp Kanuga with Henry for nine days. Lucas went white water rafting. Henry did rock climbing. Michael and I stayed in North Carolina with my dad while they were…
After Tennessee, we headed back to Georgia. Lucas and Henry asked to go camping, so we headed to Stone Mountain for a long camping weekend. We went camping with some of our Atlanta friends. It was nice to reconnect. Our air mattress was too big for our tent, but we managed. Lucas and Henry are old enough now to take…
Being in the United States means family, family, and more family. The first stop was in Nashville to belatedly celebrate Michael’s sister’s 40th birthday. We rented a house with Melissa, Michael’s mom, Jeanie, and several of Melissa’s friends. We saw live music, ate great food, and escaped from an escape room. We also took a bicycle pub tour downtown. It…
We picked up Vivian from the Netherlands to bring her to North Carolina for her school break. We used sky miles to get home, and we had a marathon trip from the Netherlands to Greensboro airport, stopping in London and Pennsylvania. My brother Sam and his wife AC joined us in North Carolina. We celebrated Sam’s birthday with our tradition…