As for me, I know of nothing else but miracles. - Walt Whitman

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Eighteen!!!

And another adult joins the ranks. Happy birthday, Malia! You are amazing and we are so thankful to get to celebrate YOU! ❤️

“Eighteen summers gone like that

Eighteen years you don't get back

Eighteen trips around the sun, don't it make you wonder

Why holding time's like holding sand

Always slipping through my hands

What I'd give to hold you for another

Eighteen summers…”


-Matthew West

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Venice, Italy

When our ship docked in Ravenna, Italy, we said goodbye to the Voyager of the Seas and took a 3-hour bus trip and then a water taxi to the city centre of Venice. Our time there was SO epic! We experienced St. Mark’s Basilica, Doge’s Palace, the Grand Canal and many other canals, limoncello, gelato, macarons, Rialto Bridge, gondola rides, gorgeous architecture, pizza, pasta, a private water taxi to the airport, a hotel stay in the city centre, and SO much history! I’d love to come back and do more exploring someday!






























































































And then, it was back to Chicago and real life. We really liked Swiss Airlines. They had really good food, and fed us 2 meals, 3 snacks (including ice cream!), candy bars, and drinks galore on our 8-hour flight from Zurich to Chicago. 



Flying over the Alps: