Ryan and Debi

Tag: travel

  • Utah Trip – December 26th

    It snowed.  It wasn’t mountains of snow, but enough to play in.  Since Toren hadn’t seen snow, we bundled him up and went outside to play.  We made a snow man: Here’s Toren sculpting the snowman: And the finished snowman: Here’s the snowman with its eye intact: And here’s a snow fort we made: Toren…

  • Utah trip – December 25th

    We went back to Brent and Suzy’s house for Christmas morning and had another delicious meal, including chocolate peppermint pancakes. We then opened some presents. The hit was an insulated rolling bag Rosemary and Gary gave us for picnics and hikes. It was a hit because Toren decided it was his and he was ready…

  • Utah trip – December 24th

    We’re back from Utah.  It was almost two weeks, but seems like it was shorter as we did a lot in a short amount of time.  Here’s the brief run down with pictures and videos… We flew out on the 24th, with a layover in Houston.  Here’s Toren playing with a warning sign in the…

  • Cambridge, England – day 2

    This was the one day I had for doing sightseeing as I was in Cambridge during finals and had a lot of grading to do.  I started the day with a visit to a church.  As a sociologist of religion, I periodically go to church to see what the “natives” are doing.  In England I…

  • Cambridge, England – Day 1

    My university was kind enough to fund another trip to England for a workshop (put on by the NSRN).  This time the workshop was in Cambridge (I was in Oxford last year).  I had a bit of a scare last year with a flight being delayed when I was leaving, so I decided to arrive…

  • Toren on the beach

    In early October we attended the wedding of one of my colleagues.  It was on the beach in St. Petersburg. Toren + beach = playing in the sand Toren also got to run around during the reception, but he wasn’t particularly disruptive, despite running all over the hotel. We spent the night in the hotel…

  • couple more photos from our Europe trip

    I found a few more photos on my phone that I didn’t post earlier. The cruise ship had a casino, of course, and Toren found it. I don’t think you could make a more appealing toy for a toddler than a machine with tons of lights and buttons that makes lots of sounds. Toren must…

  • forgot this photo

    I’ve been so busy trying to get ready for classes and finish my summer research obligations I haven’t had a chance to post anything. Not to worry. I’ll start posting again soon. In the meantime, here’s a photo from our cruise I forgot to post:

  • Europe Trip – day 16 (unexpected) – getting home and final thoughts on cruising with really young kids

    Toren, who did sleep on the flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta, was still on Greek time, so he woke up at 2:30 ready to play.  Since I had gotten 3 hours or so of sleep on the flight, I got up with him and let Debi sleep.  We walked around the hotel until about 4:30,…

  • Europe Trip – day 15 – traveling home

    Between Katakalon and Venice the time changed, giving us an extra hour.  Unfortunately, I forgot to set my watch back.  So, I woke up at 5:00 thinking it was 6:00, then woke Debi up at 6:30 instead of 7:30.  Oops!  It worked out okay as we got to go the nice restaurant for breakfast one…