4th of July in Washington, DC!

This year, our family spent a few days in Washington DC over the 4th of July – what better place to celebrate Independence Day than in our nation’s capital! We had a little hiccup on our way  to DC: our flight from Cincinnati was delayed 18 hours so we arrived a day later than planned,…

A Weekend in St. Louis, Missouri

For Memorial Day weekend, we went on a roadtrip to St. Louis, Missouri for 2 days. Only a four hour drive from Indianapolis, it was a perfect destination for a weekend trip!  We arrived Friday evening and our first stop was at the St. Louis City Museum. While its called a museum, its more like a giant…

Visiting St. Louis: The St. Louis Arch and Courthouse

For our weekend in St. Louis, Missouri we knew we absolutely had to visit the St. Louis Arch! Along with the Arch, there’s the historic courthouse directly in front of it that you can see in the same trip. You can purchase tickets to visit the arch online or at the courthouse but even if you…

Visiting the St. Louis City Museum

On our first night in St.Louis we headed over to the St. Louis City Museum! Don’t let the name fool you, this is not your typical museum. I can think of no better way to describe it than a giant 10 story playground in the middle of the city. When paying for admission, you can…

Anheuser-Busch Brewery: St. Louis, Missouri

We spent this past weekend exploring St. Louis, Missouri and one of our favorite stops was at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. We learned that they had a few longer tour options for a price or complimentary guided tours throughout the day lasting about an hour. Short on time we opted for the shorter free option.  We had…

Mother-Daughter Skydiving Adventure

In honor of Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, we’re posting a flashback to an adventure Kathryn and I embarked on with our mom a few months ago – Skydiving! I had always wanted to go sky diving and after finding out that our mom wanted to go too, Kathryn and I decided that’d be…

Thunder Over Louisville

    This past weekend, the Kentucky Derby festivities were kicked off with Thunder Over Louisville. Thunder Over Louisville is the largest fireworks show in North America and occurs each year in Louisville, Kentucky two weeks before the Kentucky Derby! For my first Thunder Over Louisville we went to a Louisville Bats baseball game! While the…