by Leslie Sholly | Jun 16, 2018 | family, home decor, Knoxville, Parenting, photoblogging, teenagers, Vacations, Walking in Knoxville
I’ll be honest–it’s getting harder to come up with something to do every day, and now I am laboring under Lorelei and William’s expectations as well. It’s not that I don’t have plenty of ideas–I have a page-long list, in...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 8, 2018 | family, Knoxville, Parenting, Vacations
Well, this has been a busy week! John and I got back from Georgetown Sunday evening, and I was right back into summer adventures with the kids the following day, when we visited McClung Museum. This is a mostly unsung treasure on the University of Tennessee campus. ...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 2, 2018 | Deep Thoughts, Georgetown, Vacations
Though one cannot always remember exactly why one has been happy, there is no forgetting that one was. (from Good-bye to the Mezzogiorno by W.H. Auden) I am writing this in the blessed coolness of my hotel room as I recover from a long, hot, and humid but nevertheless...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 1, 2018 | family, Parenting, Vacations, Walking in Knoxville
The first full week of summer break is coming to a close so I thought I’d give y’all an update on our summer of fun. Sundays are already busy, with the day half gone by the time we get home from 11:30 Mass, plus John and I have a standing meeting on Sunday...
by Leslie Sholly | May 28, 2018 | family, Parenting, Vacations
You’ve probably seen posts like this and this extolling the virtues of the summers of yore and planning to recreate them. Heck, I might even have written a post like that myself. Now, don’t get me wrong–I loved my childhood summers. It sounds...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 28, 2018 | sponsored, Uncategorized, us family guide, Vacations
John and I are going on a trip! This will be the farthest we have ever traveled without our kids, and only the second time I can remember that we’ve ever traveled alone by plane. We are going to San Francisco! Obviously, we are going because Teddy is there,...