New Orleans {Day Three} The French Quarter

In 1718, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville founded what has became known as the Vieux Carré or French Quarter. Back then, this registered national historic landmark was nothing more than a sticky swamp filled with ‘gators, mosquitoes and malaria, but at three feet above sea level, it was – and remains – the highest [...]

New Orleans {Day One}

. There’s a tenement building in the French Quarter that’s haunted….ok, according to our Ghost tour guide, there are a lot of haunted buildings in the French Quarter. But I’ll get to that later. Chris and I had all day to wonder around the Quarter, before we planned to meet up with Trisha, Leah, and [...]

Highlights from our weekend in Southern California

Noah’s first airplane ride… He was a little nervous, I think Behind the scenes at Papaya Studios and the making of Ben 10 video game Trying out the yet-to-be-released Ben 10 game Entertained as we sat on the freeway in a bus that didn’t work A special martial arts training session with Matt Mullins, star [...]

Cruising for $30 a Day?

Since returning from our cruise, Ray has been researching cruise lines, deals, and family-friendly destinations. We are excited to keep our eyes peeled for the best cruise for our family for sometime next year. We plan to set sail when Noah is just a bit older, so we can take our kiddos with us and [...]

Things you should know if you ever plan to take your six kids to Las Vegas for a week:

. Being on vacation is more work than “working” If one of your younger kiddos starts crying in his sleep, while you’re driving through the middle of the desert, pull over as soon as you can, unbuckle him, drag him out of his seat, and make him walk around for a few minutes. Unless, of [...]