Kristen Oliver
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A New (Adult) Family Tradition is Born
As a preface to this post and following our latest adventure: in both 2017 and 2022, Austen and I were out of town for the first few games of the World Series and watching our boys from the comfort of a hotel room or bar. Both years, the Astros won. Ipso facto, you’re welcome and…
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Over the Pond and Through the Cities
After two, very long-awaited years, we finally embarked on our trip to London, Paris, and Lisbon. We had originally scheduled this trip in May 2020 but as I’m sure we all know, #thanksCOVID. At the time, our oldest daughter was almost a year and a half old and I was 4 months pregnant with our…
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Hawaii, aloha au ia ‘oe
As mentioned in our previous blog post about our family adventure to Maui, Hawaii has been one of our more frequented destinations as both a couple and a family. Not only do we love the beautiful beaches and the wonderful people we have met on each of the islands, but we love the different types…
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“You’re Welcome” – Maui
One of Austen and I’s more frequented destinations has been Hawaii. Prior to having kids, we had visited three of the major islands; Hawaii, Kauai x2, and Oahu. Since most of our planned international travel destinations were still questionable due to the ongoing pandemic, we set our sights on visiting Maui with the family. Although…
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A rainy road trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama
The definition of adventure is “an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.” Throw in torrential downpour throughout a large portion of the drive, flash flood warnings throughout most of our time in Gulf Shores, and two kids 2 and under in tow (one mid-potty training, one still nursing), you could say we had…
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Hello, Lake Tahoe!
A 2-day guide for a childfree getaway to Lake Tahoe. Recently, Austen and I took our first flight in a year and a half to Lake Tahoe. We have had a number of friends visit the area in the past. However, an internet search or the description given by friends could never really accurately describe…
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Who runs [our] world? Girls.
The adventure of pregnancy and the birth of our second daughter during a pandemic. By now, we’re all tired of hearing about the pandemic. What was once something we had hoped would come and go as quickly as we first heard about it, has now turned into “life as we know it”. We just surpassed…
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The Adventure of Surviving a Global Pandemic
Where hindsight is [hopefully] 2020. Kristen here. It is hard to believe it has been an entire year since we last posted on our website. Let’s face it, 2020 got the best of all of us. It started off great for our family. Austen and I took a much needed trip with friends to California…
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Kristen’s Bucket List Trip Bonus – Become Parents
Kristen here again! If you thought the African adventure ended with Botswana, you’d be wrong. Little did we know, the adventure was just beginning. 2 weeks after we got home from Africa, we found out we were expecting our rainbow baby! I’ll spare you the details of the pregnancy itself aside from being fairly easy…
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Kristen’s Bucket List Trip Pt. 3 – Visit a Natural Wonder of the World
The final leg of our amazing Southern Africa adventure was to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Due to logistics and our penny-pinching selves, we took the cheaper route into the area through the Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) in Zambia. Unfortunately, the only experience we had in Zambia was driving from the airport and across…
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