washington – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Adventuring with Kids: Traveling to Winthrop /post/2019/07/19/winthrop-with-kids/ /post/2019/07/19/winthrop-with-kids/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:27:23 +0000 /?p=8303 At the end of last month we traveled to Winthrop, WA and had the best time! We had been a few years ago, but wanted to go back and explore areas we hadn’t been able to see the first time around. … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/07/19/winthrop-with-kids/feed/ 0 Adventuring with kids: A weekend near Mt Rainier! /post/2018/08/01/trip-with-toddlers-to-mt-rainier/ /post/2018/08/01/trip-with-toddlers-to-mt-rainier/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2018 23:38:21 +0000 /?p=7995 Mt Rainier has been on my bucket list ever since we moved to Seattle. Or actually, it may have been on my bucket list before we moved to the PNW. On summer days it can be seen in the background, overlooking … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/08/01/trip-with-toddlers-to-mt-rainier/feed/ 11 A quick word about summer in the PNW /post/2018/07/20/summer-in-the-pnw/ /post/2018/07/20/summer-in-the-pnw/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:54:03 +0000 /?p=7967 The longer we live in the PNW, the more I realize how different it is here than Chicago. Take the summer season, for example. In Chicago, the weather is hot and muggy and everyone’s AC is going on full blast. … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/07/20/summer-in-the-pnw/feed/ 8 Visiting the tulip fields in Washington (with toddlers!) /post/2018/04/14/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/ /post/2018/04/14/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:34:04 +0000 /?p=7882 The girls and I went on our annual trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival today – and at least one of us had a blast! (It was me, I may have been the only one to have fun. Typical.) … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/04/14/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/feed/ 6 Escaping to the mountains (Winthrop, WA with toddlers!) /post/2017/07/25/winthrop-wa-with-toddlers/ /post/2017/07/25/winthrop-wa-with-toddlers/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:39:13 +0000 /?p=7545 One of the reasons we moved to Seattle was because I had this vision of Tim and I being able to take roadtrips with our little family to truly wonderful places, and we have LOVED exploring this gorgeous area of … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/07/25/winthrop-wa-with-toddlers/feed/ 13 Day Trip to Whidbey Island /post/2016/11/21/whidbey-island-with-kids/ /post/2016/11/21/whidbey-island-with-kids/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:48:44 +0000 /?p=7040 This past week marks four years since Tim and I tied the knot. I vacillate between disbelief that our wedding was an entire four years ago, and feeling like so much has happened in our marriage thus far that I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/11/21/whidbey-island-with-kids/feed/ 14 One last summer weekend. /post/2016/10/03/lake-chelan/ /post/2016/10/03/lake-chelan/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:21:55 +0000 /?p=6945 I’m no longer in autumn denial – it is officially here and I’m ready to take out my sweaters and rain jacket. But, I was able to spend one final weekend basking in summer. During the last full weekend of September, Tim … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/10/03/lake-chelan/feed/ 4 Snowshoeing and Weekend Links /post/2016/01/22/links-18/ /post/2016/01/22/links-18/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:13:21 +0000 /?p=6236 This past week really reinforced why we decided to move to Seattle from Chicago. Take the weather, for example. The temperature in Seattle has been in the 40s and 50s and Clara and I took walks and went to the playground … Continue reading →

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