New York, 2011

New York, 2011

For Keith’s 40th birthday, we decided to get away to someplace he’s never been : New York City.  See the city, eat at some great places and no kids! Grand”maw” Joan flew down from St. Louis on Wednesday night to watch the kids, and we had an easy morning Thursday getting ready to head to the airport.  Our day was […]

Disney World 2011

Disney World 2011

We planned on going to Disney World on Jill’s birthday to run the half marathon and we thought we would go without kids. But its really really hard to go to Disney and not bring the kids, so we asked Grandma to come along with us and help with the kids, especially while we were running. It ended up being […]

Angelfire 2010

Angelfire 2010

We took a family trip to Angelfire, with us, my parents and my sister, her boyfriend and his daughter in March of 2010.  Ella and Evan did 2 days of ski school. Lift line at the bottom of the mountain They had great snow, it was cold, but not really cold and it snowed the first couple of days.  Perfect […]

Texas Wine Country 2009

Texas Wine Country 2009

For our anniversary and valentines day, we drove up into the Texas hill country without the kids. Mandola Winery and Restaurant   Vines at Mandola   Buchanon Lake, looking a little low   The closest I get to petting cats   Entertainment for Texas Independence Day at Fall Creek Winery   Enjoying the sun, wine and good company   Vines […]

Gulf Shores 2008

Gulf Shores 2008

For Keith’s mom’s birthday, the whole Cremer clan headed to Gulf Shores, Alabama, for a week. Or as our kids call it : “Alabama Beach”. We headed out on a Friday so we could take eat a great meal out in Louisianna on the way. Saturday morning we finished up what was left of the drive and met up for […]

Disneyland 2007

Disneyland 2007

Disneyland 2007 This year for thanksgiving holiday, we went to California to see Disneyland. After months of planning (mostly by Jill) and hyping up the kids, we were pumped up and ready to do everything. Day 1 – Disneyland We had early entry passes to Disneyland to let us in at 7 am. We didn’t know the shuttle buses started […]

Seaworld 2004

Seaworld 2004

In September, Keith’s whole family got together in San Antonio to go to Seaworld. Ella hasn’t seen her cousin Sara recent enough to remember her, so we wanted to get the girls together. Needless to say, they got along great and Ella has talked about Cousin Sara all the time since we returned home. She is looking forward to Thanksgiving […]

St. Augustine

St. Augustine

The annual Hoskins family vacation was in St. Augustine, Florida, this year. We missed last year’s since Jill was due at the same time as teh trip. This time everyone made it, but two of the ladies were pregnant, with Anne announcing hers on the first night there. Grandma made snack packs for her two little girls On the first […]

London 2002

London 2002

Friday For Valentine’s Day this year, we found a last minute special on airfare to London, so with less than a week between booking and flying, we went to London for a long weekend. We left Wichita Friday morning pretty early and flew to St. Louis, where we spent the day with family and wandering around town before our evening […]

Roatan

Roatan

The Trip We were originally booked on a flight from Houston to Belize and then to Roatan, but were upgraded to the direct flight when we arrived at the airport in Houston. we had an extra hour to wander around the airport (or the airport bar) and we still got to Roatan before the flight from Belize. Very nice and […]