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We Brought the Boys….to Thunder over the Sound

       We are suckers for an air show. We try to go anytime they come within driving distance of our house. The truth is, my husband wishes he was flying those planes and he probably would be if not for a detached retina in college. Lucky for me he detached that retina and we were able to meet! The last time we came to this air show in Biloxi was in 2018 and I told my in-laws we were pregnant with Baylor while watching the show! We have been wanting to come back since then but COVID. I believe this is the first year they bring it back.        We had some points on our credit card and were able to get a room at the Hyatt  in Biloxi for Friday night. We figured it would be nice to beat the traffic there and have a place to park our car while we watched the show from the beach.(This turned out to be a very good decision, do this!)  We headed out right after school on Friday. You know that I couldn’t go to Mississippi without a visit to our favorite little town, so I sweet talked my husban

We Brought the Boys….to Winter Park

       After going to Winter Park last spring break, my sister in law and brother in law extended an invitation for us to join them this year. We were a little hesitant at first to bring a 4 and 6 year old on the slopes but we decided we were up for the challenge!      We had a direct flight from New Orleans to Denver on Easter Sunday. While we hated to miss the holiday with our family, we lucked out with slim airport crowds!       We took a Home James shuttle from the airport to the resort! The shuttle was clean, the driver was friendly, and he even stopped to get us a good burger before we ventured out into the mountains. He dropped us off at our condo, Founder’s Pointe. All props go to my sister in law for finding this place when she came last year. It was the perfect location! You could walk to the busses to go into town and walk to the village and ski lift. She also had the great idea to get a floor level room so that we didn’t have to lug our gear up the stairs everyday. Way to g