telling our story
We went on our biennial trip to Lake Wappappello in Missouri last weekend. Unfortunately, Kevin and Owen didn’t make it, so Fiona, Jack and I had to represent the McKennas.
It was complicated getting everyone there. Fiona drove with Grammy and Jip. Jack and I got dropped off at the … Read the rest⇒
We had a fantastic trip to Nicaragua. Although we were disappointed to postpone our Egypt trip until calmer times, we expected a nice vacation in Nicaragua. We had no idea how great it would be.
The country is beautiful: volcanos, lakes, beaches, cities. The food is great: grilled steak, lobster, … Read the rest⇒
(Back to Tanzania … ) Along with the time we spent in schools and with children, we loved encountering the wide variety of cultures throughout Tanzania. There are “officially” 126 different tribes in the country.
During our two-week trip, we met a number of individuals from several tribes. For … Read the rest⇒
We went to Williamsburg, Jamestown & Yorktown over the Memorial Day weekend. I think Jamestown was our favorite. There was so much to see and do: the Native American village, the ships, the fort and the museum. The visitor’s center there is fantastic and we just didn’t have enough time … Read the rest⇒
Our flight was supposed in leave JFK in the early evening, arrive in Amsterdam the next morning and then around midday, we had planned to take another flight to Tanzania. That way we would have a day (Monday) to explore the city of Arusha before our safari officially started on … Read the rest⇒
I think that some of the times we’ll most remember is when we visited schools. We spent a short time at a Maasai school near Lake Ayashi and spent a lot of time at the Haydesh Primary School near Karatu.
The Maasai school we visited was just for the youngest … Read the rest⇒
I’m working through the thousands of photos that Jack and I took in Tanzania. The first two groups are of some of the people we met. The people were by far the best part of the trip (although baby zebras were a close second). We learned so much … Read the rest⇒
A quick selection of photos are here.
We had a wonderful time. Fiona rode absolutely every ride possible (she wasn’t tall enough for Rockin’ Rollercoaster!). We especially loved the Tower of Terror!
The princess breakfast was a big success…Fiona got to talk to five different princesses and Jack and … Read the rest⇒
Ok. Are you ready? I took about 2500 photos last week in Cancun and guess what? You get to see them all!!! HAHAHAH.
No, actually I did a quick run through and pulled about 200. Have fun looking at them!!!
Cancun photos are here.
Apparently, I never posted the photos of Fiona’s special vacation (just mom and dad, no stinky brothers) last summer to Dutch Wonderland. We had a great time…did all the rides, went to the movies, at out for dinner and slept in hotel.
The boys got to go to … Read the rest⇒
I’m still catching up on getting photos posted from the summer. I *finally* went through the 1,000+ photos from our McKenna family vacation in Corolla, NC.
We rented a house with Kevin’s brothers and sister–I think we were 29 people all together–for a week. It was a fantastic house, plenty … Read the rest⇒
I’m slowly working through vacation photos from last week; we were in Missouri, first in Columbia, then in Sikeston and then at the lake in Wappappello. Jack and Owen drove from PA to MO with G’mom and DadDad.
Fiona and I were *supposed* to fly to Kansas City to meet … Read the rest⇒
