Runners * Explorers * Dream Chasers
The best birthday I ever had was 8 years ago today when I married my best friend and became Mrs. Jager. We make our own path together with daily adventures, road trips, and life experiences so that we’ll always have stories to share. This past weekend was one of those “memories in the making” when […]
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The first week of April feels like the true beginning of the spring season. Spring Break 2024 was a week of rest and relaxation before the busy schedule resumes. The simple satisfaction of reorganizing the closet and downsizing the filing cabinet brought a sigh of relief as my nagging cold drifted away. Sprout was of […]
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It’s been 8 years since we first visited San Francisco and we were eager to extend our California trip with a midweek hop up the coast to take advantage of our flight reward miles. On Valentine’s weekend in 2015 we visited as many tourist highlights that we could in the city including: the Cable Cars, […]
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Balboa Park is the center of museumland in San Diego with 18 museums ranging in everything from art to automotives and military to space. We picked two to spend some time balancing out our hours hiking the trails. 1. Comic-Con Museum Home of the San Diego Comic-Con International Festival, this museum is a shrine from […]
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We are nature people. As much excitement that we gained from visiting museums and exploring the city of San Diego, we truly looked forward to hiking nearby trails even more. Hiking in San Diego is much different than the wooded marshes of our local park at the Indiana Dunes. We realized that we had the […]
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We fell asleep to the occasional pop of fireworks like the end of a microwaveable bag of popcorn before it’s burned. Normally a heavy sleeper, I tossed from side to side in the gigantic hotel bed with a normal amount of anxiety about not only waking up on time for the first flight out but […]
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On a cool afternoon with the earthy smell of fresh rain in the southern air, the Jagers awaited a pick up from Uncle Dale and Aunt Ginny at the Richmond airport. We were looking forward to sharing a few days together since our last visit one year ago. Our first stop was the Birdhouse Farmers […]
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One of our favorite hobbies to do while traveling is to eat at great restaurants. Derek loves combing through reviews and vetting menus to uncover gems in the city. I put together the logistics of a day trip in Chicago after Derek picked out our new places to eat. It was a foodie tour planned […]
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On Christmas morning, the Jagers brushed off the snow stacked high atop the car in the bitter cold and headed for Grand Rapids. Still wary of the road conditions after being snowed-in for the past couple days, we took the scenic route away from I-94/196 that hugs the west coast of Michigan and set in […]
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In the first week of October soon after the Super Mario set was completed, Derek began his next LEGO project. At nearly 4,000 pieces, this would be his biggest LEGO build yet. It seemed fitting to set a goal to finish the house by winter break so that we could relive the Christmas story before […]
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Game Changers 