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Travel: Sylvan Lake, South Dakota

September 18, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 3 Comments

Travel: Sylvan Lake, South Dakota

On Sunday (9/13/2020) we flew from Charlotte, NC to Rapid City, SD, to start a 5-day family trip. My parents and brother connected in CLT so we could all arrive together. I'll be honest, I hadn't heard of Rapid City before my brother mentioned it, and I didn't know much about … [Read more...]

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Small Business Spotlight: RJZ Genealogy

August 1, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Small Business Spotlight: RJZ Genealogy

10 Questions for Becky Z, Genealogist A dear friend of mine, from our time in Germany (and reunited this past February!), Becky Zoglmann is a professional genealogist. I had the thought to interview her while I wrote my recent Family blog post. Plus, for awhile, I've been … [Read more...]

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One Big Family

July 31, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 4 Comments

One Big Family

In a time when there seems to be so much hate and sadness in the world (riots, vandalism, a very politically-charged climate)—I can’t watch the news often anymore. Anyone else? If you want to see both sides of things right now, visit a Facebook post released by your … [Read more...]

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Our Summer trip to PA

July 17, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 1 Comment

Our Summer trip to PA

This is almost an annual tradition by now. July rolls around, and I feel an itch to travel. Though I love to stay in town to run the Kernersville 4th of July 5K, no surprise here, it was cancelled this year. So... we dropped off Luna at doggy-daycare, then headed north for a … [Read more...]

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Throwback: Our First Family Hike

June 10, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Throwback: Our First Family Hike

As I work through my Highpointing goal (to hike the highest point in each of the 50 states), my boys naturally want to come along... sometimes. If it's too long, steep, hot, humid, buggy, or generally hard, they back away from the idea pretty quickly :)  I was pretty similar as a … [Read more...]

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