The Carey Adventures

We started off our adventures with six amazing trips to Russia adopting three children from various regions. We settled into our active life in South Florida experiencing a lot of "firsts" with each of them. In 2011, we embarked on a new adventure as a family moving around the world to Shanghai, China! We lived there for three years and in 2014, we repatriated to New England. After three long winters, in 2018, we returned to South Florida where our adventures continue...

Thursday, December 31, 2015

December 2016!

Kicking off December with a Gingerbread project. It doesn’t take much to entertain the kids and I love the energy the kids bring into the holidays!

We don’t mess around with Santa’s letters and the cookies…

Right after Christmas we took the kids to NYC for the first time.

Central Park was a highlight for me… Chris and I ran it one morning.

The city is certainly hopping during the holiday season. We waited in line for over an hour and a half to get into the Natural History Museum. Was well worth the wait…

Ayden’s bucket list was seeing the Empire State Building. Check!

Funny … taking my twins out on the town. As we were going down for breakfast I realized that Garrett & Chris were dressed a like as were Jordan & Ayden.

We loved the city!!! But have to admit… we also loved that movement when we were pulling into our rural driveway.

Ready to kick off 2016!!!

A Happy and Healthy New Year to you all!

Saturday, November 28, 2015

November Update with a Turkey Day Football Game

Cannot believe we are in flip flops — at the beach (Cranes) in November!!

I was a mystery reader in Ayden’s classroom… So love these moments!

Heading for some Thanksgiving Shenanigans at the Tragethons! Friendly Family Flag Football game…

Team Carey…

Takes on Team Tragethon!

Great start to our Thanksgiving… some pre-bird workout!

Then onto kicking off the Christmas season with some Christmas cookies.

Wishing for a white Christmas!

Saturday, October 31, 2015

October Fun!

The weather is getting cooler out and making our backyard hikes a lot more colorful. We love having access to miles and miles of trails in our backyard.

Pumpkin carving night! One went for the knife…

The other went for paint…

Our G-Dog…

Some Costco Shenanigans… Why I like shopping with my kids!

Love their crazy!

Indian Summer hit at the end of October… Plum Island beach was beautiful!

Great family day… spent holding on tight to the warm weather and appreciating every last bit of the warm rays!

It’s not often we have a stolen afternoon with our busy fall sport schedule…

Garrett plays Soccer

Jordan plays Soccer and Flag Football

Ayden plays Soccer and Cheers for Masco Youth Football

And we have a ton of support staff… Die hard fans even in the “Wicked” cold!

Ayden and Rupert

Ayden and her pals!

Our Halloween crew… Dory (from Nemo), a volcano and a devil!

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Autumn in New England...

While my car is outfitted with GPS, I have learned the most (geographically) about my rural town by running. It didn’t take me long to find a route that brought me by some of my favorite landmarks. This tree is one of them. I am not sure why I fell in love with this tree… It helps that it is nestled on the front lawn of our towns church and sits as a main focal point on our main drag. Last year, when we first moved here, I noticed it immediately and loved how each day it changed and brought me such joy. This year, I wanted to capture it…

September 20th, 2015