July 18 – 31, 2017 Istanbul, Turkey Given the (in)activity here in our tiny corner of the internet, you’d be forgiven for assuming that our family had, once and for all, hung up our backpacks and closed the chapter on our traveling story. Back in December 2015, after seven months of exploring the Iberian Peninsula,… Continue reading On the Road Again: A Summer In Turkey
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Just You Try To Keep Up With Her: Happy 4th Birthday, Kendley!!!
Mommy and I sincerely apologize that this birthday post is a little late, as we JUST only finished cleaning up after your ‘GRAN FIESTA’ last weekend. More than 75 people arrived at our little home in the campo to celebrate you on your special day. Aside from the seventeen little boys and girls from your class, it seemed as… Continue reading Just You Try To Keep Up With Her: Happy 4th Birthday, Kendley!!!
New…er…Developments
February 6, 2015 El Gastor, Andalucía, Spain Well, hello there! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Despite the abundance of radio-silence over the last several months, there’s actually been LOTS to report on from our side. Namely: 1. We’ve taken a break from our the nomadic lifestyle that led us all over Europe for the last… Continue reading New…er…Developments
The Gift of Love
November 9, 2014 Rome, Italy As I sit here trying to figure out what to write you for your 35th birthday, I am truly at a loss for words. If I was as creative or intelligent as you, I would whip out a poem or a racy birthday card like you did for my 41st birthday.… Continue reading The Gift of Love
And, Just Like That, We Have a Seven Year Old
Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star… E.E. Cummings When I read this quote I immediately thought of you as you are the ‘love’ that binds our family together. Without… Continue reading And, Just Like That, We Have a Seven Year Old
Happy Father’s Day: 14 Reasons Why This Guy’s Absolutely Nailing It
Dear Ryan, Remember that article that used photographs of wonderful fathers to blast apart that age-old but annoying convention that dads are incompetent co-parenters? Well, I went and made my own version FOR YOU.
Kendley Turns 3!
There’s been quite a bit of radio-silence on this blog for a while, but for good reason!!! We’ve been really, really wrapped up in our travels; visiting new places, returning to ones that we love, spending time on both coasts of the USA for an overdue friends and family tour, experiencing in-depth our first country… Continue reading Kendley Turns 3!
A Little New Year’s Baraka
2013 Year In Review Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Morocco Ever since we boarded the ferry from Algeciras, Spain to Tangier, Morocco back in November, Ryan and I have been batting around the notion of posting some form of seasonal salutation. The earliest manifestation was, of course, a Christmas card,… Continue reading A Little New Year’s Baraka