relishing the life God has given us
Moving to Hawaii, Jess and Charlie Edition • Driving down the Oregon Coast • September 20, 2017 The day started off with a 4:30 alarm, one I had been dreading as I lay awake for hours beforehand. Time to take Curtis to the airport. We packed the car and checked out of the hotel, and I drove him to PDX. You may… Read More
Haley Farm State Park • Ledyard Glacial Park • Sunset at Seaside • Charlotte’s 3rd Birthday On July 9, the day after visiting our first Sky’s the Limit Challenge site, we decided to go out and visit our second site in the challenge, located in Haley Farm State Park. Haley Farm is directly East of Bluff Point in Groton. The land was primarily farm… Read More
For the first time in our 3 years of marriage/4 Christmases married, we were unable to travel home to celebrate the holidays. 🙁 We knew pretty much from the start of the year that it would be unlikely with Curtis’ schedule and had accepted it, but it was still sad to see pictures and hear from family and know what… Read More
If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that you never know what’s around the bend. Even though we’re in a fairly structured program in the military — where we’ve known for years what training must take place, in which order, and have an idea on everywhere we could possibly live — the unexpected can strike and change the plans we thought were… Read More
Hiking to Prospect Mountain • Lake George, NY • November 12, 2016 Our first hike last weekend may have resulted in lessons on what not to do and how to recover from a series of failed hiking attempts, but I’m happy to report that we actually applied some things we learned for our next hike! Namely, we got up early, and left… Read More
Moving to NY, Part 5 | Our first visit to Downtown Saratoga Springs | August 21, 2016 We woke up on Sunday morning in our tent, having slept better than we ever have while camping. We took our time getting up, packing our things, and eating English muffins for breakfast, then headed back into town. We would have loved to do another… Read More