relishing the life God has given us
The Happenings of January 2019 New Year’s Eve/Day has always been my favorite holiday. I love everything about it — reminiscing over the past year, wondering where we’ll be a year from now, and dreaming up goals and plans for the coming months. While the goals may or may not be accomplished, a new year always brings about fresh motivation… Read More
Christmas 2018 in Hawaii | Holiday Stand Down | December 2018 The last few weeks of 2018 were exactly what we needed — Curtis had a very light schedule and we had plenty of time to relax and spend time together. I remember enjoying holiday stand down last year, but this year it felt so needed. We had a few… Read More
Hiking Diamond Head | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Ever since I hiked Diamond Head with my family last spring, I have been teasing Curtis about how he hadn’t yet hiked it. Every time we would do a hike in the Ko’olaus with views of Honolulu and the South shore of Oahu, I would point it out and joke… Read More
Touring the Iolani Palace • Downtown Honolulu • April 8, 2018 • Written by Curtis Of the many metrics that we use to measure our travels, one of them is to visit the state capitol buildings of each of the states. To date we have had the pleasure of visiting eight of them (SC, VT, PEI, NY, RI, CT, MA, and OR). … Read More
Day Trip to Boston and Plymouth, Massachusetts • August 6, 2017 • Written by Jess & Curtis When planning for our summer in New England, we made a bucket list of the places we felt we had to see while here. After living in New York for 10 months and now Connecticut for 1.5, it seemed like we should at least make an effort… Read More
Visiting Downtown Hartford • Talcott Mountain State Park • Stratton Brook State Park • Salmon River State Forest • July 29, 2017 • Written by Curtis & Jess The weekend after visiting Rhode Island’s state capitol, we thought it was about time we visit Connecticut’s. We got up early and hit the road on Saturday, driving North directly into the downtown area. It’s so nice… Read More