relishing the life God has given us
Road Trip with Jess’ Family | Omaha, NE to Portland, OR | June 2021 As of this summer, I have two siblings living in the Pacific Northwest. Back when Curtis and I moved to Omaha, I told my parents that if they were ever planning a vacation to visit them, that I would be interested in joining if the timing… Read More
At the beginning of April, we traveled back home for a weekend to celebrate Easter and spring birthdays with my family. Curtis had just returned from a short work trip and was able to take a long weekend, so we left Omaha on Thursday morning. To change things up, we drove East on IA-92 all the way to Indianola, then… Read More
Walking the Papio Trail | 36th to 72nd Street | Omaha, NE | March 2021 As the temperature is warming up and summer is quickly approaching, we are getting more serious about training and preparing for our hiking plans this year. At home, that looks like dehydrating fruit and preparing other healthy and space-efficient trail snacks. And now when we… Read More
Northeastern Kansas Road Trip | Holton, Topeka, Lyndon, & Emporia, KS | Camping at Chase Lake | March 2021 The beginning of March brought warmer temperatures day after day, each day nicer than the next. Being born and raised midwesterners, we know that this is likely a ‘false spring’ and that we’ll still have some colder days and possible snow… Read More
Visiting Nebraska City and Plattsmouth | October 4, 2020 With this being our first autumn in four years, we were eager to get out and participate in some of the typical fall festivities as soon as October rolled around. We decided to drive down to Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City on a Sunday afternoon so that we could combine… Read More
Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln | Homestead National Monument | September 2020 For our last adventure together in September, we left Charlotte at home and drove Southwest for a short day trip. Our first stop was in Lincoln to see both the Lancaster County Courthouse and the Nebraska State Capitol. We parked inbetween the two and went for a short… Read More