relishing the life God has given us
Road Trip with Jess’ Family | A Week in Tacoma | June 2021 We left Portland at 11AM on Monday and began the 3 hour drive to Tacoma. Knowing that we couldn’t check into our rental home until after 3, I suggested that we drive out to see Mount Saint Helens. We would be limited on what we could do… Read More
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
A Summary of the Week After Hiking the Centennial Trail | May 2021 We awoke the morning after completing the Centennial Trail sore and still with tender feet, but thankful to have slept better than we had in over a week. The only thing on the agenda today was to make the long drive back to my parent’s house in… Read More
A long term goal of ours has always been to backpack long distance trails. We aren’t interested in dropping everything for 6 months and doing a cross-country trek like the Appalachian Trail, instead we’ve set our sights on relatively shorter trails such as the Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Hayduke Trail. But since we can’t just take 2-3 months off… 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
Christmas 2020, part 2 | Iowa After spending Christmas 2019 completely alone, the past 5 Christmases far from home, and going through all the challenges 2020 presented, all we wanted was to celebrate the holidays with family. Because of the pandemic we weren’t able to see all of our extended family, but we definitely didn’t take getting to spend time… Read More