relishing the life God has given us
Wooden Topography Map | Written by Curtis In 2016, while living in South Carolina, I stumbled upon a post on the image sharing site, imgur, that caught my eye. A woodworker had created a topographic map of the United States out of wood using a CNC machine. What’s more, he outlined his entire process in a reddit post, and later… Read More
Highlights from February 2022 | Omaha, NE & Council Bluffs, IA As born and raised Midwesterners, we have always thought that February was the worst month — it’s when we’re so tired of winter, but the cold and snow are unrelenting, giving only tiny teases of spring before dumping more snow and plunging back into bitter cold. This year, that… Read More
Highlights from January 2022 | Omaha & Lincoln, NE January was a pretty good month for us this year, despite the fact that we felt like we were living in limbo waiting to hear back on some career-related news that would determine how this year (and beyond) would play out. That made it difficult to make goals and plan out… Read More
When reflecting on 2021, the most obvious thing that stands out to us is how much time we spent traveling. Each month is remembered by where we were going; time was measured by how many hours we spent in the car; it was the year we counted counties and not days. And besides that, it was a year full of… Read More
October & November at Home | Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail from Strahan to Imogene | Fall 2021 After returning home to Omaha, we thoroughly unpacked and cleaned our car, stored our camping gear in the garage, did laundry, put away our luggage, and settled back into our normal routine. Out of all the things I was excited for… Read More
On December 31, 2019, Curtis and I watched the last sunset of the year on Haleakala. Making it through 2019 felt like a huge accomplishment. We had survived our last full year attached to an active duty submarine, and would be moving away in just a few months. 2020 was the year we had been anticipating for so long, and… Read More