relishing the life God has given us
2017 was filled with challenges — both ones we had been expecting for a long time, and ones that took us by surprise. It was filled with trials and uncertainty, with waiting and praying. It consisted of more big decisions, more complications, and more experiences that required us being way outside our comfort zone. It put us in circumstances where… Read More
Moving into our New House • Hiking to Lulumahu Falls • Beginning of December After a long 2 months of living in a hotel, we finally signed a big stack of papers and officially became homeowners! This was a long anticipated event for us — you may remember in one of the first posts of this year, I mentioned one of… Read More
November 2017 Happenings • Moanalua Valley Trail • Hiking to Manoa Falls November was a rather challenging month. We were still living out of a hotel, waiting somewhat impatiently to get through the escrow process, and dealing with PCS complications such as the car registration. On top of all of that Curtis had to be gone, leaving the not-so-fun logistical things for… Read More
I’ve been hesitant to share updates on what’s coming next in our military journey because of how uncertain these things are. But now that we actually have orders in hand, I guess it’s as good a time as any to spill the beans! Since Summer 2015, Curtis has been going through the Navy’s training pipeline. We thought we knew where… Read More
Hiking in Plotter Kill Preserve • April 5, 2017 It’s officially waterfall season here in Upstate NY — that wonderful time of year when all the snow starts melting and it rains every other day, resulting in very full waterfalls! While we’ve loved chasing frozen waterfalls throughout the winter, we are more than ready to welcome the change in seasons. I’m… Read More
Today I wanted to share all the different ways that we like to record our adventures. We are totally obsessed with maps, and just love to have everywhere we’ve been to, hiked, or letterboxed on display. The best part about having those maps is that we can look at them and remember the memories we made in each location. (The down… Read More