relishing the life God has given us
Celebrating our Fifth Anniversary | Friday, July 27, 2018 Our fifth wedding anniversary was on July 27. We had made big plans for an anniversary trip, but the Navy unmercifully squashed our hopes and dreams. It’s fine, we’re over it. Instead, I spent the majority of that Friday eagerly awaiting Curtis to return from his exhausting 36 hour shift, then… Read More
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
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
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
If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that you never know what’s around the bend. Even though we’re in a fairly structured program in the military — where we’ve known for years what training must take place, in which order, and have an idea on everywhere we could possibly live — the unexpected can strike and change the plans we thought were… Read More