The sporadically chronicled story of our family especially as it relates to travel and adoption
In East Africa, people talk about "going to the coast," as if the whole of the Kenyan coastline is one destination. But Lamu, Mombasa, Watamu, and Malindi, to name a few, are all distinct places with their own beautiful beaches, histories and peoples. Getting there is not particularly easy--roads are treacherous; flights can be pricey--but… Continue reading Journey to the Coast
We thoroughly enjoyed a week at the Outer Banks with the Grooms' side of the family over 4th of July week. We have more often than not found ourselves travelling over the 4th, with this year being no exception, but this time it was fun to be in the good ole US of A and… Continue reading OBX
It feels appropriate to write an end of summer post on the Sunday night of Labor Day weekend. Even though the summer weather here will stretch on (and on, and on...but that's another issue), Labor Day weekend feels perfectly transitional in saying see ya to summer and hello to the roller coaster plunge of a… Continue reading the summer of 2018
To catch up on what all has been going on the last couple of months, here is a journey through pictures. We spent the first weekend of March in Aiken visiting with Grandma and Pops. They did a great job of coming up with fun and different things to do during our visit, including a… Continue reading Lately, in Pictures
The elephant in the room here is that I haven't blogged in three months, but I won't waste time apologizing or explaining so that we can move on to the good stuff, which is an update! Our dossier (the big, fat file of paperwork) went to China at the end of December (DTC). I think… Continue reading So it’s almost April?!
[*DISCLAIMER: If you only read one book this year, if you haven't read a book since high school English class, if you read somewhere between 1 and 1,000 books this year....it's all good. I read because I love it but we can certainly be friends if you don't love it. I'm always happy to share… Continue reading 2017: A Year in Books
Ordinarily, I have a great disdain for allowing Christmas music, celebrations, and certainly decorating into my life before we cut the turkey on Thanksgiving, so you can imagine that when Ashley proposed that we have our Christmas kickoff the weekend before Thanksgiving, I was horror stricken. Yet, slowly she chipped away at my resolve (and… Continue reading Christmas Kickoff 2017
I've started this post any number of times, but let's see if I can finish it this time, shall we? If you're just interested in the birth part, skip down to the bottom. The morning of March 15, 2015, I woke up and knew I was pregnant with my third child. I was terrified. I… Continue reading 24/11/15
While we lived in Scotland, we regularly discovered delightful little things that are a part of everyday British life. One of these small discoveries was the British Christmas Ads on the television. As you can imagine, once we saw them start popping up in our Facebook feed this year, we quickly went digging to find… Continue reading Delightful British Christmas Ads
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