travel

This is “PERU part 2.” “Part 1” is back HERE, and the intro to all this hoopla is back HERE. And I know I should break these up into smaller posts, but I want to keep all these memories as close together as possible, so brace yourself for LOTS of…

The intro to this post (along with two backstories), is in the last post back HERE. We all fell in love with Peru. The people: The colors: The culture: The architecture: The history: That “Sacred Valley” filled up with all it’s beauty. But let’s go back to the beginning. Because…

As I packed up my hiking backpack early that morning my hands wouldn’t stop shaking with excitement. Because THIS was our next stop: Those ancient ruins of a perfectly crafted civilization. Something I had been dreaming about visiting for as long as I could remember. I’ve been trying to figure…

Lake Powell just might be Dave and my favorite spot. I mean, I don’t know that there’s much better than being cradled in those expansive red cliffs, a big sky full of stars in the evenings, surrounded by people you love. It is so much work to get food and…

At the end of October I got to go on a volleyball recruiting trip with this girl to NYC. It was a little bit crazy actually. Because it was one of those chances that you see and you realize you must take despite all the nutty stuff surrounding it. It…

A short sum-up: life was crazy, then I wrapped everything up and headed to South Carolina, so anxious to meet up with all those velvety sisters and mother I adore. There is nothing like an “MFME” trip with your mom and sisters to buoy you up in every way you…

Ok, so here’s the wrap-up of our trip with our married kids to Europe (links to the other parts at the end of this post). After our evening at “The Hut” overlooking all that beauty, we visited Tal and Anita at their home the next morning. LOVED seeing where they…

My brother is one of my favorite people. Well, I have five brothers, and they’re all my favorites for all kinds of different reasons, but the one I want to talk about today is Tal. And Tal married a Swiss girl named Anita. And the two of them, along with…

(Continued from back our “Arrival in Venice” post back HERE.) Ok I’ve been trying to figure out how in the world to try to capture even portions of this. I mean how can you narrow down stuff like this? I don’t know. But here goes a try. Let’s go back…

You know how sometimes a plan fails miserably, and other times things just seem to somehow fall into place against all odds? We got the latter scenario a few weeks ago when Dave and I, after much anticipation and planning and preparation, got to travel to Italy and Switzerland with…