travel

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…

I had a long conversation with Claire over the weekend. Time zones are tricky and internet isn’t all that great these days for some reason (ours). So I was so grateful for some uninterrupted time to really talk. To delve into things she is learning. To think about the seeds…

I am feeling my dear mother’s pain with summer schedule coordination this summer. Phew! She is always coordinating and situating and trying to figure out the details when we meet up together in the summers, and it takes a lot of work with a family of nine kids! So each…

…and some of Canyonlands too! (Canyonlands neighbors Arches and it’s pretty do-able to visit both in a day, which I completely recommend, especially if you want to see MESA ARCH at sunrise, pictured above. Please don’t miss that!) But first a little back story: A few months ago, a couple…

My friend had the opportunity to go to Iceland recently. Looking through her breathtaking pictures made me want to relive some of our own memories from when we lucked out and got to go there five years ago. (Max was serving his mission so he missed it…I hope he gets…