Does Dave speak Chinese? Yes. He served a mission for our church in Taiwan years ago and has kept up with it relatively well with how much he travels to China. So when you go to church and school can you understand anything? Our kids are in the “English Track” at school so they are…
The sky is rumbly in China. I don’t know if we are in the rainy season or what but boy howdy so far I sure am grateful for the four umbrellas we bought during the first rainstorm. We finished homework last night with flashlights because a we lost power in one of the biggest cracks…
Our beloved piano teacher retired at the end of the last school year. Since then, I have taken on the role as “Mrs. Piano Teacher” in our house. And although I would love to say I was ultra successful and all of my children are now virtuosos, we all realized after one semester that probably…
My mom, sister and I got to go visit my beloved city of London before attending the BBS conference there. Years ago, as a young freshman in high school, that city stole my heart in a very unlikely way. How London Stole my Teenage Heart When I had barely got my feet under myself as…
Since you showed the pictures of where you both lived when you met {back HERE}… How did you two meet? Church? Live near each other? Mutual friends? Nothing more fun than a true-life love story! I wrote this post in anticipation of Valentine’s Day (yeah, that two-months-ago-holiday). I figured it was a good time to…
If you’ve ever felt stuck in a rut, you know how hard it can be to see things differently. Sometimes all it takes is a shift in perspective—and for me, that’s exactly what travel has always done. So I want to talk about the combination of travel and personal growth. (Updated April 2026) How Travel…