• Scarlett’s First Year!

    Our little Scarlett Jean entered our lives at 6:25pm on May 16, 2019, weighing in at 8 lbs. 2 oz. and 21″ long, and you changed our lives for the better forever! Your dad and I had a really hard time choosing a name for you before you were born…

  • Scarlett’s 1st Birthday: Twinkle Twinkle Little Scar!

    I had been so looking forward to celebrating Scarlett’s first birthday with friends and family since the time she was born, because she is our first baby and because I have always envisioned the 1st birthday of our first child being a BIG deal, but with COVID-19 restrictions, things were…

  • Sugar Shacks – Maple Farm

    March 2, 2019/February 27, 2020: Ambler Farm Who doesn’t love maple syrup? Last February we visited a maple farm (or Sugar Shacks in New England). Maple season usually runs from sometime in February to late March, depending on the year. It has to get below freezing at night and well…

  • Utah

    2,444 Miles

    Centerville, UT to Hartford, CT… HOLY FRIGGIN’ CRAP even for adventurous folks like us, this was one heck of a drive! I am so glad we made this drive in the summer though, I can’t even imagine driving across 12 states in the winter! I begged Rob to stop at…

  • Table Mountain and the tablecloth

    Table Mountain – The Heart of Cape Town

    The first time I saw Table Mountain, I knew right away we would become best friends. It is striking, quite literally the heart of the city. The whole of downtown (the CBD) is built around its base; a city built around the mountain. I absolutely love this incredibly unique feature about Cape…

  • Finding Our New Home in Hartford

    I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic this morning after a conversation we had at dinner last night with the Sister Missionaries. I started looking back at pictures of our home and excursions in South Africa and a stream of emotions, happy and sad came flooding back. I can’t believe we…

  • Nevada Expedition

    April 26-29, 2018 After what felt like a long winter in Utah, with a lot of ups and downs on the trying to find employment roller coaster, Rob and I decided an adventure was in order. The weather was still fairly unpredictable in Utah (Centerville anyway), but we wanted to…

  • Kruger National Park

    Lions, and elephants, and rhinos – OH MY! We finally got ourselves out on a safari just a few days before we left South Africa. The Kruger National Park, yes they call it, The Kruger, is one of the largest nature reserves in South Africa. We flew into Johannesburg, on…

  • Platteklip Gorge looking down to the Cape Town City Centre

    Table Mountain National Park: India Venster

    If you know Rob and I, then you know that we love to hike! We met on a backpacking trip, so I would say that’s a no brainer. While in Cape Town, we took every opportunity we could find to explore the many trails/hikes scattered throughout Table Mountain National Park. Rob had done…

  • Silvermine: Table Mountain National Park

    There are so many gorgeous places to hike in Cape Town. Last Friday morning while Rob was at work, a few friends and I hiked the Noordhoek Peak Circuit in an area called Silvermine. Silvermine is part of Table Mountain National Park. There is a reservoir right at the start of…