Celebrations
Babymoon in Asheville

Babymoon in Asheville

Well, Baby Garth will be here before we know it–in less than two months’ time we should be holding our little one! So we wanted to take advantage of our last season of travel minus children. We decided to head to Asheville, North Carolina, for an extended weekend of enjoying fall weather and colors. We...
One Year Later: A Look Back

One Year Later: A Look Back

This day last year was a big one for us. We woke up in Kiesel Park in Auburn, just miles away from the triumphant finish of our two-year cycling journey. We were met by family and friends, some of whom rode in with us from Kiesel, others who met us at the ending point of...
The Five-Year Mark

The Five-Year Mark

Five years! That’s right, this week Dave and I celebrated five years of marriage. What a gift! If you’ve read our blog for very long, you’ve heard us say this before, but seriously…  one of the best parts of the two-year bike tour was all the quality time we had together. How many couples have...
A Holiday Recap

A Holiday Recap

We didn’t do much posting about the holidays throughout the actual season… we were a bit occupied with finishing up the “Where We Slept” series, then we were on the road with the travels and family fun that come along with Christmas. So we thought we’d share some pictures and updates of what we’ve been...
Four Years In

Four Years In

Four years ago, on March 14, 2009, Dave and I stood before family, friends and God and entered into the holy covenant of marriage. People told us that the first year of marriage would be tough… that it would be and full of difficult lessons in communicating and living together. We fortunately found quite the...
Birthday Fun

Birthday Fun

So, Dave and I are fortunate enough to have birthdays within two weeks of each other… and we wanted to share with you some of the fun we enjoyed on our birthdays while traveling. For starters, we actually celebrated Dave’s birthday (October 25) while in Italy with his parents. we went out for a combined...