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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

Summer Vacation – Austin Part I

August 22nd, 2018 by Aubri

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To quote Robert Louis Stevenson,

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”

I’m not so sure he ever rode in a van sandwiched between a 2 and 3 year old for 10 hours. Arriving anywhere after that suddenly becomes the best thing that’s ever happened to you. Made even better by the people you get to see once you do finally make that arrival.

On Sunday July 15th we loaded up and drove to Texas. Our first week the babies and I spent with my family in Austin where I grew up, while Phil and some friends of his went down to the coast to once again hunt for sharks. No, they didn’t have any luck catching them, but the “journey” is the reward or something like that right?

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Back To School

August 21st, 2018 by Aubri

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Before Vacay posts I had to stay somewhat current and add our Back To School details. The kids started back last Wednesday. Last Monday we got to meet all of their teachers, which for us who request the same teachers each year wasn’t that huge, though for Lily’s teacher was one none of us knew and for Ephraim who started Kindergarten this night was a bigger deal. It was fun though to see them greet their new teachers and take a look around their classrooms.

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Summer Vacation

August 18th, 2018 by Aubri

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We’re back from our crazy long 27 day road trip and I hope to start putting pictures up on here within a week…or so. I was determined to blog while we went from place to place over the past few weeks but bad things happen to good people and to my laptop, so that dream died and now I face the daunting task of sorting and posting the million and 5 amazing pictures I’d like to show the world.

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Summer Vacation – Getting There

July 26th, 2018 by Aubri

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On July 15th we headed to Texas for 3 weeks and then on to Colorado for 1 week. This trip is a bit of a doozy, ‘fun’ I’m sure, but a lot of different destinations, including a week on the Texas coast and a week in the mountains of Colorado. Oy.

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