A Boy And Girl

It’s so nice to finally enjoy some flowers on the morning glory vines I planted. They curled their way up the fence, even after several nibbles from local wildlife, but seemed to take forever to bloom. In my limited experience with gardening, August always seems to be the month where I finally say “Forget it!” [...]

Last night I went to see The Great Unknown play at Musikfest. They played a great show and it was fun to hear some of their new songs, but their set was cut a little short due to some van trouble. Since the guys were a ways from home, I offered to let them stay [...]

This morning, I went outside and found a gift from our neighbor, Dave, on Josh’s car. He must know we’re not early risers, so when he brings us spare veggies like this, he usually just leaves them without a word. It’s not the first time he’s done this so I decided to take him something [...]

Lately Josh and I have been bringing Jackson outside to enjoy these last few weeks of summer. He used to be pretty scared of all that open space, but he’s starting to like all the good traction he gets on the grass (compared to our slick floors) and now hops around happily. Sometimes I feel [...]

I’m doing my best to keep our house cool by breaking in our new ice-cream machine (thanks April Martin!). For a seasoned ice-cream scooper, it’s pretty incredible I’ve lived this long without owning my own machine. According to the internet and my sister-in-law, the ice-cream-making bible is David Lebowitz’s The Perfect Scoop. I put it [...]

At one point on our way to Qamea, it felt like we wouldn’t make it. We flew from Brisbane to Nadi Island, Fiji, missed our flight, hopped on the next one, hopped off when it was cancelled due to lightning, and a few hours later, got back on our tiny twin propellor plan with only [...]