Category Archives: Family

Joy. even when you don’t feel happy.

Zack and I didn’t observe advent practices when we were growing up. But it is a tradition our family has embraced in recent years. Continue reading Joy. even when you don’t feel happy.

Tourists at home – Day 3

We left our picture perfect camping spot and hit the road. We’d read about a little village nearby, Fortun, and thought we’d check it out. Continue reading Tourists at home – Day 3

Tourists at home – Day 2

(Read about our tourists at home trip & day 1 details)

After a night where it never really got dark (read about camping in Norway here), we woke and got packed, then hit the road. Our goal today was to find and check out the city of Flåm. Continue reading Tourists at home – Day 2

Tourists at home – Day 1

~Day 1~

We started out driving into Telemark, our neighboring country. We’ve been there several times, but it was a great place to begin. Continue reading Tourists at home – Day 1

Tourists at home

We’ve lived in Norway for 4 1/2 years. And while we’ve explored a good bit of the southern part of the country, up until this summer we had not done much else. Continue reading Tourists at home

Goodbyes

There are at least two things that people who know me would likely say are true about me. The first: I love coffee. The second: if you want to know how I feel about something, all you have to do is look at my face.

Both of these things about me can be traced back to one woman who has had a significant impact on my first 40 years of life. Continue reading Goodbyes