Christmas is a balancing act… not too much turkey or not enough room for pie; pack in as much time with family while not missing so much sleep that you can’t function; playing in the snow while trying trying not to not to get frost bite; buying as many gifts for everyone as possible without [...]
Araella has been learning signs through a book and video series called Signing Time. For those of you not familiar with Baby Signs, babies, from about the age of 8 months can begin to learn simplified sign language to communicate, eventually picking up a fairly complex vocabulary long before they can actually talk. Beside the [...]
I’ve been waiting for these all year – eat your heart out Joel and Paul! I got a dozen hot ones (lovingly wrapped under the tree by my mother-in-law)… America has a few perks. It’s rough keeping them away from Araella; you don’t want to start them out too young. – Pardon me me a [...]
Traveling is surreal – especially when flying country to country. I think anyone who has gone back to a place after being away for a long time understands what I mean. It’s like travelling back in time as well as in space; you see yourself as you were the last time you were there and [...]
It’s ironic – science can fully explain how an airplane flies; air velocity, surface area, air pressure… and yet there is something magical about seeing the ground drop away and climbing high above the clouds to a vatnage point only God and the sun enjoy. I haven’t gotten to the ironic part yet. Airline companies, [...]
The outset of my vacation/homeleave I spent in Krabi, Thailand with my amazing climbing/traveling cousin Lynsey. Krabi, for all you non-climbers, is a Mecca and paradise for rock climbing, though really an incredible vacation spot for anyone interested in sun, beach, jungle treking, caving, sea kayaking, and general Thailand tourist’ing… Six days was not long [...]
I had wanted to try dog; you can’t come to an Asian country like Cambodia and not eat one of western cultures most loved domesticated animals. To Asians, it’s like Bessy on a bun with ketchup and pickles. Not that it’s actually that common. So I was quite eager to try it and once served [...]