Tag: vacation

Unplanned and perfect

Unplanned and perfect

Have I ever told you about my favorite day? Maybe that’s weird to you that I have a favorite day. I don’t know if that’s a normal thing or not. But I do, and you might be surprised to learn that it’s not my wedding day, or any of the days I gave birth to my children (although those days are etched in my memory and tucked in my heart forever). No, my favorite day ever happened on a Tuesday

What I learned from Clark Griswold

What I learned from Clark Griswold

Some of you may already know this, but my family and I just returned from a two week vacation in which we rented a 30 foot motor home and drove over 2,500 miles,  across 6 states, visiting 5 national parks including the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone NP. While some people might cringe at the idea of spending two weeks in a 300 square foot box on wheels with three kids and their spouse, this was actually a vacation I’d dreamed

While I've been away…

While I've been away…

Friends, sorry for the weeks of silence. I took a long-overdue vacation with my husband (read: kid-free!!) to South Africa, on the back of a work trip. I needed a break from the laptop, and some time to just spend in God’s creation with my love. We spent most of the week in the Mpumalanga region in South Africa, which is breathtakingly stunning. The irony of God’s creation is sometimes being in the vast expanses of His work is when