Travel blog!

Well guys, we made it. Happy 2021. I know that for many people, 2020 was a big fat turd of a year. Our hearts continue to go out to those who are feeling stressed, lonely, sick, anxious or isolated to this day. As we flip the calendar, however, my family […]

Merry Christmas from De Pere! Tomorrow morning we’ll pack again and head “Up Nort’” like we do every December. It’s been exactly as stressful as I imagined, planning a Christmas from 100 miles away—I have barely anything wrapped (not even sure whether all our packages made it to Iron Mountain) […]

My toes are numb. My fingernails are turning blue. My hair is a staticky mess, but my heart is filled to overflowing. Yes, we’ve made it back to Wisconsin in time for Christmas. Already we have one holiday celebration under our belts. On Thursday (our last night in Beaufort), Zac […]

Impossible to believe that today is our last full day in beautiful South Carolina. Another month, gone in a snap. Tomorrow we depart for/return to Tampa, and from there will catch a flight home. (Well, not “home” home—the De Pere ZIP code, at least!) Alayna likes a song before bed […]

Welcome to December—the weirdest, wildest one yet. Today marks exactly three months since we left our home in De Pere, and it will be another month before we get to rest our heads in our own beds. But as I’m sitting here, sipping my coffee and gazing out over the […]

Happy early Thanksgiving, everyone! I debated whether to even put together a blog post for this week. As far as “adventures” go, we certainly haven’t been very adventurous these last seven days; in fact, we’ve hardly strayed outside Beaufort. Then I started to get a complex. Maybe everyone is sick […]

Before I start with this week’s update, I just have to take a minute and acknowledge the crazy number of COVID cases that are growing exponentially back in our Wisconsin homeland. My dear neighbors, friends and family, you are all in my prayers, and may God keep you and your […]

I had to say two very difficult goodbyes yesterday. The first was to our beloved Folly Beach—that quirky, laid-back, all-embracing island that in very short order became one of my favorite places on Earth. We’re going to have to go back and buy a beach vacation rental there, because there’s […]

Greetings from the Edge of America, where it finally feels like fall! Temps were in the 30s this morning, but no worries. It’s already warming up and going to be near 70 later today, back to 80 by the weekend. Whew! (I know that all of you in the Midwest […]

Can someone please explain to me how it is already the last week of October? I feel like a complete broken record, but holy cow! Time is flyyyyyy-ing by! The sweet: This week was marked by the joyful arrival of some of our dearest friends from Chicago. Tony’s college buddy, […]