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Recollect Mallorca, Spain & San Antonio, USA

Melding our first anniversary (never published) post with the celebration of our fifth! Time sure flies when you are married to your best friend with no consistent home base. Looking back upon the Lord’s faithfulness is so sweet and wonderful. First up, a never published draft from our week in Spain: Our first anniversary trip…

January, 2026

Oh hi. So much time has passed. So much has happened, yet we are the same…but completely different? This blog started out a journal of our small slice of time in England, which we left behind six months ago for the state of Texas. Now I reconvene to adjust it to where we are currently.…

Roma for the weekend

We had a few days over Thanksgiving, so we hopped on a plane and went to Rome! we filled our time well, and walked about 10-12 miles each day. We had beautiful sunshine for our first day, with rain showers and gray skies for the rest of the time. Due to the rain we had…

The last few months in photos

After a wonderful 6 weeks at home for me, and a much more melancholy 6 weeks of a work trip in the states for Mark – we are back into the normal rhythms of life in England again. “Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.” -Francis R. Havergal I cannot say…

2022 roundup so far

Hello friends and family! It has been a minute, and I have found myself (not surprisingly) busy here in the British Isles. Lots of work, play, community, and exploring has been had since my last post on here. We are nearing our first anniversary both for our marriage and being here in England! How time…

The end of July

Hello everyone! I am typing on my new keyboard (Bluetooth, so it works with my iPad), and am enjoying the click-clacking of the keys beneath my fingers. The weeks seem to be going fast, and the days seem to be slower than molasses – probably because I am home a lot and my favorite time…

Around our house…

Hello everyone! The last post took a long tim to upload since our WiFi was spotty at the hotel. But now we are situated and have WiFi in our house at the estate, so here we go again! I thought I would share some of my favorite things about being here so far. Truly it…

White Cliffs of Dover

Mark had a four day weekend, so we took the 4th and drove down to the coast! As we drove into Dover, a heavy fog encased the farmland as it slipped down to the sea. It was easy to imagine the air battles happening right here during the Battle of Britain. This peaceful farmland holds…

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