She’s Here!

Hi! We’ve had a good week here in Northern Utah. The weather is warming up a bit, there are buds on the trees, and…oh yeah…we have a new granddaughter! Daisy Ray Bauserman joined us about 10 days early on Friday night. Lauren had a crazy day of contractions and running back and forth to the hospital on Thursday with no progress. Then on Friday night, little miss didn’t waste any time and was born just before 10 pm. There was a bit of a hiccup in delivery when Lauren’s blood pressure dropped (and of course, so did baby’s) due to an extra dose of pain meds in her epidural. But she recovered and was able to deliver normally, despite being extremely medicated and numb. Miss Daisy’s a cute little thing and looks an awful lot like her big sister. Needless to say, we are tickled with our newest addition.

Marching On

Hello from beautiful Utah and Happy March! We had a good two weeks in Missouri, playing with kids and helping out. After two long driving days later, we are resting up in Utah for new adventures coming up! Although Nathan was fighting illness the whole time, we had a...

A Very Merry Birthday

We’ve had a good week here in Ohio and West Virginia. Nathan is still in a battle with a cold virus, but it’s been great beside that wrinkle. We’ve played with the kids, done some projects around Lauren’s house, and even found time for a trip to the dentist (Bo :)). We just happened to be around while he was off with his brothers and dad on a hunt, so it was a bonus to be able to help Lauren. She’s in her last month of pregnancy number four, so things are getting exciting! Despite being 8+ months pregnant, she prepared me a spectacular birthday dinner, making ramen from scratch (including handmade noodles) and a glorious flourless chocolate cake. I was spoiled to get fancy chocolates from my hubby, texts and calls from lots of people I love, and plenty of grandkid giggles and hugs. It’s been a good one! We’ll be picking up and moving on tomorrow…Missouri is next!

Here, There, and Everywhere

Here, There, and Everywhere

Hi, all! What a week! We did a bit of normal and a whole lotta different. We learned from RadioLab this week that novel experiences make you “live a long life”. Here’s hoping!

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Hamburg

Hamburg

This week was a start of our new “normal”. I started back to (online) school and Nathan did his (self-determined) studying. We took care of home things like laundry and shopping. We also took care of shopping for a home, since we only have this apartment for about two more weeks.

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Saxony

Saxony

This week, we decided to take advantage of the good weather and the fact that my courses haven’t started yet and try to get out for some adventures. If you just want the highlights of this week, here they are: We started exploring some musical sites. From the Handel...

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Weeks on the Road

Ups and Downs…but Mostly Ups

We are driving back to Marietta today after our week visiting Utah and Missouri. I will fill you in on all the details next week. In the meantime, enjoy some photos of our adorable grandsons, Teddy and Peter. Have a great week! Teddy and Alex at the National...

Fringe Finale

Just a quick post this week with highlights from the endnof the Fringe and two pieces of exciting news.

Feels Like Home, pt. 2

We're in Missouri hanging out with Alex's family this week. We've had lots of bike riding, swingset time, and stories. We spent a day at the Science Center and ate lots of yummy meals together! Have a good one!

Atlanta and A Day Out

This week started out with our final day of Atlanta. We also spent some fun days playing with the boys (lots of Lego!) and and little outing, too.

Last week I promised the share the details from our trip to Atlanta, so here we go:

San Antonio and Padre Island

This week has been pretty quiet, so I thought I would give you the details on our mini trip to San Antonio from last weekend as well as answering some questions from you!

Saying Goodbye to Leipzig

We are on the road this week, but I think I will save all the details of our travels for next week’s post. You can leave your guess for which city we are headed for in the comments. Whoever is closest gets the prize of…the satisfaction that they were the closest.

Swiss National Day

We made it back to St. Louis and started right back to the usual: projects at Alex's house and hanging out with the fam. August first is Swiss National Day, marking the date of the signing of the original Letter of Confederation in 1291, so we decided to do a few...

To Madrid

This week we finished off our Spanish tour in Madrid, then set out for the north.

Portugal, Germany, and A Little Friend

Hello to you all! We had a lovely week of exploring and relaxing. We traveled to Portugal for a few days to visit friends and we even managed to squeeze in a couple of little outings in Germany. And…we also welcomed a new grandson!

Corpus Christi

This week started out very quiet and ended with a trip into Corpus Christi.