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!

USA to DE

USA to DE

Early on Monday morning, we drove from Marietta to the airport in Columbus. We were sad to leave the grandkiddos, but we were also ready to start this next part of the journey.

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Nobody Expects…

Nobody Expects…

If your first thought was, "the Spanish Inquisition", then you're in the right place :D. This was our last week in the States and we spent it in expected and unexpected ways. The expected was spending time with Lauren's family. We did a few more projects in the house...

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Country Roads

Country Roads

We made it to Lauren's house! It was good to drive up their bumpy little road and to squeeze our West Virginia crew. It's been a pretty laid-back week. We worked on a few projects at Lauren's place (shelves in the laundry room and pantry and battling a population of...

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Reality Bites

Reality Bites

On Monday, we packed the car, bid farewell to Alex's family and drove away. We were bound for Lauren & Bo's place in West Virginia. About an hour later, in rural Illinois, the car alerts started going off, the car started to behave strangely, and by the time we...

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Swiss National Day

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...

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B-day & Chicago

B-day & Chicago

Howdy!   Remember when I said this trip would be less vacation-like and more like real life? Well, this week was a bit of both. The beginning of the week was real life. We worked on projects, including patching walls and painting the boys' room at Alex's place....

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Countries Visited since July 2023

US States Visited Since July 2023

Weeks on the Road

Es ist Weihnachtszeit!

It’s Christmas time here in Germany (ok, everywhere else, too).

A New Year! A New Place!

Hello and Happy New Year! I hope you are all well!

I promised a more detailed update of our last few weeks, so here it is…

An Update

Hello! It’s been a few weeks since I wrote a proper post, so I thought I would give you an update on some of our adventures since returning to the U.S. Next week, I’ll be answering questions, so send me your burning queries.

Missouri

We have had a great week here in Missouri. I’ll give you a short update, but I would also like to make a request. We have shared recommendations for podcasts, books, musicm and the like in the past. Now, we would love to hear from you! What have you been reading? What music or podcasts are you liking lately? Have you seen a good movie? Please comment on this post or reply to my email. We love hearing from our friends and family! Now for what we’ve been up to…

Slower, With a British Accent

We’ve been in London since we left the cruise ship. This week was a bit slower and a welcome break from the last six weeks of constant movement. We’ve had some fun, eaten some good food, caught up on sleep, and made plans for the summer.

This and That

This week was spent finishing up schoolwork and doing a few festive Christmas outings.

Mounds, Skates, Magic, and Giving Thanks

What a fun week! We took a trip back in time at Cahokia Mounds State Park, went on two fun outings with the kiddos, and had an early Thanksgiving celebration. We move on to a new adventure this week, so make sure you comment with your guess for where we are headed.

All is Quiet

There’s not much going on from day to day here, so very little to report. I will be doing some website maintenance in the next couple of weeks, so there may or may not be posts for a bit. We will see how it goes. There was a request (thanks, Erin!) for book recommendations from 2025, so here goes…

A Quiet Week

It’s been a low-key week here in Leipzig.

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!