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She’s Here!

by jill | March 8, 2026 | Blog | 2 Comments

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

by jill | March 1, 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

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

by jill | February 15, 2026 | Blog | 1 Comment

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!

We Did It!

by jill | Jul 21, 2023 | Blog

We finally did it. We left. We've been talking about this for years and we finally did it. A little backstory... Nathan and I retired from full-time employment at the beginning of 2019. We immediately left for Mexico on a humanitarian project/vacation and that kicked...

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On our bike ride in Waterford

I Went Down to the Crossroad

Bay of Kotor

Tower Grove Park in St. Louis

Nathan & Max

Jared doing a handstand at the top of the Üetliberg a la Grosspapi

Huck & Piper

Big Gator Friend

Zephyr at the Science Museum

With the Emerald Princess

Teddy & friend

At the Airport

Dragon Huck

Hill of Tara

Beethoven String Quartet

These instruments were given to Beethoven ~1800.

Irish beauty

Kayak Jill

Piper at Work

Walensee

Cervantes, Don Q, & Sancho

Delta Blues Museum

A wet day in Konstanz

Kilkenny Castle

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Margaret, India, Hugh, & Archie

Mission Concepcion

Great-Niece, Sariah (Lydia’s daughter)

Photography Reality

Dragon Piper

House of Blues

Utah Symphony

Sternwheeler Fun

Huck in the Woods

MLK Center

Carrick-a-Rede suspension bridge

Poppy with th Hagenbuch cat

January ’25

Kilkenny Castle

Piper cropped

Little Buddy Hugh

The Vippefyret

Peter with his new Duplo

Passing under the Great Belt Bridge

Ayyyy! The Fonz

Peter Playing Choo-Choos

Jared on the Schilthorn

Nathan, Poppy, & Liz

Piper & Grammy

Huck’s adventure in the woods

The Crazy House

Santiago de Compostela

New Year’s Eve

So many Steps

Alpine Beauties

Teddy and Bubbles

Sarah & Poppy and Bran Castle

Ohio River Trip

Royal Opera House

Tacos in Dallas

Carters Vintage Guitars

Max Violin

Waterfall in the Pyrenees

Fish Market, Kristiansand

Ice Skating

Vickburg Battlefield

Sunrise at sea

Tuckered

Hadrian’s Wall

Nathan and Lauren

The Band

Cotswolds cuteness

Teddy’s The King of The Swingers

Thorvaldsen’s Christus

Thomas the Tank Engine Story Time

Next Purchase…A Bigger Bike for Nathan

Just a Drop of Maple Sap

Children’s Museum

Hugh Smiles

Em and India Saturday Cartoons

Sunken Trace

Peter & Pumpkin

Piper & Grammy

Piper and a Lego friend

Max in the mountains

Jana & Hugh

Kastellet – Copenhagen

Boys in the Back

All-Terrain Archie

An Ovine friend

Nathan & Poppy at Rheinfall

Red Rocks

Derwentwater, Lake District

To Southampton

Circuit de Pineta

Peter

On the Trail

Teddy Giggles

Royal Albert Hall

Christmas Morning

Grianan of Aileach ring fort

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Emerald Princess, Rostock

Our Shack–The Crossroad

Weekend in Atlanta

Torc Waterfall, Killarney NP

Liz & Christian at the Schilthorn

Derry from the Peace Bridge

At the Schloss Kyborg

Old Town, Tallinn

Bridge of Sighs, Oxford

Wildflowers everywhere in the Alps

Nathan’s sister, Liz, and her husband, Christian

Bloody Foreland

T.Rex

A Prairie Home Companion

The finished cookies

August Snow Storm

OMSI with El and Adia

On the Üetliberg

Enoch

Our Missouri Loves

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Kylemore Abbey

Interlaken

Teddy loves Ice Cream!

River Cruise

Lighthouse and the “Teepot” cafe – Rostock

Teddy Pilot and Peter Pirate

Peter on the ‘rain

Guggenheim Bilbao

Huck and Piper on the river trail

Nathan at Dunmore Head

Grand Ole Opry

The Mueller Quartet

Chester is cool!

Archie

X marks the Spot (for treasure? No! the spot where we were!

Niece India and Nephew Bodhi

Parade Route

Belfast City Hall

Hugh Linnell

General Rufus Putnam, Nathan’s 3rd cousin, 8 times removed

Grotto

Up the Beanstalk

Jill and Nephew Ammon

Happy Halloween!

Thrill Walk, Birg

Workin’ at the Ball Factory

Teddy

Christmas PJs

Lunch Crew

New Orleans–Jackson Square

Piper in the Red Dress

Mt. Etna

Museum del Jamòn – AKA a Spanish place of worship

Peter and the “rains”

Teddy & Peter at train night

Traffic Jam

Piper, Hugh, & Huck

Luzern

Peter

Rock of Cashel

Norway!

Nathan in the Pyrenees

Monks’ Mound

Max

Demonstrating a proper bow hold, Max is eagerly awaiting the go-ahead from the doctor so he can play the violin again.

University of Cork, Stone Corridor

A Hike to Slieve Martin

Emery & the Little Big Band

St. John’s College, Oxford

Bell Canyon Hike

Liz with Aunt Margrit

Bob, Jill, Jana, and Torr

The Ohio Company Land Office

Colorado Rockies

On the Moon

The Big Fish, Belfast

Skjolden

Little Gator Friend

Beverley Minster

Family Fun

Simon, Poppy’s newest fan

Swiss Alarm Clock

Gone Fishin’

The Vasa

St Regis

Muscle Shoals Studio

Huck & Peter

Teddy PlayDoh

Nathan – Copenhagen

With the girls (and one English boy)

Rheinfall

Peter in the Discovery Room

The Aqueduct – Segovia, Spain

Kayaking the Thünersee

Rostock, Germany

Storytime with Grandpa

Peter & Teddy Bikes

Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon

Bern Switzerland Temple

Max and Margaret

Concert

Alpine Cow

Peter and his Bumpa

Teddy & Pumpkin

Kinsale

Cathedral, Kristiansand

World of Coke

At the Waterford Crystal factory

Chicago Theatre

Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau

Time for a show

Hughman

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Nobody Expects THE Michael Palin!

Grammy & Teddy on the Train

On the Bike Trail

Nephew Michael

Blossoms on the Hill — we can see many trees in bloom from the kitchen window

Arthur

At the Schloss

Cocoa Time

Boarding

Christmas Market-Berlin

Amongst the Ferns

Huck: Ready For Adventure

Luzern Kapellbrücke

Öeschinensee

A Day at the Park

Lauren

Wildhaus Holiday

Ready for presents

Huck ready for Legoland

Ebenezer Baptist

Harbor, Stockholm

Nathan with a statue of Pablo de Sarasate in Pamplona

Bikers

Seealpsee

Happy Independence Day!

Finnish folkloric show

The Hikers: Lauren, nieces Emery, India, and nephew Bodhi

Rucking in Mueller Park

Rostrevor Forest

Matt R. Horn

Some of the great entertainment on the ship: James Doughty

Lego!

Cooking Pot at Dunfanaghy Workhouse

Silver Lake

Don’t you love Colonial Era Headstones?

San Antonio Skyline

A Tribute

Nathan atop Gowbarrow Fell, Lake District

Teddy

At the Chocolarium

Nathan at Langafoss

Constantine statue in York

At the summit

Peter in the Gravel Pit

Aqueduct – Segovia, Spain

Huck & Piper Bikes

Maxim Vengerov

Apples in the Garage

Climbing Croagh Patrick

Mt. Chocolate

Personalized Toblerone care of Cousin Simon

A Day in Bern

Adam showing us the ropes in Nashville

Musicians Hall of Fame

Positano

Jill – Copenhagen

With the ship

Sibelius Monument

Skyline

Airboat Tour

Archie

Jill in Nooksia National Park, waiting for her mushroom soup lunch

Piper Riding the Little Train

At the Hagia Sophia

Sognefojord

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Laziz with Emily and Kevin

Ohio River Trail

Santa Cruz Sunset

At Whitney Plantation

Matterhorn

On the Camino

SweetArthur

Goofy McGoofball

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We Are Family

by jill | June 15, 2025 | Blog | 4 Comments

If we were done with our travels, I would take the next two weeks to relate our adventures in Romania and Switzerland. But we have more things coming up, so this is going to be a longer post. I’ll give you the highlights first, and then you can read on if you want more details.

Grand Mediterranean

by jill | April 20, 2025 | Blog | 3 Comments

What a wonderful week it has been! We have thoroughly enjoyed the first half of our Mediterranean cruise. We stopped in Crete (twice), Mykonos, Istanbul, and Athens.

Seagulls and the West End

by jill | August 10, 2025 | Blog | 3 Comments

It’s been a lovely week in England. We finished up our road trip in the south and returned to London for a few days to rest and regroup.

Closing This Chapter

by jill | April 6, 2025 | Blog | 2 Comments

So, here we are. It’s been 90 weeks since we drove out of our driveway in Sandy, bound for new experiences and a unique chapter of our life by moving to Europe. We started another chapter when we returned to the U.S. last summer. A LOT has happened since then, and we have been blessed to spend tons of time with family and friends across the country. The last ten months have been such a precious season to reconnect, to celebrate, and to mourn with those we love. Now, it’s time to close that chapter and open another — time for another adventure!

Catching Up

by jill | April 21, 2024 | Blog | 1 Comment

It’s been a couple of busy weeks, so let’s get caught up! We spent time in three regions of Italy, so we’ll do this geographically.

Fringe Finale

by jill | August 24, 2025 | Blog | 1 Comment

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

Music and More

by jill | June 2, 2024 | Blog | 0 Comments

This week started with a return to the church of St. Stephan for a choral concert. We also returned to Frankfurt for an orchestral concert, some excellent Mexican food, and some not-so-excellent comedy.

Movin’ Right Along

by jill | November 2, 2025 | Blog | 0 Comments

All good things (and bad things, I will add) come to an end. We thoroughly enjoyed our month at Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon, but we are moving on to the next adventure. We have moved back to Centerville for a few days to regroup and repack and then we are hitting the road!

Chicago, part 2

by jill | December 8, 2024 | Blog | 0 Comments

We had a great week in Chicago! This will be a quick installment and then we will probably be off the radar for a bit. This coming week we will be in a small town: Napoleon, Ohio. We are on our way to Marietta to meet up with our two oldest kids, their families, and other various family members for an early Christmas celebration.

Atlanta and A Day Out

by jill | November 17, 2024 | Blog | 2 Comments

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: