The Illusion of Safety

I flew to Minnesota this weekend to hang out with my sisters (more on that in a future post). On the way back, I was stopped at airport security because I had accidentally left a partially filled water bottle in my backpack. Oops! I wouldn't have been as annoyed about this if I hadn't gotten [Read more...]

It’s Never a Good Thing…

Might have to get used to this look for a little while. ...when the optometrist looks into your eyes and tells you that your contact looks like a petri dish….a petri dish that’s been growing bacteria for weeks. It seems I didn’t make it back from Africa completely bacteria-free. Luckily (and [Read more...]

Congrats, Nic!

Nic just found out that he passed his PE exam*! He took it four days before we left for Africa, so things were a little hectic, but he pulled it off! I'm so proud of him and knew he could do it. You can tell how smart he is from looking at the photo above...he can read! :) *For those of you [Read more...]

Photos

Okay, so I've updated my photos. First are Kruger National Park, then Cape Town, then our safari in Maasai Mara, and then our time in Thika. We have a TON of photos, so I tried to just grab a good sampling. Disclaimer: There are photos inlcuded which contain babboons mating, a lioness eating a [Read more...]