You probably noticed that the blog is looking a little different these days. She’s been so neglected and mistreated lately that she just had to paint up her little face and get a haircut to try to get our attention. Hopefully it will work and you’ll hear from us a little more often. Tomorrow we’re [...]

We took Lars and Maria and the boys to the airport on Wednesday for their flight to Denmark. We loved having company but are worn out now, and looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. It’s great to have people visit us though. I think with Northern Ireland being such a similar [...]

It’s been a quiet week for us.  Campbell and Kristi left for a month-long trip to visit her family in Thailand on Monday, which always leaves a bit of a vacuum socially.  The upside is that you know you have good friends when you miss them.  We’ve needed a quiet week though, since the ones [...]

Well, we all knew it would happen.  Sooner or later, the excitement of moving and meeting people and dreaming wears off and you’re left living in a place that’s still slightly uncomfortable, missing your friends, and gearing up for the reality that dreams take work, risk, and hardship.  We wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.  [...]

It’s been a busy week for us. Thursday we were in Muncie for a goodbye party for our good friends Josh and Michelle Garrels. Friday we were in Muncie again for dinner with our friends the Kristiansens and the Millers (two of the three couples on our team). We had a really fun evening together. [...]

we had a cookout with friends last night (whom we consider our indy family) and i thought i’d show them off to you.    

Last Saturday (the 5th) some of our good friends (and a few of our bad ones) threw us a big Ireland awareness/goodbye/pickin-and-grinnin party. Lots of our musical friends played some of their stuff and everybody else just ate a lot, talked a lot, and tried not to step on each other. It was kind of [...]