Our Brood Abroad

Adventure or Bust!

What a Mighty God…

We have just about a month left here in Italy. It’s so insane to believe that 3 years (and some change) have flown by so quickly. When we arrived here Gideon was only two years old and Harper was just […]

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Sant’Agata de’Goti

Earlier this year some friends and I took off on a day the big kids were at school to visit the town of Sant’Agata de’Goti. It’s about 45 minutes from base and is known for the striking image of old […]

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And our next home will be…

We are so excited to move from Europe to Asia later this year. I’m excited to share our Japan adventures with you all soon. <3

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2017 in a Nutshell. Or just one blog post…

I’ve had a couple of friends start new blogs in 2018 and it made me realize it has been a year since I have given ours any attention… that’s far too long! Rather than trying to make an individual post […]

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Paestum – Hot Air Balloon Festival

In October we joined a group of friends to check out the Paestum hot air balloon festival.  The ruins of Paestum are the remnants of an ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian sea in southern Italy.  The […]

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Barcelona, Spain

In September we took an amazing trip to Barcelona, Spain.  The awesome thing about this trip is that Justin’s twin brother, Jason, and his wife, Alyssa, were able to meet us there.  The boys were fantastic on the flights and […]

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Bologna

We didn’t take many pics during our stop in Bologna because y’all… we were BEAT… totally exhausted!  After a week in Florence and Germany we were honestly just ready to get home.  We arrived at our place later than expected […]

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Germany Part 2 – Dachau, Munich and the Zugspitze

On the day we chose to go to Munich I begged the guys to stop at Dachau Concentration Camp first.  The Holocaust is something I studied more than most during junior high and high school. I even went to summer […]

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Germany Part 1 – Bavarian Alps and Neuschwanstein Castle

After leaving Florence we headed North through the Dolomites, the Italian Alps, the Austrian Alps and into the Bavarian Alps!  Northern Italy, Austria and southern Germany are amazing you guys!  The drive was absolutely stunning and even though it got […]

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Florence, Italy – March 2016

When Justin returned home from deployment in March I was so excited to take our first family vacation in Europe! We decided to drive up to Germany to stay in the Bavarian Alps for a week. We decided to drive […]

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