We have talked about taking this trip for ten years. Therefore, it made complete sense to book and decide to finally leave about five weeks before our plane left Chicago. It is quite us. Kind of like dating for four years and then planning a wedding and getting married in three months…. But, that story […]

(Images mostly taken with Iphone7 a few with Nikon D750) I wish I could put into words and photos what this place is like, a few sentences and pictures can’t even begin to paint the picture. The smells, the sights, the color, the shear craziness of it all. There are cars and trucks, and auto […]

Meet Martha.  Martha is incredible.  I met Martha this past summer at a missions conference in California and we were instant friends.  She is just the kind of person that you meet and you have this connection with and wish she lived next door.  We are both believers and I give it testament to that…. […]

I don’t really know where to begin on this wedding… the views, the love, the details, the setting… the fall on the floor-belly-aching-laughter…. these two and their wonderful families just blew my socks off.  My wild man and I really didn’t know what we were in for.  Joni & Jason thank you a million times […]

My husband surprised me for a little five year anniversary getaway.  We honeymooned in Costa Rica and I was thrilled to go back!  We were on the Caribbean side this trip and we both agreed that it was our favorite.  Staying at Mother Dear absolutely made our trip, it was just PERFECT.  Jimmy and Debbie […]