life trip

so maybe it takes an ice storm to break my blogging hiatus. but here i am again, several months later, sharing what is going on in our lives as “semi-newlyweds”.

a lot has been going on since i last posted. one major update being that we took our first “life trip”!

this past thanksgiving, we ventured to peru, south america, to see one of the new seven wonders of the world - machu picchu. it is just like you see in the photos – but you are there in person to see the clouds rise to reveal the view and roll in again covering this lost empire as you stand in the ancient incan ruins. we had quite an adventure during our week long trip – we conquered the city of cuzco, made it through some language barriers, suffered a little deet poisoning, ate alpaca (a peru llama) and guinea pig (and no, we will not let our future children have them as a pet…ever), did some climbing and hiking and spent an evening in the mist at a natural hot springs at the base of mountains in the jungle enjoying some drinks (there were a lot of necessary prepositions for that sentence to even begin to describe that moment).

all in all, i can’t believe we were able to experience something so amazing! not only did we begin our journey of “life trips” together (which i am reminded are big trips to be spaced over our life time – key word being “life” as my husband says), but we were so lucky to see something so amazing and unique that God created on the other hemisphere of this world.

below are a few pictures from our trip!