Author: ernie

Hi Everyone!  This isn’t a proper update, but we wanted to share a bit about what’s been going on with us here in Cork and also what’s up ahead! We finished school with the boys at the end of May.  We’re always excited for the break, but honestly, this summer has been exceptional!  Before we moved to Ireland, we really had no idea what the weather was going to be…

Hi guys!  This is the last in a series of five posts!  If you haven’t read the others yet, please do!  You can find them here: Part 1: First Furlough Part 2: Arizona Part 3: Denver Part 4: Home to Home ………………………… Coming back to Ireland felt, in a small way, like arriving for the first time all over again.  My head was full of thoughts of family and dear…

Hi there!  This is part four of a series of posts.  If you haven’t read the first three, please do that now!  You can find them here: Part 1: First Furlough Part 2: Arizona Part 3: Denver ………………………… Airports are the worst, honestly.  It’s where you say goodbye, where you sob the ugly tears, where you can’t actually be present.  You have to walk forward while looking backwards, all at…

Hi guys!  This is the third of 5 posts.  If you haven’t read the first two, please do that now!  You can find them here: Part 1: First Furlough Part 2: Arizona …………………….. Two and a half weeks with family, the conference, and a few traveling days in between, by the time we arrived in Denver, we really only had about two and a half weeks left in our trip. …

This is the second of 5 posts!  If you haven’t read the first one, please do so first.  You can find it here: Part 1: First Furlough ……………………. I remember driving up to the house that night after being in the car for about 15 hours.  My sisters’ families share a house at the moment.  Opening the door, seeing them for the first time in almost a year and half,…

It feels crazy that it’s May already!  Our last update was at the end of December.  Since then we moved into a new house and went on our first furlough back to the United States!  Moving was sort of a whirlwind.  I think it always is, but we needed to pack, paint at the new house, move, unpack everything, pack all our suitcases again, and leave for an international trip…