My adventures as a mom, a theologian's wife, and an ex-pat across the pond...& back again!
Lizzie turned 6 months yesterday- this is worth talking about. I have always thought {and rarely said aloud} that if I could skip the first 6 months of a baby, I would. I know- it’s horrible. I know that. Yet it remains the truth. I will be the first to say that Lizzie girl is [...]
On our way south down to the Lake District, Josh had the brilliant idea of detouring a bit to visit Caerlaverock Castle {Car-la-va-rock} in Dumfries. The kids really love castles, especially new ones we haven’t seen before and that they climb on! Plus, it is the only castle we’ve seen with a real moat, though [...]
Mom, the kids, and I hit Huntly Castle again this trip- we have season passes and we love Dean’s Shortbread Factory! Even though it was a rainy day, we were able to miss most of it and enjoy the castle.
Doune Castle Rachel mentioned that Doune Castle was right by Stirling Castle, which was pretty cool…however, when she threw in that this particular castle was where they filmed parts of Monty Python and the Holy Grail…well we were all in. We drove the almost 3 hours to Stirling, hit the castle and had lunch, and [...]
One more castle to see… After 2 years of living in Scotland, we’ve hit a lot of the castles we’ve wanted to see, but Stirling Castle was still on the list. It’s about 2 1/2 hours away, and we chose a perfectly lovely day to go, if I say so myself! Similar to Edinburgh Castle, [...]
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