I’m having these flashbacks of these sweet campuses that I don’t have photos of! There’s this small problem I run into on occasion: I take out the memory card to upload photos to my computer and then I take photos without the memory card in and I can’t upload them because I don’t have the [...]

We had a check engine light on in our van earlier last week. We brought it to the mechanic so they could check it out and change the oil. The code that popped up for the check engine light was a transmission issue. We got it into a transmission place in Nashville on Wednesday. Because [...]

LOCATION: EL DORADO HILLS
LISTENING TO: THE DAY I LOST MY VOICE (THE SUITCASE SONG)
BY: COPELAND
THE COUNT DOWN HAS TRULY BEGUN …
THE REALIZATION OF THE END OF TOUR IS SO SO CLOSE …
THE JOURNEY IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END …
BUT IT IS ONLY THE END OF THE BEGINNING …
WE ALL KNEW THAT THIS DAY [...]

LOCATION: POCATELLO
LISTENING TO: BANGIN’ ON A TRASH CAN
BY: THE BEETS
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHO DOUG FUNNY IS …
HE WAS A CARTOON CHARACTER FROM MY YOUTH WHO WOULD WEAR THE SAME THING EVERYDAY …
HE HAD A WHOLE CLOSET FULL OF THE SAME SHIRT, SHORTS, AND SWEATER VESTS …
WELL I FEEL LIKE I HAVE STARTED TO DO [...]

LOCATION: LITTLETON
LISTENING TO: HAVE YOURSELF A MARRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
BY: FRANK SINATRA
THIS THANKSGIVING WAS A LITTLE BITTERSWEET …
I USUALLY SPEND THIS DAY WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK HOME …
WITH THE FRIED TURKEY AND THE TWICE BAKED POTATOES …
OH! AND THE DESSERT …
BUT I COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FOREVER …
ANYWAYS …
THIS THANKSGIVING WAS SPENT WITH [...]

This was the first Thanksgiving for both Kelsey and me where we were without out our own families. Without a chance to go home for the holiday, we were graciously taken in by some amazing families in Minnesota. We were house sitters for Lenny and Donna for a few days taking care of their very [...]

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Team SE has been in Nashville, TN for about a week. We missed our families, but we still had a huge dinner. Tim enjoyed some succulent ham while Becky and I shared a juicy Tofurky. It was Becky’s first Thanksgiving that she’s had vegetarian choices. It felt really [...]

LOCATION: DENVER
LISTENING TO: AMERICA IS MY HOME
BY: JAMES BROWN
WHAT IS FOOT PATROL YOU MIGHT ASK …
SINCE WE ARE ON A SHOE TOUR …
WE TEND TO LOOK AT PEOPLE’S FEET TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SHOES THEY’RE WEARING …
WELL IT HAS SLOWLY TURNED INTO SOMETHING SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CASUAL GLANCE AT PEOPLE’S [...]

Sooo things are crazy on the NE team! We’ve been working it ouuuuut!
Ann tried Flan for the first time!!

…and I had some too! Basically, sweets rule my life. I love them. LOVE them.

Last Wednesday Kelsey and I were just hanging around Madison, WI at our event with UW-Madison campus rep, Sara B. Things were running slow at the event so we were brainstorming what we were going to do for the next few days. We didn’t have an event until next Tuesday in North Dakota so we [...]