Author: Shay

  • Snowy and Sleepy

    I am struggling to understand just exactly why our kids won’t sleep past 11pm. We have done everything to keep them awake for as long as possible, but this jet lag has been brutal. Today marks our 4th full day in Czech and I really don’t think the kids have moved from the West Coast…

  • Learning New Things

    One of the greatest blessings of moving overseas has been the opportunity to learn new things. I honestly don’t know if we would’ve had the motivation to learn certain things had it not been for us moving to Czech Republic. For example, Bethany now makes all of our pancakes from scratch. This week she even…

  • It’s Good to be Home

    We made it to 2:00am today. I went to bed last night at around 7:30pm, so that’s actually a pretty good night’s sleep. And I’m learning to live with jet lag. In fact, I was really productive between 3:00 – 7:00 this morning. Went through emails, wrote people back, worked on my to-do list, got…

  • Captain’s Log: Jet Lag Edition

    Wednesday, January 14, 2015 18:30 – Just arrived home in Czech Republic from America 18:45 – Kids are crying a lot from exhaustion 19:00 – Avery fell asleep 19:15 – Titus is crying still 19:30 – Titus fell asleep 19:31 – Bethany and I fell asleep. 23:30 – Avery is wide awake and crying 23:31…

  • Back in Czech

    We made it to the train that is taking us home. Other than the Lord’s grace, I have no idea how we have come this far. We are exhausted, the Paris airport was ridiculous, and the sparkling grape juice I just opened exploded on me and my computer as I was typing this. It’s been…