So last Christmas, the Baker family enjoyed a really special Christmas all together for the first time in several years. It was my first Christmas in my new house, and my first Christmas with Gus … who REALLY likes Christmas, it turns out. After we finished opening presents, Emily announces, “We’re moving to France.” So while Mom and I were…
So now that I’m back from Europe, I’ve told myself that it’s finally time to finish moving my stuff out of storage. On Sunday, I brought home a bunch more boxes. I got to moving stuff around and realized a few hours in that I had bit off more than I intended to, so I was exhausted. Near when I…
I came as close to heaven today as I’ve been yet. Wow … just wow. It is hard to find words to describe it. We left Zermatt early and caught the gondola to Schwarzee to beat the crowds. From there, we climbed up to the Hornlihutt. The route goes across suspended walkways stuck to the side of the cliff. And…
Today is Day 8 in Europe … and it has been an AWESOME trip!!! If my calculations are correct, I’ve hiked 45.54 miles with 18,767 feet of vertical over 18 hours 28 minutes. Hopefully my calves and quads are beginning to show it even a fraction as much as they feel it. Two favorite hikes so far. The first is…
Next adventure! Thanks to this summer’s flight schedule out of the Eagle airport, this trip got of to a SLOW start. After a night in Dallas, I got to the airport early to try to catch up with my friend Maddie on her layover from Houston back to Eagle. But the flight gods weren’t smiling on her – which just…
It’s a common misperception that my trips to Europe are for pleasure. One might even wrongly assume that my trip last year was purely a whimsical, impulsive, spontaneous, self-indulgent move on my part. But really, they serve a much more serious purpose. You see, Em and Chris are crazy. And they need adult supervision. That’s where I come in –…
The beautiful thing about life is that it just keeps on moving on. I have so enjoyed being back at home for a few weeks. I love this home so much and still every night say a quiet little prayer of thanks to the guys who built it for us. My besties and I have had fun staying fit, laughing…
I really don’t know where to start, except with a broken heart that overflows with perfect memories, love and gratitude. As I approached Virgin Gorda, it hit me. I have spent each day since September 6 trying to find peace with the possibility of no longer having the people and places that hold some of my life’s most precious memories.…
This morning, I had one of the most beautiful moments! One of those moments where, if you are a spiritual person like I am, you pause and just know that there are other forces at work in this life. It was cold and I was all bundled up. There is still ice and snow in the parking lot from the…
Growing up, we had the best cabin in the world. In the early days before there was a cabin, we stayed in the tent. I wasn’t very old on my first visit. And once Mom and Dad started to build the cabin, Emily and I helped, where we could. We had to snowmobile to get there in the winter. There…