With a birthday on the way, and a dwindling fresh food supply, we set out to meet our friends in Cooktown. Whales, whales, everywhere. We anchored in the Endeavour River, near where Cook beached his boat for repairs after running up on Endeavour Reef. These were both named after the … Read More
A Minnesota December
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You Only Turn Once Once
Lowe turned eleven (once) the other day. He was unimpressed with the number. Apparently it falls in a gray area, somewhere between the cool numbers, ten and twelve. I’m impressed with eleven, though. It’s fun having him grow up, but still be a boy. Lowe is the family goofball, a … Read More
Another Year Older
This time of year brings an avalanche of birthdays here on Bumfuzzle. We aren’t really adult birthday celebrating types—we leave holidays of all types to the kids. For us it’s just another day. And since most days are pretty great already, there isn’t any reason to try and fancy up … Read More
Birthday Boy
Lowe turns nine. Healthy, smart, fun, strong, adventurous, caring, and truly the best little brother (and son) anyone could ever ask for. I’m obviously biased, but when Ali and I thought about how we wanted to raise our kids—on boats and motorhomes seeing the world—he is everything we envisioned they … Read More
First Dive
Birthday fun and family visit were both over with, and it was time to get back to normal life again. We’d been promising the kids they could try out scuba diving this year, and with a dive shop always within spitting distance on Roatan, this was as good a place … Read More
Double-Digit Birthday
Ouest turns ten. Well, she turns ten in three days, but we’re not ones to quibble over dates. We once celebrated Lowe’s birthday a month early just because we really wanted to give him his new bike. Weather is our usual “what day should the birthday be this year” consideration, … Read More