About the same time that Chels and Co. were in town, Kim’s father paid us a visit from California. One day we took a short road trip to the nearby…

Back in March we got a short visit from some old Arizona friends who were on a long-distance girls’ night out. We wandered the city all day on Sunday and…

Kim’s mother came for a visit in March, and during her first weekend in town we drove east to visit Leeds Castle. Continuously inhabited since the 1100s, the castle came…

We’ve actually had two visits from Tom. The first time was late last summer, and more recently we had dinner in London in January. Kim took some photos during his…

Located in the East Midlands section of England, Nottingham is home to a thriving Robin Hood tourist industry. We spent two nights at a lovely B & B in Ruddington,…

Katie Elizabeth Rocke was born on February 17, 2002 in Arizona. Both mother and child are doing just fine (and have been for six weeks now).

As all of you have noticed, the updates on the site have ground to a halt. We’re still travelling and hosting visitors, it’s just that we haven’t had time to…

Kim spending December without a Christmas tree is like me not eating. Like me not eating anything at all. You get the drift? We visited a few different vendors to…

It won’t be snow for us this year, but sand. We decided that since we weren’t going to be back in the states this year for the holidays we wanted…

Aside from the stuffing and crispy onions (which Paul brought to us in his suitcase) we were able to find everything we needed for a nice Thanksgiving dinner. I was…