Newton, AL R&R

We spent about two weeks at mom and dad's catching up on admin, travel plans, and some much needed sleep and chill time. We did make the trip up to Louisville to get Freya, and again to drop her back off. Freya got a bath and a brush. She enjoyed the warmer weather and chance for a walk in the sunshine as well as playing in the hot tub. Soon after we brought Freya back, I baked a brownie cake for Allan and we celebrated his birthday with cake. It was very rich, but delicious.

Our second weekend there, Sarah, Joe, Elly, and Teddy came down to do some gardening. It was nice to see all of them and spend some time. It's been especially nice to interact with Teddy as a baby since I missed out on all those moments with Elly.

We enjoyed our time with mom and dad too and tried to help out around the house where we could. They always take good care of us, so we try to do little things. I was a little bit obsessed with keeping the pool clean. For some reason the crane flies are out in swarms and constantly drown in the pool in large numbers which just looks horrible. We also did some cooking and I did some baking. I miss cooking and having access to good food!

We caught up on some Netflix: Squid Game, Nobody Wants This, and Sweet Magnolias. There's still so many things to watch, but we might just have to leave them at this point. It was nice to watch things again. Allan also finally watched The Sandlot and understood where 90% of my quotes come from. Truly one of the best movies ever!

The next Hunger Games prequel came out on March 18. I managed to get the book and read it before we left for Australia. It was a good book and I liked seeing how all the different characters from all of the books tied into this one. I finished it on the way to the airport so it was pretty close!

The next time we will be here, our travels will be over, and we will have been to all 7 continents. Where will we go from here?!Read more