Category Archives: Everything Derek

Thoughts on reverse culture shock.

Our first couple of weeks back in Texas we were noticing some of the ways in which our thinking and experiences have changed since living in Lima, Peru for two years now.  These are kind of random and in no particular order, but I thought it would be fun to share them. When we walked [...]

What happened on July 3rd? Derek’s 3rd Birthday!

Pretty much off and on since March when we had Jake’s Batman Birthday Party, Derek was sure to remind me that he he wanted a Superman party for his birthday.  Well, that is what we had and it was really special, because we got to have it in Texas with our families! Since we drove [...]

Jake started Kindergarten!

Well, furlough is over and we got back to Lima on July 29th.  We hit the ground running as usual, because we only had a few days to unpack and get Jake ready for his first day of school!  Here he is:  School uniform? Check.  Transformer backpack? Check.  Star Wars lunch box?  Check.  Batman water [...]

Whirlwind weeks ahead!

Hello blog.  If there are any of you out there still reading this blog, then thanks!  We are still here and still doing well.  I have not been blogging much in the last few months, because every bit of extra time I have had has gone to preparing for an event that we had this [...]