Welcome to the World. We are glad to introduce Zoë. We are healthy and blessed and excited to see what is to come. You may see little of her on social media and our blog. We are just protecting her privacy a bit as she grows. Continue reading New Life
Preparing for the new member of our family, mission, life and adventures. We decided to have the child in Romania due to Covid concerns. Then, we decided to relocate the the large city (brasov) to a small apartment just a 5-10min walk from the private hospital providing our care. This move was exactly what we … Continue reading March Update
February, for the love of ‘cuteness.’ We celebrated Valentine’s day at home and have spent more time in our close community and with neighbors due to the pandemic. Then, we celebrated Richard’s birthday at home as well. Lastly, I will share our pregnancy photo progress for month 6 of 9. Continue reading February Update
2020 was not a great year for snow, but we drove 30 min into the mountains to enjoy the winter cover. Also, the women’s group I’ve been apart of for 5 years now, through me a little outside shower for lil miss van der Dys. Heather turned 30 and celebrated in the safety of our … Continue reading January Update
We are happy and excited to wish you a very Merry Christmas from Richard, Heather, Thatch, Lángos, and Lil miss van der Dys (in age order.) I will write captions under the photos for you… so, enjoy! First, some photos of us. And finally some more random December pics. Continue reading Merry Christmas
We can sit and complain, we have reasons… but instead I want to post inspired by Thanksgiving. So here we go… it is November, we are expecting our first child, we are exploring with our dogs, and we are loving on our friends as much as we can! Please view the captions on the photos … Continue reading A Time for Thanks
We have a few more things to share with you as we come into winter here in Romania. We plan to spend this winter at home in Romania due to Covid and the issues it causes with safety and travel. With that though in mind, I wanted to take some moments and share a few … Continue reading A Summer Wrap Up
After a few years here in Romania we have developed great relationships. One of the couples we have grown to love, has recently had a son. We have decided to accept their request and have become Godparents, how exciting. Continue reading A New way to Love
Happy fall. As summer comes to a quick and surprising end, we decided to make a 2-week exploration of south-west Romania. Continue reading Making the best of…
Thank you to the Spink family and the Rice family for being our family+ here in Romania…. This was a wonderful adventure to Sanai and the ski town during the summer. It was the first time for our dogs to go on a gondola as well. Continue reading Another Family+ Excursion
van der Dys Family in Transylvania 