09/17/2026
🎂 Join me in wishing Steve a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
And since one of his favorite things is meeting people from all over, leave him a birthday wish in the comments and tell us where you’re from or how you met him! 🌎
It’s hard to believe everything he's packed in since his last birthday. We were blessed with 8 cruises on four different cruise lines, went to Paris together for the first time, and we finally checked off one of our biggest bucket-list dreams with an incredible invitation to an African safari. 🦁 It has been the most exciting and adventurous year.
Eight cruises and a safari in 12 months may sound excessive, but we like to call that "continuing education." 😂
And actually, that’s pretty fitting for Steve.
One of the things I love most about him is that he is a lifelong learner. He’s endlessly curious about the world, always reading, researching, asking questions and wanting to understand different places and cultures. He has an incredible sense of adventure and is always eager to see what’s around the next corner.
After spending his career in public school administration, retirement has given him the chance to return to what I think is really at the heart of who he is: a teacher.
His classroom just looks a little different these days.
Now his favorite subject is travel, and instead of teaching students, he gets to educate our travel clients and friends about ships, destinations, cultures and all the amazing experiences this world has to offer. Watching him find this new purpose over the last few years has been such a joy and I couldn't be more happy for him.
But as much as I love my business and travel partner, those aren't the things I love most about Steve.
I love the way he always does the right thing. The many ways he takes care of Meghan and me. I love his steady faith and the way he serves as a spiritual leader for our family. I love his curiosity, his sense of humor, his adventurous spirit and the fact that after all these years, he's still the person I most want sitting beside me—whether that's on or screened in porch at home, on a cruise ship somewhere in the Mediterranean, or out in the African bush looking for lions.
The older we get and the more of the world we see, the more we understand what a gift all of this really is.
We will never take one day—or one trip—together for granted.❤️
We don’t know how many trips—or birthdays—we get in this life. So we’re going to keep being grateful for every one of them, keep saying yes to adventures when we can, keep making memories with the people we enjoy most and, of course, keep collecting those cruise loyalty points (we're almost to Zenith!).
Happy birthday to my loving husband, my favorite travel partner and a talented teacher. I love you, Steve, and hope you have the BEST day. ❤️
Here’s to wherever this next trip around the sun takes us. 🌎✈️
Now help me celebrate him! Wish Steve a happy birthday below and tell us where in the world you’re commenting from or how you met. 🎉