Christ Follower. Wife. Mama. Adventurer.
Our trip to Costa Rica seems like a lifetime ago. We spent two weeks exploring one of the most unique places on the planet; and returned home just 1 day before the world turned upside down. In the two months since we have returned home I’ve had to cancel trips to Kentucky, Florida, Washington DC,…
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Well, that escalated quickly. Last week I was hiking in the rainforest of Costa Rica trying to find a red-eye tree frog and this week I’m fighting the masses for a roll of toilet paper. Just because I classify myself in the homeschool mom category doesn’t mean this is my norm. Our norm consists of…
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I’ve always loved to travel. There’s something so easily correlated between God and my travels. He’s so easy to find. His presence feels so obvious to me. Think about following your favorite artist around their gallery, around each corner is a new masterpiece to marvel at. When you stand at the bottom of a waterfall…
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They say hindsight is 20/20. How different would my life look if I had a little crystal ball that let me peek into the future? How would my days change? We all get the same amount of hours each day and countless times I’ve laid in bed and wondered if I’ve made my hours count.…
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You guys remember that show FearFactor? I’m pretty sure I could have won it. I’ve never had any ‘real fears.’ Get in a bucket with snakes? spiders? If the price was right, sure. Jump off the tallest building? Sure. I’d ride anything, go anywhere, jump off or out of anything, I’d pretty much try anything…
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We all know that social media can be deceiving. It shows polished photos and smiling faces, and not the 104 out-takes that consisted of tears, hair pulling, and blinking eyes to get that shot. Or maybe that’s just us. I didn’t create this space solely to encourage people to travel but to also make the…
Read MoreOne of the reasons we like to travel locally and globally is to expand our kids’ viewfinder. It seems easier, at times, to do this when we are traveling. Taking them to environments and cultures that are different from theirs naturally expands their awareness. When I walked the trash covered streets in Haiti and saw…
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I get asked all the time why we homeschool. But before I attempt to answer that question let me clarify what this post is not. It is not a post written to sway people into homeschooling. I am not against the school system, quite the opposite actually. I come from a long line of educators. My…
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I’m such a better mom on vacation. I slow down, I don’t sweat the small stuff, I notice beauty in the details, I rarely yell, and I have lower expectations.When I’m traveling I’m more laid back, I laugh harder, I watch my kids when they sleep, I play more. I spend my time relishing in the…
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The promotion to big brother is kinda like exercising for the first time in a while. It sounds like a good idea until you can’t get out of bed the next day. The promotion to big brother of twins is really more like a demotion if you think about it. There’s 2x the crying, 2x…
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