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I’ve Never Been Here Before {my book}

In June 2022, our family of 7 embarked on a yearlong adventure to 20+ countries, all on a tight budget with only carry-on backpacks. We experienced the countless ways curiosity leads to beautiful discoveries. It was a dream decades in…

A few days in Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Once we bought plane tickets to Guatemala, we began looking for places to visit. (We booked cheap tickets without any other plan or details - 'figure it out later' is my go-to). Breese found information on a market in the…

Tips for staying in a hostel as a family

While traveling we stay in all kinds of different places. Sometimes it is an apartment. Sometimes it’s a hostel. We slept in a cave in Jordan and a hut on the Sinai. Most places I find are on Booking.com, Airbnb,…

Israeli/Palestinian Dual Narrative Tour {Abraham Tours}

I'm sitting in a cute boho style cafe. The wind is blowing off the Sea of Aqaba through the open windows tangling my hair in a million ways. I might have pretty cool dreads at the end of this trip.…

Budget traveling – planning ahead saves $$$

Well, I still need to share some basics about our trip...like WHY we are doing it! Instead of waiting to get all those thoughts together, I figured I'd just start sharing answers to some of the questions I most commonly…

9 little piggies {got rid of “the one that had none”}

“Well, that was unexpected.” – my thoughts on February so far. On Saturday, January 30th I began the day going to bootcamp with my girls and their friend. We did lunges, box jumps, wall balls, and several other movements for about 40 minutes. My 4th…

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tour of the girls’ room {custom loft bed}

This post has been a few years in the making! When we added onto our house, we converted the girls’ room into a staircase to the boys’ attic room and game room closet. We moved the girls into mine & Chris’ old bedroom…but converted it…

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Explore OK {Wichita Wildlife Refuge}

Last week. Or the week before. It all blurs together these days! Sometime recently we headed a couple of hours south to the Wichita Wildlife Refuge to celebrate my birthday. Corbett brought his T-Rex. I’m here for it. Before we headed out I did lots…

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Explore AR {Devil’s Den State Park}

Even in the midst of so many things cancelled and rearranged – it can be easy for our family calendar to fill up before we know it. We’ve missed camping. We’ve missed hiking and being outside and out of cell coverage together. In early August…

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Rainbows & lace {her first baking gig}

Coming alongside my kids to help them grow in their interests and talents looks so different with each kid. For this girl it looks like the photo above – washing her dishes while she bakes up a storm. Sure, she could clean her own dishes,…

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