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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…

We bought them (1 one-way tickets to North Africa)

After years of traveling in our Avion, we began looking for an Airstream that we could completely remodel to fit our specific family needs. We especially wanted a double axel for safety reasons and scoured online for years to find…

3 weeks of celebrating – so many cakes!

The end of June and early July are marked by back to back celebrations. We start with Father’s Day, then a few days later Chris’ birthday. Fast forward a couple days and it is our youngest’s birthday and then the 4th of July. Finally we…

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Floral stair mural

I decided to paint another wall. This wall in particular has gone through the following phases in the last 13 years: Off white paint (move in color) Terracotta paint (didn’t last long – it wasn’t a good phase) Black Chalkboard paint Corkboard tiles and wallpaper…

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Cleft lip & palate {bone graft surgery}

When we first began the journey of learning about our daughter’s cleft lip and palate we were given a list of surgeries that were standard…with the clear reality that others surgeries would probably be necessary. We knew she would need a minimum of 3 surgeries:…

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breezeway {done…until I decide to change it}

We are still finishing up the construction we started almost 3 years ago. When we added onto the house, we connected the new kitchen to our studio space. The plans to connect the spaces were drawn up about 8 years ago. After the main construction…

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Cookie Tray by Pappy

Last fall I shared about how my dad took the remains of our chopped down sycamore tree and turned them into wood bowls. He has made A LOT of bowls since then! A LOT!! I need to gather them all for a picture. Well, he…

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