Family Travel, the Outdoors & Parenting
As she was opening a large yet light-in-weight wrapped Christmas gift, our daughter’s face first expressed confusion at the piece of paper she was pulling from inside until she read it and realized that she was receiving Taylor Swift Reputation
Our well-traveled daughter has always hated the idea of sitting next to a stranger on the plane. So, we should not have been surprised when she suddenly got the urge to fly by herself to see her grandparents, right? During
A primary motivation for creating this blog was to show our children the world. And, why? Because understanding others and seeing things from another’s perspective is key to having empathy. And, this world needs more empathy. This is why it
Growing up, we loved spending hours outdoors, all summer long and even in the winter. Today, our kids are content staying indoors, watching movies or playing video games on their iPads. It has become harder to to get kids outdoors
My first international flight was at age 5, when my father took a job in London. My parents left Oklahoma and headed across the ocean with a toddler and five-year-old in tow. I don’t know if I was born with
If you follow any of our travel adventures, you may know that we love to experience different cultures through food. Our daughter has a love of the culinary arts, among other arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico is one of our
I know. I’ve been off track a bit this month in writing off topic. But, this is one that I just have to share. It is not related to family travel. But it is related to family. Back when I
Once in my late twenties I had a garden. I was a bit skeptical of the HUGE produce it grew. The sunflowers became taller than the house and zucchini bigger than my head. To this day, I wonder what was
We asked a group of Disney-loving moms what they wanted for Christmas and there was a common theme. Perhaps not surprisingly a Disney cruise was at the top of many mom’s wishlist. This had been a bucket list item for
This blog was founded to be a family travel blog. But my motivation for creating the blog actually came in part out of our daughter’s struggles with dyslexia and ADHD. I put this blog up one spring thinking that it