It’s absolutely impossible to believe, but somehow Dan and I managed to take our first trip away from the kids in 24 years! Planning for Vegas was easy, leaving home was not … at all. Dan, as per usual, did all the budgeting and it was very very critical that we do Vegas affordably. A … Read more
We road trip across the country from Colorado to North Carolina every single year to go kayaking on the East Coast. We have some family in VA, like my Mom Mom’s that we love to visit and my mom’s best friend, Dina and her family. They don’t kayak, but they are family. And, we have … Read more
Running Away. I remember as a kid, packing my bag, my quick hobo bag, and shouting for the entire world to hear, “I am Running Away.” I remember the feeling of no-one running after me, begging me to stay. I wanted so badly to call their bluff, but I was a Suburban kid. Like, … Read more
We often wonder about our Legacy. Just the other day, straight off of US Freestyle Team Trials, Dan and I were sitting in a City Market parking lot, drinking a cup of coffee, enjoying a rare moment of quiet. We had left the RV under the auspices of “running errands” amidst a dozen pleas to … Read more
People sometimes mistake our happiness, our joy, our excitement over life as fake. Like, no way living with 12 kids could be fun. Or, no way living in a dilapidated RV can be fulfilling. They just don’t understand. We’ve been accused of being fake, of being reckless and crazy, of being selfish, of being wealthy, … Read more
So, for those of you who don’t know, we Travel with 12 Kids, fulltime, it’s our life. We love it, there is nothing that could possibly bring us closer than traveling the continent in our RV, in search of epic adventures, for sure. And you know, there is no-one we’d rather spend our time with. … Read more
If you know me, you know I HATE working out. Hate it with a passion. It’s one of those things, I have to actually make time for, or it doesn’t get done. And before I discovered HIIT, it took a lot of time, those blasted P90X or Insanity dvd’s are forever long. I literally used … Read more