Two Kids and a Map

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This month we are making three separate trips. The first was this past holiday weekend. We headed to the grandparents for the weekend. The second will be another trip to the same said grandparents for an early Christmas celebration. This trip will be occurring in two weeks. Four days after [...]

One of the things that I am so thankful for is the freedom to be able to continue traveling even though I have a family now. I am thankful for their love of travel as well! In honor of this freedom, I bring you pictures from Washington DC! This is part of Photo Friday [...]

Thirteen Things I still have to pack before we leave tomorrow…
1. toothpaste and toothbrush
2. the kid’s clothes
3. a Christmas DVD for the trip home (maybe Charlie Brown?)
4. my jewelry making supplies so I can work on presents while we are at the inlaws
5. a book to read
6. a book for my kids to read in [...]

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book [...]

I got an email from my mother the other day with a link to this article about a rock slide at Curry Village in Yosemite. Yosemite Park Service is closing a third of Curry Village because the rock slides have become more common and too deadly to allow people to stay in the tent [...]

With the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the week, I thought that I would share what I would be packing for the kids. We will be gone for 3 days, 2 nights. Each child gets their own duffle bag and it will contain the following:
Seth1. 3 pairs of pants2. 4 shirts3. [...]

In sticking with the Appalachian Trail theme this week, these are a few pictures from my husband’s trip. I, being the photo freak that [...]

Thirteen Things that are must haves on the Appalachian Trail!
These are the thirteen things that Josh could not live without while hiking the Appalachian Trail. The links will take you to various stores that carry the exact items that Josh has an loves!
1. lightweight pack2. waterproof hiking boots3. convertible pants4. shirt [...]

When my husband returned from the Appalachian Trail, I asked him to give me a list of things he learned. Consider this his guest post. In three days time, he, his brother, sister-in-law and a few close friends hiked over 17 miles of the AT. The section they chose to hike has [...]