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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…

spring planting with the family reject gardener

There is a beautiful cottage garden growing in my head. Everything is a little messy looking – flowers and vegetables growing everywhere. No lines. No perfect symmetry. Just flowering goodness mixed with food to feed my family. I have books. Magazine pages torn out. Pinterest…

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experimenting with Olympus mirror-less cameras

About a year ago, I made the jump to buy a mirror-less camera, a Fuji X-Pro 1. As much as I like my Fuji, it has not replaced my DSLR. I am just so familiar with my DSLR – it is like one of my…

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salt dough lego men {a repeat}

The boys randomly remembered making salt dough lego men. We originally made these in 2011 as a guest post for Ruth at Gracelaced. You can find the full tutorial by clicking here. These lego men don’t get mixed in with the real ones. In the…

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what will they remember?

Two years ago I attended the Catalyst Conference. I filled up page after page of notes from the conference and continue to be challenged by so much of what the different speakers shared. Brene Brown spoke on being vulnerable. One of the things she said…

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shirts that suit them

I’m a big fan of Passive Juice Motel. They won me over a long time ago when my friend Shannon surprised me with a set of dolls they made – a Campbell doll family. They are a local company and it has been fun to…

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