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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…

what I want to give: presence

There is one thing my kids ask me to give them more than anything else: my presence. Their biggest want comes in the form of “Mommy will you….. play with me, push me on the swing, cuddle with me, help me, color with me, build…

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what I want to give: fun in giving

Every now and then a surprise package will arrive on my doorstep or a friend will drop off an unexpected gift and I tear into it like a child. Receiving gifts is just plain fun. I’ve had a few surprise gifts lately and the bags…

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what I want to give: traditions

I really love traditions. There is something extra special about the things you only do once a year. As a mom I am enjoying how different the same traditions are each year. We do a lot of things this time of year that we don’t…

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what I want to give: time

This season of the year can quickly become a mad dash from one event to the next. If I am not careful I know it will be about surviving instead of enjoying. When my kids look back at the month of December from their childhood…

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what I want to give: meaning

We began the year we got married. It was snowing hard that year. I remember standing outside ringing that bell so hard because the more I moved the warmer I stayed. The manager of the department store at that Shawnee mall told us we could…

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