A lot can happen in a year. Looking back to where we were a year ago, it is amazing how different things are now in many respects. This time last year Michael was undergoing chemotherapy for his second battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I was still working full time while taking care of Michael and we were worldschooling Lucas and Henry.…
We stumbled a gem during our one-week quarantine in Atlanta. We found North Cooper Lake Park, a mountain bike park about 25 minutes from my (Judy) sister’s house in Sandy Springs. The park is 51 acres. It has a community garden, a playground, green space, and mountain bike trails. We picked the park because it was in between where we…
We are in Atlanta for another week of quarantining. We are staying at my (Judy) sister’s house pet sitting for her while she is at the beach. We are watching two dogs (Josie and Dexter), two cats (Roxie and Leo), and my brother’s turtle (Turtie). That is a lot of responsibility for our family. We take the dogs on walks…
Coming back to the states with COVID is strange. Not being able to hug family and friends for 14 days is hard. Our visit with grandma Miriam was nice but different. After visiting with family and friends, we headed up to North Georgia to spend part of our quarantine in the mountains. Going to the mountains was a great way…
We said goodbye to Nicaragua and headed back to the United States. Commercial airlines are not yet flying in and out of Nicaragua, so we booked a charter flight from Managua, Nicaragua to Miami, Florida. From Miami, we flew Delta Airlines to Atlanta. We were nervous about getting on airplanes and heading back to the United States. We were not…
Lucas and Henry built a fort. They spent several weeks spending hours in the woods with their friend Tye building the fort and playing in it. Fort building is a great way to learn by playing. There are several skills you can learn from fort building. Team-building- Lucas, Henry, and Tye all had roles in building the fort. Lucas was…
We arrived in Nicaragua at the end of February. We had a flight booked to go to Mexico at the end of March. Six months later we are now saying goodbye to Nicaragua. It is bittersweet to be leaving this beautiful country, but we are excited to start a new adventure. We are flying back to the United States for…
We have been traveling now for about 9 months. One of the things we were most looking forward to about long term travel was meeting people. COVID has made meeting new people more challenging, but we have met a lot of wonderful people on our travels so far. For the last three months, the boys have been hanging out with…
We are eating well in Nicaragua. People ask us if we miss American food. We can eat just about everything here that we ate at home, so no (except Chic-fil-a and berries). We are sad when we see our friends in the US going berry picking. Berries are still hard to come by here. We did find frozen berries for…
Since we left for Central America in February the four of us have been together every day. We are not sick of each other yet, but everyone once in a while we need to have some space, and Michael and I need a date night. We have had several date nights since we have been traveling. The boys are old…