Skydiving is something Michael and I always wanted to do, but now that we have kids it is not on the top of our bucket list. Indoor skydiving is the next best thing. We have had an iFLY voucher for over two years and we finally got around to doing it. You can use the voucher at any iFLY and…
We took our first flight since coming back last year from Nicaragua and traveled to Arizona. Michael’s family lives in Arizona. The last time we visited Arizona was in June and it was 110+ degrees. The weather is much nicer this time around – 80s during the day and 50s and 60s at night. The first week we were in…
Organized team sports are not practical for us because we do a lot of traveling. We want to make sure the boys are staying active while we traveled, so they are learning tennis. Tennis is a sport that can be played all over the United States and in many other countries. Michael and I grew up playing tennis. Michael played…
Pigeon Forge was not on the top of our list of places to visit. We planned to go with friends who suggested it. Our friends ended up not being able to go with us, but we ended up spending the week there and having a great time. Pigeon Forge is a fun place for kids Lucas and Henry’s age. We…
We are in our third year of worldschooling. If Lucas and Henry were back in our old lives, they would be in 6th and 3rd grades, respectively. Earlier this year, they spent a semester in the Montana Hybrid Academy, an online academy. Lucas and Henry enjoyed it and liked going to Montana to meet a majority of the kids in…
Staying in one place is hard for us since we started traveling. Hot off the heels of our beach trip, we decided to spend the week with my dad in Boone, N.C. We stayed at the timeshare that my grandparents bought decades ago. I have great memories of spending my summers in Boone. On the most recent visit, we ate…
We have taken the opportunity to play more tennis while we are hanging out in North Carolina. We joined an indoor tennis center where the boys go to tennis clinics a few times a week. Michael is excited that they have a ball machine. Through connections at the tennis center, Lucas got the opportunity to be a ball boy at…
This time last year we were living in a beach town in Nicaragua. We could see the ocean from our balcony. This year we have been landlocked except for a couple of weeks at the beach. The first week was our mega aunt, uncle, and cousin weekend in Hilton Head, S.C. Our second week was another aunt, uncle, and cousin-filled…
Every once in a while Lucas and Henry will say they want another sibling. That is not going to happen, but that doesn’t mean they can’t see what it would be like. Their cousin Vivian was at the beach in Hilton Head with us. She flew home and then two days later decided she wanted to come to visit for…
Lucas and Henry have always had their own style. It is important to us that they get to decide what to wear and how to wear their hair. We believe in teaching them about good hygiene, but beyond that, it is their body and they should have a say in how they look. We do not make them dress up…