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Monday morning we packed up everything while the kids slept in. Man, it’s good to be a kid! We are figuring out better systems though, and packing and loading is getting easier. We drove through the mountains of northern California to Reno, Nevada, adding yet another state to our list! That’s nine states so far, […]

Sunday morning we considered looking for a church, but ended up just taking it easy and having a quieter morning. We had breakfast and hung out in our Airbnb, and then once the weather improved a bit, we drove about an hour to the Redwood forest to do a short hike. The drive was really

Everyone woke up fairly early in the forest, and Lover made us a fire to warm up from our chilly night. We ate more Franz Cinnamon Raisin bread. That’s definitely something I’ll miss about the Pacific Coast! We’ll have to stop on our way out of town for one last stock up. 🙂 We packed

We packed up in the morning. We’re getting better at packing and loading, but it’s still a production every time. I think it’s my least favorite thing about this trip. Although that could be a toss up with the bad beds. Thankfully there haven’t been many of those! We knew we had a longer drive

Keilana has had a loose tooth since we left on this trip, and today she asked Lover to finally just pull it out. He obliged, and now we have a very happy girl! She checked to make sure the tooth fairy can still find her on our trip. 🙂 In the afternoon we headed to

Happy July 1st! Our day started out quiet (have you sensed a theme? We like our quiet mornings.) I read for a while, Lover worked and did a video call with a website design client, and the kiddos watched shows and played. Then the kids and I headed out to the nearby Discount Tire to

The kids and I went to run a few errands in the morning after we did morning stuff and I did some yoga and working out. Then we got a hot fudge sundae and fries at McDs and drove to nearby park. The playground was closed, but the trees and grounds were pretty magical –

We spent our first day in Portland doing laundry and feeding children, and working, of course. Still working on final touches for our book cover, and finalizing other details for our book release next week. It’s getting so close! I can’t wait to hear people’s thoughts on Storyteller! In the afternoon, we crossed the river

Right around the corner from where we stayed is a bakery- Franz Bakery, and they have a bakery outlet! We were so glad we discovered this on our last day in Seattle and not our first, because we would have gained a thousand pounds! We bought sourdough bread, cinnamon raisin bread, old fashioned donuts, cookies

Saturday morning we loaded up and headed to the Tacoma Farmer’s Market, about 30 minutes away. Sadly, it was a disappointment! The town was cute – very preppy with manicured houses and little cottages (that probably cost a half a million dollars). But the Farmer’s Market required masks (including for ALL of the kids!), limited