Friday morning I woke up and decided that what I really, really needed was sausage and eggs. Lover kindly offered to run to the store, and it was a good thing he did, because he found a MAJOR score! He found about twelve pounds of ground beef for $1.00/lb, a 2 lb flank steak for […]

Today was all about getting the Airbnb ready! We finished emptying out the downstairs, bringing all of our personal stuff back up to either the garage or the main part of the house. Now we have lots more to put away upstairs! Then I remade the bed and cleaned the bathroom and the kitchenette, and

Wednesday was another beautiful Colorado day! I spent the morning relaxing a little bit, and working on bringing up more stuff from the basement so we would be ready for our Airbnb guest who arrives Friday. The kids did chores and cleaned up the house, and came up with some performances for us. Declan and

Today we spent a long time sorting and organizing clothes and putting them all away in our closets and dressers. I took the opportunity to sort through anything that was super worn from our trip (quite a bit!) and also packed away some things that won’t work for me again until after the baby comes.

It took about four hours, but I finally got the kitchen 90% back to the way I like it. All clean and organized! The fridge stinks of shrimp though, so I’m putting out baking soda and will pick up a candle in the next few days to help with the lingering stink. Thankfully scrubbing the

We woke up Sunday morning ready to head home. We made short work of loading up the van – by now we are pros at this! Then we cleaned up the house minimally and headed out of Dodge. We made good time in the first few hours, everyone was mellow and settled in to the

Saturday morning we wanted to beat the heat so we headed out fairly early (for me these days, anyways!) to check out the Great Plains Nature Center. Once we got there, we realized that the temperature had dropped quite a bit and it was actually a little chilly! So we headed inside and checked out

Mornings in Kansas are marginally cooler than the rest of the day, and the AC is not the greatest at this house so I took advantage in the morning and sat outside in the fresh air for a bit. Several trains went by, and the three younger kids put on their party hats and rode

Thursday was a busy day packing up all our stuff (again!) and loading everything back in the van. We cleaned up the Airbnb the best we could, making sure dishes were put away and things were swept up. Then we loaded up and I drove us to Wichita, KS! This will be our last stop

One of the interesting things that has come out of this trip is that the kids have started hanging out segregated by gender. The boys discovered that they can link their headphones, and they spent most of the day connected to each other, listening to music and audio performances. It’s nice to see them getting