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The Bare Necessities For Traveling All Summer In A Pop Up Camper This morning I started going through some of the writing I did this summer that I never got around to finishing or posting. Because that is WAY more fun than laundry and unpacking. (I shoved all the piles into Simon’s old room and …
One night this summer we were camping at a fairly crowded campground near a beach on the Oregon Coast, and I became keenly aware of something that has been missing from my camping summer. I was walking back from the bathroom with Mary Polly and as we passed the different groups and families camping around …
For a road trip, I need a lot of snacks. Maybe it is because I have a little problem with control when it comes to food. There are many scary things out there masquerading as food that I do not want to have to eat. Or to feed to my children. I am trying to …
Last night Taido warned us all that he would be waking us up very early for the final adventure of our Crested Butte vacation: Climbing Mt. Crested Butte. He and the kids made a list of everything we would need to take for our climb. The big kids (ages 6, 8 and 10) picked out …
my sister has been in town this week with her kids, which makes nine cousins at my parent’s house when you add four chinos and peter and whitney’s two. we have crammed a lot into nine days with nine kids. and i am tired. but i love the whole family all together. i love to …
Taido is the star breakfast cook at our house, and his breakfast crepes are the favorite for sure! His waffles and pancakes make weekly appearances on our table, but the crepes on an occasional Saturday morning are a special treat. Incidentally, my favorite breakfast growing up was crepes. My mom made them on Saturday mornings …
We had such a classic summer in Arkansas weekend. I have been kind of dazed and sleepy for the last day or so, just soaking it all in. My kids went to the lake last week for the blue moon. I love for them to camp on an island at the lake in the summertime, …