The Hardest Thing About Life On The Road

We knew it when we talked about hitting the road, we cried about it, we questioned it, and it is more than true. The hardest thing about life on the road is leaving your family and friends behind back home and then leaving friends that we make while on the road when we move on …

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How We Got Over Our Money Anxiety

When we share with people that we travel full time their first question (even if they don’t ask it) is usually how do you afford to do that?! Are you rich?! Let me answer that question right away – NO. We are not rich and we never have been rich in the sense of money. …

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Family Picture Time

When we were back home in Wisconsin in August we had the opportunity to have the amazing and talented Netasha Ruffolo of Ruffolo photography take our family picture! She has taken them for us in the past and they are always beautiful. It was nice to clean ourselves up a little bit, put on nice …

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Full-time Families Rally Time!!

We just got done with our 2nd Full-Time Family rally and it was amazing! Kimberly (who started and runs Fulltime Families) does an amazing job with making everyone feel welcome and planning out all of the activities for the week. There were 40 families here and over 100 kids. It is so cool to watch all …

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5 Family Friendly Things to do by the Grand Tetons

The GRAND Tetons. WOW. You drive into the park and the mountains are breathtaking. You feel like you are driving in a valley with Huge Mountains on one side and gorgeous “hills” on the other. We stayed at Gros Ventre Campground. It was an experience! My parents went down early on a Friday morning and …

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Kids Being Kids at an Adventure Playground!

When we were in Ithaca, New York visiting Craig’s cousin she brought us to an Adventure Playground – Anarchy Zone. She had no idea how much I had wanted to visit one since reading an article about one in Europe. It was just as cool as I thought it would be! Let me explain what …

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Hike and Climb with kids in Shenandoah National Park

Virginia! Let me say it again Virginia! We had so much fun when we were there – Yes we only stopped for a day and spent the night in a Walmart parking lot but it was one of the most enjoyable days we have had hiking as a whole family. We started by driving into …

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Wishing my sister and her family a fun adventure

When we started planning on living this lifestyle we planned it with my Sister and her husband. Our original plan was to buy a duplex together and then travel for long stretches of the year together. After we took a RV trip for a couple of weeks we talked to them again about doing it …

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How travel has made our kids more adventurous and confident

Hitting the road has definitely made our kids more adventurous! Before we left we would go to a lot of museums and activities around our home town and the kids always had a good time. Carson use to have a fear of swimming in the ocean because he was afraid a shark was going to get …

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Ship ashore at the ShipWreck Museum in Key West!

We stopped at the Shipwreck museum in downtown Key West. When you arrive everyone is dressed in costume and they welcome you into the museum. If you want you can take a guided tour where they tell you about things in the museum. You do not have to take the tour. You are free to …

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Diaper free without any M&M’s or potty training books

It is official all 4 of our kids are out of diapers!! We did this without any M&M’s or potty training books. For real. Here is how it went down. First born: He turned 2 we went to the store and he picked out his Thomas the Train underwear. We came home put them on. …

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