Newschool Nomads

Tweet Who needs a campground when you can park in a yard. We spent over two weeks at my parent’s house in Port Charlotte. This is what we will remember. Visiting with my Junebug and Papaw (my grandma and grandpa) for four days. We were so grateful to have that time with them. Going thrifting [...]

Tweet And on that farm he had a miniature mule. Rainy days. Fresh eggs. Curious goats. Stoic horses. Few things make me as happy as the smell and velvety touch of a horse’s muzzle. As I was struggling with depression, 5 days on a farm was just what my soul needed to be able to [...]

Tweet We decided to wait out the storm. Alone. The morning of the storm we noticed the other three campers in the campground were packing up. By noon, the snow started falling and ice- the real problem- started forming on the roads. So we waited because we are clueless we thought it would be cozy and [...]

Tweet “Mommy, mama, daddy, dada, we saw flying squirrels!” squealed Thing 2 as he and Thing 1 came rushing into our bedroom this morning.  Just the sort of thing I dreamed about in the months before we left.  I mean, not specifically flying squirrels (that might be weird) but curious little boys excited about God’s [...]

Tweet Today we cast off on our own. We left the security of Brent’s parents and officially hit the open road and landed at Morgan Hill, CA but not without a few detours. Detour #1 – The family picture. The picture was fine or as good as it can be with 2 kids, 2 pugs, [...]

Tweet More unpacking and organizing with help from the animals. Or not. This one wanted to help. This one wanted to sleep. At least the boys got to have fun.  They went up to Montagne de Oro with their grandparents.  California’s central coast is astonishingly beautiful.  I’ll  be saying that more than once. Love and [...]

Tweet We felt like a thieves slipping through the night. Thieves refusing to follow “rules” and breaking out of the “box” we had created for ourselves. Thieves, tired from days of planning and plotting yet determined to complete the final phase of the mission. Originally we had planned to leave in August.  We soon realized [...]

Tweet We only have a few traditions in house and most of them have to do with food. Except… Father’s Day. Every Father’s Day, the boys decorate Brent a shirt.  This has been our tradition since Brent’s first Father’s Fay when I decorated the shirt with puffy paint like a 10 year old in 1987. [...]

Tweet Before we moved into my parent’s place to save money for our upcoming adventure, we had a backyard. Oh the possibilities! One afternoon, it was particularly hot and everyone was particularly cranky.  We decided to seek comfort under the big avocado tree in our backyard.  We set up a fan (because we’re classy like [...]