This morning, I mentioned to my 5-year-old that we were going to visit some of the historical sites that are here in Utah to visit. He looked at me, and surprised, said, “They made it to Utah?!” We visited the […]
This morning, I mentioned to my 5-year-old that we were going to visit some of the historical sites that are here in Utah to visit. He looked at me, and surprised, said, “They made it to Utah?!” We visited the […]
We woke up at 5:31 New York time (3:30 a.m. Utah time), got up and took the 6:30 Liberty ferry over to liberty walk. The kids really enjoyed the ferry boat ride. We didn’t want to take the time or […]
This morning started off with an early morning wakeup call, and then a camping neighbor coming over to tell us our kids were being too loud. I stopped over at their campsite a little later and apologized again. We ended […]
If I had written this blog post this morning, I would probably have entitled this post: “Missing medication”, “Sleeping through a Thunderstorm”, “Tick bites”, or even – “When parents start to lose it…” but really we were just getting started. […]
Today ended up being another full day of traveling. It wasn’t supposed to be, but it definitely ended up that way. When I was planning our trip towards D.C. I was amazed to find that stopping in Gettysburgh, PA would […]
Last night we arrived at the Cedarbrook RV Campground in Illinois. The couple running the place were very kind to us. The kids and I enjoyed swimming in the pool until it got dark, while my husband took a nice […]
Yesterday we drove to my sister’s house, who lives near Kansas City, MO. It was good for the kids to take some time off and play with their cousins. My sister and her husband were so good to us, and […]
Today we visited Winter Quarters in Omaha, Nebraska. This was the place where the mormon pioneers had to settle during the winter. It was amazing to go into a little log cabin, about the size of our tent, and imagine […]
I woke up like clockwork at 5 a.m. We stayed at the Douglas KOA in Wyoming, and it was just charming. I seriously wished we could have stayed longer to enjoy all the amenities that they had there. I enjoyed […]
Anticipated departure time: 7 am- Actual time- 7:30. Not too bad! The kids were excited and full of energy. As for me, I was exhausted, tired and just really glad to be finally on our way. Places to visit: Martin’s […]
I have some of the most amazing kids ever. These are my oldest two. We picked them up yesterday from Trek. On Trek, the youth have an experience to dress up like the pioneers and reenact just a part of […]
It’s getting so close to our trip. I’ve been excited, and nervous, and stressed, and terrified, and worried, and happy, and stressed…. Yesterday I took a night off and spent some time with some of my best girl friends. These […]