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Family Gap Year Post #4: A List of Destinations
Matt is fully onboard with the idea of a Family Gap Year now that he sees that I am fully willing to take on the bulk of planning. I don’t mind! I love planning. He does the laundry and empties the dishwasher every week; I have to balance it out somehow.
We whittled down the original list of destinations to a narrower one. Then I created a new tab within the Master Google Sheet called, “Weather.” As you can see in the image above, I listed our top destinations down the Y-axis and the months of the year across the X-axis. I googled each country and tried to identify the … Read More
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Taco Bar: How to Build Community in an Unhappy Country
I know this taco bar post is kind of lame. I am not one who should be writing about food things! But, hear me out! I’m writing about it because it can be hard to find community in our lives. The United States is only the 19th happiest nation in the world, despite all our material resources. And the research shows that community and connection are significantly linked to happiness. So I say, let’s start planning more things like a taco bar or a chili bar to get together with our friends and neighbors!
We are becoming close friends with two other families. I try to stoke the flame … Read More
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Happy 9th Birthday, Henry!
Happy 9th Birthday, Henry!
Dearest Henry,
We are so grateful to be celebrating your ninth trip around the sun.
We had such a fun year together! Our vacations started with a Spring Break cruise to Mexico and Belize with our whole family. You loved everything about cruising! You climbed the rock wall, swam in the pool, made a friend on the ship, and especially loved eating at the buffet for every single meal. For most of the week you compared the cruise ship to Golden Corral and said that Golden Corral was ahead because of its chocolate fountain. On the last night, the cruise had a chocolate fountain, too!
You … Read More