As we laid out the plans for our year long road trip we initially thought we would take about a month getting out to the northern part of California and enjoying everything between Colorado and CA. Re-thinking of all that we could see further away from Colorado and knowing there’s always a possibility of a
We are blessed and I mean truly blessed. Blessed with community, family and friends… and so much more. Th last 2 weeks before leaving for our trip were crazy stressful in getting our home(s) ready, but incredibly sweet special times as well. My parents came out a couple of weekends ago for Noah’s birthday and
We asked our kids what they were looking forward to on this upcoming adventure, here are their responses. So what are the parents looking forward to? Jay: I’m looking forward to intentional quality time with family, realtime life lessons, hands on education around the US, drive by ministry opportunities, visiting a vast variety of churches,
We are so proud of our Jonah Bear! He has been talking about baptism for months and this past Sunday, April 29th 2018, our boy was baptized. He entered into a personal relationship with Jesus when he was 5 years old. I remember this moment vividly, a moment that we’ve consistently prayed for for all
We sold our faithful troop carrier and the kids were sad, didn’t want to let it go. It’s getting close to our departure date!
As we brought home our huge 5th wheel, we have continuously referred to it as, and have heard our friends also say something along the lines of… it’s huge, it’s a beast! And we are all right… it is a beast! But I think I’d like to refer to it as something else along the
Chevrolet Silverado Dually 3500 with a 42’ Heartland Cyclone Toy Hauler in tow! This is our new home for the next year or so and we are tremendously excited to hit the road. A few weeks ago, I drove to Mesa, Arizona to pick this big boy up with a good friend of mine. It
We started with a dream, then into the planning. Planning commonly entails the what, when, where and how. The “how” will always involve the what. How are we going to live and what are we going to live in. Then began the journey of discussing and exploring the many options for this intentional, once in
This, almost always, is the question we first get… that is, after the look of, “What? Are you crazy? Or, “What? That is so cool!” Our hope is to make it to 35 states. We plan to leave from Colorado mid-May 2018, and head straight to northern CA. We will then make our way through
Early last summer (2016), a dream was hatched. It started while driving back from a camping trip with some amazing friends. Driving back home in our Westie, we had one of those conversations, that starts something like this, “Wouldn’t it be so cool, if…?” And a dream was birthed… Throughout that summer as we got