Yesterday Kaatje wasn’t feeling well so we let her sleep in the trailer, and gave her a laptop to email us, Dad would be checking his phone. Boy was I in for a shock when I looked at my phone and saw all these emails: 5:01PM Subject: where are you? Body:  Hello.  wondering where you are and what your doing. hows it going. 5:02PM Subject: why aren’t you...

As you get older (or is it more kids), it gets harder to do longer day drives. So today at the end of our drive looking for the KOA entrance at Forsyth GA, eyes heavy and the irregular lighting, Kaatje and I thought we saw the entrance and I turned in and got about 2ft into a ditch when we realized this wasn’t it. Not good with a 20ft van and 30ft trailer....

Large family secret place to eat

By Dad on Dec 6, 2014 in Florida, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy | 0 comments

When you’re traveling with kids, especially a large crew eating out is very expensive. But a great place to eat at a fantastic price – Steak N Shake. We all ate our own meals (each under $4) and 4 kid meals free for $23 taxes in. Man oh man…

I HAVE THE POWER

By Dad on Nov 26, 2014 in Dad, Hailey | 0 comments

The people who built this house never put in a front step. So guests have relied on a huge step up or walking on the side rocks. So I decided it was time to solve that. Well, rocks are REALLY heavy 😉 After an initial frustration, the old Egyptian technique of 1 1/2 PVC pipe rolling the rock (which is 5ft long and I’d guess 500lbs) worked. Hailey was my...

First day of winter

By Dad on Nov 17, 2014 in Hailey, Kaatje, Tammy | 0 comments

The girls are very excited.