Oh the places you’ll go! One year ago, Nikki and I did a drill at a remarkable couples event in Bozeman, MT (www.thestationfoundation.org) in which we depicted three ‘stories’ for our lives over the next 5 years. The point was to create possible scenarios for our future and help us determine the next steps in…

           I remember that August 13 years ago.  We were newlyweds with an upcoming deployment in the Navy.  I still didn’t have a teaching job.   I had just graduated with my Master’s in Deaf education and so my options were limited.  Then two weeks before school started it all happened. …

For those of you not fortunate enough to get the Chris Farley reference it’s worth the few minutes on You Tube to watch. We’ve been camped out here for a few weeks, parked along the wonderful Boise River. I can hear the crickets and frogs right now, and we wake up to the sound of…

Hey Everyone, Mike here. The kids are sleeping after a day of travel and a week of memories. Nikki just finished her workout, we’re finally figuring out how to get our routine in order. Hope, our RV, sits along the Klamath river, just miles from the Oregon border. And me, well, I’m trying to sift…

Life can sometimes feel like a constant moving freeway. Rushing here and there, moving busily with the flow and letting the routine determine our lives.  We were a part of this freeway scene and considered ourselves a typical American military family.  We were married in 2007, Mike has been a part of the US Navy Seals since…

Well, the time has come. Are you ready for some crazy beautiful?! We are just over two weeks from heading out on our year long road trip. The anticipation is building, along with the pile of boxes from Amazon.  The last few weeks have been very full and at times downright stressful.  We’ve been working…