Some weeks are more of an emotional rollercoaster than others. At the beginning of this week my renters had been evicted and I was excited for a new week in Southern California. I love that each new week is like a new vacation somewhere. So I’ve had a pretty good attitude all week and have […]

Read through for a super important update to our trip. So the holidays are here and that comes with a lot of mixed emotions. I spent Thanksgiving with my only sibling and we had a great week together (she spoiled us endlessly). But now we have to move around some more before heading to Denver […]

Did we make it to San Jose??? You’ll have to keep reading to find out.  There were some goods and bads with this trip, but about 70% which, as I’ve said before, you can’t get better than! We left Seattle and drove to the coast to see a family friend I hadn’t seen since I […]

We made it to the Seattle area and we briefly had a nice sunny day. The girls kayaked with my cousin on their beautiful lake and we got set up for our week. The next day we headed to Seattle and on our way it started snowing! We got there and….got lost! So we are […]

We finally made it to Seattle in case you wanted to know. How did we get here? I was not looking forward to a 1500 mile drive. I was already a week behind schedule and didn’t want to overdo things. So we drove around 225 miles a day as to not exhaust myself. I also […]

I had published the last post without adding in Harmonie’s Corner and you know how important it is to have her perspective. Its much more refreshing than mine! Harmonie’s Corner   I was soooo happy to come back to Arvada. Where we were staying is Lakewood the particular place we’re staying is at my violin teachers […]

How long will you be here? Haven’t you left yet? The real question is “Are we ever leaving Denver?” Short answer: I hope so, but we are still here, I can’t seem to get much farther So we had to leave our RV in Kansas, get a new tire for our jeep and head to […]

Abandoning our RV at the End of Leg One As I mentioned, I’m super nervous about coming back to Denver, if only for a week, but the time has come for the wrap up of Leg 1. My saga continues: In St. Louis, I was going to have 2 full days to enjoy but because […]

Please only read this if you want to see what rock-bottom looks like as well as some pretty private thoughts. Also if you are sick of my whining stop reading. It’s amazing how we can go to doing okay to the world is ending in such a quick turnaround. Every day is a new day. […]

Random post about Church. For those of you who are interested….. I mostly wanted to just talk about this Church I went to which was unlike any Church we’ve been to. They are called Crossroads Church in Cincinnati and tout themselves as a Church for people who don’t like Church. First, they were a “mega” […]

So while we were in Connecticut, my aunt and her brother told me to visit their sister when we were in the Cincinnati area.  They insisted that she would not only love to have us but we would have a REALLY good time with her.  They were right! When we got there, it was a […]

I will say that our last day in Boston was by far the worst.  Every once in awhile I think maybe things are improving and my children won’t just leave me forever one day, but then a huge fight and “you are the worst mom ever” and “ow” and…..ughhh.  We were sick of each other […]

So, we arrived at another big city (I’m not loving big cities at this point with a gigantic RV).  We actually stayed about an hour away from Boston.  This way we could drive into Boston, but also take day trips to nearby places.  Of course, in large cities, it’s difficult to find RV parks anywhere […]

Ok, I officially want to visit this way once a year.  This part of the journey has been me starting to look at the life I’ll have at the end of this.  This is a pause of growth, but I’ll have to start a new life once I get back.  A life as a single […]

I was almost crawling by the time I made it to Port Hope, Ontario (about an hour past Toronto).  It was sooooo great, that I can say this will be a short post for once!!! We actually sailed through the border easily! Highlights: We were there for about a week, Zoe saw one of her […]

This blog is titled “Tears, Trials, and Travels,” don’t you know? Well, you’ll never believe this, but after the last blog things actually got worse.  You know when you nauseous and you are on the brink of throwing up for hours?  And sometimes, you actually do throw up, and sometimes at the worst time.  Well […]

It is so much easier to write about my hilarious tragedies than my fun “look at a picture of what we did today”.  This day and subsequently the next day were by far the most tragic days, including the most humiliating moment of my life (yes even more humiliating than backing my rv into my […]

So if you have read any of my posts, you know that I was in desperate need of a rest.  So we found a cheap place to stay for the week (you get a greater discount if you stay a whole week).  I knew if we did this I’d have more time to rest and […]

Here’s just another quick post about more blessings over the last few days. There have been more bad days and bad attitudes.  There have also been not-so-bad days and not-so-bad attitudes. After I didn’t give up (but wanted to), I texted some of my friends and cried and rested (and tried to get away from […]

Worst day of the trip.  Basically, by the end of the day, all I could think was “Has this trip beaten me? Should I turn around?”.  But, this is combined with the desire to NOT turn around. The thought of coming home with my tail between my legs is the worst thought in the world. […]