Big Family, Small Space: Our Bus Update

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Late last year, I mentioned that we decided to move into a bus. I’ve been trying to get Ian to move into an RV for a few years now, since discovering the Walk Slowly, Live Wildly blog. I love the idea of traveling with my family. And I thought it would make home school more [...]

6 Simple Tips for Traveling With Kids

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I attended a conference this summer and one night sat down to dinner with three women I had just met. All international travelers, they took turns sharing stories and I was entranced by the adventures they’d had – they were so much greater than my own. And then I shared about the adventure we had [...]

7 Natural Camping Essentials I Won’t Leave Home Without

Want to get a great shocked reaction from someone? Tell them that you just drove 2,000 miles over the course of one week to go camping in Montana. Oh, and tell them that you did it with four small children. (You know, unless that’s not true for you). That’s what we did recently (sorry I [...]

Live Lightly, Love Fully: An Interview with Sara Janssen (And a Giveaway!)

A couple years ago, I stumbled upon a “green” blog called Walk Slowly Live Wildly. I was completely sucked into Sara’s story and all of the excellent information she provided about living more sustainably, minimizing possessions and pursuing wellness. I also really love her dreadlocks. She graciously agreed to take a little time away from [...]

Yurts and Things

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I’m back from vacation and have officially unpacked everything. I had a blast. We started off at Ian’s co-worker’s house in Portland. We had the entire daylight basement to ourselves. Our room was fantastic and reminded me of a McMenamins hotel room, complete with a cozy king-size bed. I had no laundry to do, dishes [...]