Traveling 7 hours to get a license in a state we may never live in We have been quite busy with arranging for all the “legal stuff” necessary to drive, be insured and vote while traveling the U.S. and beyond as homeless worldschoolers. Why would this cause us to be so busy? In order to…
Category: Adventures
Can anything sour in life be made sweet?
The following is an excerpt from Kyle’s book, Ask God. In preparation for hosting family and friends for a special event, my wife put me in charge of juicing lemons. To complete this task, I would slice the lemons down the middle and then hold the end over a ragged, dome-shaped electronic appliance that, when…
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Dear Reader, Like you, I love my mom! I am who I am because of her. As her son, I can never repay her for bringing me into mortality, providing for my every physical need, and raising me in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Today is her birthday. Yes, I…
Field Trip Friday: raspberry picking, museums and car karaoke
Dear Reader, Happy Friday! I am so thankful for you. I appreciate you stopping for a brief visit. It’s Friday and you know what that means! Field Trip Friday Time! To take a breather from the daily monotony of world/homeschooling, we take our family of seven on a field trip every Friday and explore the area…
Three reasons why I prefer Raingutter Regatta over Pinewood Derby
If you have read Ask God, then you may have laughed at my musings on DAY 7 regarding the Boy Scouts of America’s Pinewood Derby tradition. It’s not that I don’t like what this tradition is about. I love its purpose in bringing dads and sons together for some quality time. That’s great! It’s, well, it’s…
Kaelyn attends her first Omaha dance
Are you ready yet?” I call up the stairs to my teenage daughter Kaelyn as I look at the clock on my mobile. “Coming!” I hear her sing back, accompanied by the chorus of a hairdryer. Tonight, Kaelyn is attending her first youth dance in Omaha, NE where we are currently house-sitting. Young men and women, ages 14…
That’s a Morey Friday Fieldtrip: Fontenelle Forest
“Snails?” asks Casey and Kaelyn simultaneously. Denielle just informed us that for today’s nature study (we study nature each Friday, called Friday Fieldtrips, as part of our homeschooling curriculum), we would be visiting Fontenelle Forest and learning all about snails. Denielle researched online and found free tickets for us to attend, a savings of over $40. “Fine, but we don’t…
Questions, new friends and raw milk
There’s something amazing about the power behind a question. If you think about it, everything you interact with, touch, step on, drive in, wake up on, brush your teeth with, put your feet in, use, and so on, is the product of another’s thoughtful question. So, I had a question recently. I was asking myself,…
Our rendezvous in old Nauvoo
“Let’s hide in the van and then surprise them when they come back out,” Kaelyn suggests as we pull our old Lexus in alongside the Honda Odyssey. I haven’t seen that van for over two weeks; but, more importantly, I have been deprived for over two weeks of seeing Denielle and the kids. Oh, how…
Resting up. Reading. Library visit.
Tuesday is a rest day. I use the time to read Break Free: The Ultimate Guide to House Sitting. I took some notes in a Google Doc and shared it with Kyle. In the evening I started reading a book called Your First 1000 Copies by Tim Grahl. I really like him. Kyle and I have listened to…
Thats A Morey 