Vagabonds, part 4 - Leander & Birthday Party

Remember how our “summer vacation” was supposed to only last a couple weeks, until our house sold? Well, we really thought it would be sold by this time, and we would be back home living in our already-sold-so-no-need-to-worry-about-keeping-it-staged home. We had even made plans at home during this time. Eric…

Vagabonds, part 3 - Vegas to Lubbock

After we wore ourselves out having a blast at Disneyland, we headed back to Henderson. Since the house hadn’t sold yet, we decided to stay a little longer, and lucky for us - Eric’s parents weren’t opposed. Eric and I spent a good amount of time clothes…

Vagabonds, part 2 - Disneyland

Earlier in the summer Eric and I had toyed with the idea of taking the kids to Disneyland before we head off overseas. Since we were much closer to California during our stay in Henderson, we packed our bags, and drove over to Anneheim, CA for a week. We had…

Vagabonds, part 1 - Lubbock to Vegas

So back in Lubbock, we were able to rest up for a few days, enjoyed some down-time, and my Dad made sure we had some of his world-famous smoked barbecue beef brisket (after which, any tired soul would feel rejuvenated) and then we were ready to hit the road again.…

Vagabonds - a Summer recap of our family travels, INTRO

Have bag, will travel. That seems to have been our family's motto this summer. We have super awesome, kids - excellent travelers. After we got our home cleaned and staged (thanks again to our wonderful friends and family), we returned to Lubbock, hugged our kids (I missed them!), and spent…

Selling a house is a lot of hard work...

...But having friends and family who love us, made it a lot easier. Back when Eric and I were getting our house ready to put on the market, we decided that we would get our house all packed, clean, and staged (easier said than done) and then take our kids…