LIVING

We were pretty close to downtown Las Vegas so we visited container park. I have always thought it would be cool to build a modern style house out of shipping containers so the idea of an outdoor mall made out of them seemed really cool. My kids bought in once they found out that there was a 2 story slide in the playground. The layout was really cool. There were 2 to 3 stories of containers built up around an interior common area. The playground was awesome and there were band

While we were traveling from Morgan Hill to Las Vegas we stopped in Bakersfield for a few days to break up the drive. We had some extra time so we decided to look up our favorite service site justserve.org. The local Ronald Mcdonald House needed some help while we were there. I contacted the house director, Scarlett, and she said we were welcome to come over. According to their website “The Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House is a place where the families of Kern County pediat

How many times have I felt inspired to do something, only to stop trying once I have any adversity show up? This is the thought that kept running through my head as we walked along the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail in Lake Mead National Park. We met up with our friends the Boynton’s while we were in Las Vegas and they said they were going to “The Tunnels.” We like tunnels so we decided to tag along. When they decided to construct the Hoover Dam they found a perfect spot for

Dear Old Faithful, I just wanted to write you a letter to let you know that I have found another fountain. I know we grew up together but it seems that over time we have started drifting apart. This letter might be painful for you to read but I feel like it would be irresponsible for me to lie to you. I wasn’t looking for another fountain. I was just in Las Vegas minding my own business when someone introduced me to the Bellagio Fountains. They said they would be there every

The theme of our blog is living a good story. This is a theme that is quite open to interpretation. Our intention is not to convert people to our current method of living a good story, but rather to inspire people find what their story is and feel the joy of being a creator in their story, whatever it is. Currently, our good story is living in a fifth wheel and traveling as a family. This will not always be our good story. The amazing thing about a good story is that it alway

On our last day in Morgan Hill we were going to spend time at home. Marisa had a lot of work to do and we wanted to get ready to leave the next day. Our plans changed when we found out it was going to be 80 degrees. We didn’t know when we would have a chance to see the ocean again would so we packed up and went to Carmel beach again. The weather was perfect and Marisa made a nice little workstation right on the beach. Jada was her assistant for the day. I amazed the boys with

Yesterday the two youngest and I were at the pool during a windstorm. Our friends the Boyntons were there with us. Despite the wind, the kids were having a good time. We are used to high winds after living in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Apparently the tree at the pool isn’t used to high winds because it came crashing down right next to us. Right before it came crashing down Madelyn says she had a feeling to get out of the hot tub so she went and got in the pool. The Boynton’s young

If you are like me you have never heard of Pinnacles National Park. It is located 80 miles southeast of San Jose, California right on top of the San Andreas fault and it was created by an extinct volcano. There is a nice campsite there with a lot of hikes. It is probably most famous for it’s rock climbing. Marisa was in Long Beach for business meetings the day we went which meant we weren’t as prepared as one might expect. Although I know there were caves I forgot to bring a

Marisa and I have a lot of people ask us what we do on our down days. While our pictures make it seem like we are always on vacation we are still busy with work, school, and chores. Obviously we don’t post pictures of me doing dishes, or Marisa folding laundry because it would be boring. I still wanted to give you an idea of what we do on days that we don’t have outings since so many people have asked. Essentially we do a lot of the same things we did when we lived in a stick

Our family has had a lot of people tell us that we need to go to Big Sur while we are in California. It was extraordinarily beautiful. If you have never been there you should know that when people say go to Big Sur, they really aren’t saying to go to a specific location. It’s a region on Highway 1 that starts South of Carmel. There isn’t really an official, “this is Big Sur” area but it extends for about 90 miles south of Carmel. There is a Big Sur Village but if you blink yo