What Are We Doing Now? – Mar 26, 2017

What Are We Doing Now? – Jan 25, 2017

Updated: Jan 25, 2017 As a Family We’re back in colorful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico! We love this artsy town. So much creativity, color, great food, friendly people, good weather, and good prices. We’re here for six weeks this time around, but are considering making it a more permanent home base for us later in the year. Jen and I have been working hard with...

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Highlights of 2016

Another amazing year has passed! This one had some truly epic moments and some big changes in direction for us as a family. In 2016, we visited six countries, including Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia (Bali), Canada, and the USA. Below I’ll highlight some of my best photos from each place and share a little overview of our experience there. Breckenridge, Colorado We started off...

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What Are We Doing Now? 2016-09-26

Updated: Sep 26, 2016 As a Family We’re still here in Victoria, BC, Canada until mid-December, and our kids are getting heavily involved in a lot of the classes and opportunities here. More on that below. Our family recently spoke at the Life Without Instructions conference on Staten Island about Living as a Nomadic Family. Jen also gave a workshop on Cultivating Rewarding Relationships Amid Differences, Emily gave a...

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What Are We Doing Now? – Dec 17, 2016

Updated: Dec 17, 2016 As a Family We wrapped up our 6 month stay in Victoria, BC, Canada, and have said our goodbyes. We really enjoyed our time there, but are now moving on to another season of travel, including skiing in Big White, Canada (where we are currently), visiting family in Salt Lake City for the holidays, and then onto Mexico, San Diego, Costa Rica, Bali,...

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12 Tips For Extended Travel With Children

Traveling with our children for the past seven years has been more of a catalyst for learning than we ever imagined, and our expectations were quite high to begin with. We value learning together in new and unfamiliar territory, expanding our comfort zones, and exploring the wonders to be savored in foreign lands. The reality we identified with at the time we started our journey...

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Income On The Go – 7 Ways To Fund A Travel Lifestyle

While many people would love to travel long-term with their families, the task of figuring out to how to fund a traveling lifestyle can seem daunting. It is hard to figure out where to even begin, when all you have known your whole life is how to create a conventional life with a conventional 9-5 job. I made this video to help you brainstorm ideas on...

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How To Travel Safely With Your Family

Is it safe to travel the world with your family? One question I hear over and over from people considering traveling with their family is, “How do I keep my family safe while traveling?” In this video, I share my own tips for traveling safely as a family, drawing from our family’s experience over the last seven years of travel.  I also share some common...

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A Scrumptious Hibernation in Nelson, New Zealand

Believe it or not, we’re homebodies. It may seem paradoxical that we’re also long-term traveling, worldschooling adventurers. Those things don’t typically go together, do they? But for us, they seem to work out quite magically. I’m reminded of the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. They aren’t necessarily wired for adventures, but some find travel to be invaluably “precious” in their journey through life. We see worldschooling as a...

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New Zealand North Island Encounters

Centrally located near the top of the South Island, Nelson made an excellent home-base for our three-month visit in New Zealand, and we completely luxuriated in the time we spent there. Because the country is quite large and packed full of awesomeness around every corner, we did occasionally venture to other places as well. Our first trip began with a short stay in Auckland on the North Island, to renew Aysia’s passport....

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