My head is swimming.  Literally, dozens of facts, to-do’s, reminders floating around in my gray matter.  Everywhere I look in our house, I see more to do or things I need to work on.  Let’s face it, moving sucks.  Stack on that trying to plan international travels with a family of seven. *Disclaimer: This post may

Our daughter, Goose, has done ski team for the last two years.  Each year, they do a final race at Brian Head Resort near Cedar City, UT.  We have fallen in love with this resort.  Runs are big and wide, the terrain is not very challenging (I thought the blues were closer to greens) and

I just came from my hair appointment.  Who doesn’t love a good gab with their hairdresser?!  My gal is not only awesome but has been hearing about my brainstorming for this “Big Trip” for months.  She is nothing but supportive (and maybe a little tired of hearing about it). Today, because of a rescheduling issue,

Oh. My. Goodness. My mind is a jumble of excitement, nervousness, being overwhelmed, and feeling incredibly blessed! We are going to do IT.  The IT we’ve been brainstorming, daydreaming about, talking about endlessly.  We are going to pack up our belongings in a storage unit, get out of our rental house, and travel.  Oh, and