Author Archives: Our Family

We have been packing all day Saturday. Bonnie has been packing all day Saturday. A great aspect of this trip I am really looking forward to is that my kids’ elementary school requires all students to wear uniforms. This should cut down on the clothes they will wear, but we are still packing 21 setsContinue reading “Packing”

For those of you that don’t know, my father in law, comes to our home every single Friday in order to watch our children so we can have a date night. We had four children within five and a half years so a date night once a week is needed, and appreciated. I think havingContinue reading “Our Last Date Night Before We Leave and Collateral Damage”

Tonight we took our three older kids to see Hamilton. For the last couple years our kids have enjoyed the soundtrack to the musical. I think I was watching our kids faces more than the actual play. Most of the time they were rapt with attention. During the songs they knew their mouths would hangContinue reading “HAMILTON!”

Winding Down and Winding Up. My wife is taking a sabbatical. Her employer allows full time workers to request a sabbatical every seven years. The sabbatical is up to six months unpaid, and her job will be safe when she returns. Her work has been extraordinarily stressful, especially in recent years. She works extremely hardContinue reading “What Needs To Happen Next”

T-MINUS NINE DAYS BEFORE WE LEAVE Over this past weekend we had a going away party. We invited our family and friends to celebrate our big move. In many ways it felt as though my wife was pregnant again, because we got all the same questions. And this is the reason for this blog, toContinue reading “SO… When Do You Guys Leave Again?”

Twenty three years ago in November of 1996 I started dating what was to be my wife. We were children, both 17, myself a senior in high school, my girlfriend, Bonnie, a junior. By this time in my life I had been an uncle since I was 12, and by the time my three olderContinue reading “The Decision”

My wife and I have been in a dating relationship for 23 years (high school sweethearts), married for 15, and have been parents for 9. We have four children ages 9,8,6, and 4. This blog will detail our adventure to live in Mexico for the next six months.