Swimming with Stingrays

Those of you who ...
Those of you who really know Ali will not be surprised to hear that he took his lizard catching to a whole new level while we were in the Grand Cayman. He happily disappeared for hours looking and catching all types of geckos, lizards and iguanas. The hotel staff were quite happy to have him around, encouraging him to catch everything he found and pointing him in the direction of more. As I was lounging on the beach one afternoon I heard Ali calling me from behind...you could hear the happiness in his voice! This was what he brought to me. Sigh. I am not particularly fond of reptiles, but have always encouraged Ali's passion for them. It was so great to watch him crawl through bushe

A Sneak Peak

The Week in Review
Wow...time is somehow flying by right now and I can't seem to keep up with the blog these days. Right now the kids and I are sitting in a hotel at LAX waiting to catch a plane tomorrow. YUP...we're going on a holiday! I'm laughing as I type because it seems crazy to say we are taking a holiday when we are travelling the way we do right now. But the truth is, although we move around from place to place, we are still living a regular life when we park it. We still have to clean the house, go grocery shopping, the kids still do the regular activities they always have...it's still real life stuff. So we are going on a real holiday. Tomorrow morning we will get up at a ridiculous time (3am?) and

The one year mark...
A year ago we traded this: For this: and we're loving it!