We are off! I would say after much planning and anticipation we finally left but in actuality it didn’t happen that way. If you know our family at all we aren’t planners and we are always up for an adventure (this is wonderful most of the time). We have talked about taking a road trip to see the country and we should do it before the kids are too old but it was always just a fun conversation. Kali our oldest put it on her bucket list to travel the country in a camper. Then some important things were changing in our lives. With the past three years of fighting with Dad to beat cancer our perspective on life too began to change. The reality of how short life is and that is not in your control began to set in. What mattered to us began to shift. It became clear that relationships mattered, deep meaningful relationships with truth, trust and love. We had these yes, but we needed and wanted it more. Deeper relationships with our family, new friends, old friends and God. We didn’t want to just keep running to do all these things but to be, to be present, to grow in our relationships and in our faith. In the month and days prior to my Dads death I had some amazing conversations with him. Conversations that are engraved in my mind and that we’re speaking to my heart even more. In one of those he said “don’t wait to do what you want because then it might be too late.” His voice so clearly would replay in my head daily and still does. Then a few months after Dads death things were changing with Brian’s work. We knew things would be shifting there but not sure of when. We had been praying for a clear vision of what to do for sometime. It was all put in our path it just took us a minute to see through the fog. God was saying trust me in these moments of difficulty it will be ok. Even in the storm, the sun in shining, you just have to look for it. “Don’t wait to do what you want because then it might be too late.”

So we did it! With the encouragement of our family we bought a camper, and within two weeks we are off. Brian has never been the camping type, I will have to find ways to get good workouts in, the girls will be depending on each other for friendships. So we will all be out of our comfort zone in some way and that is exciting. We get to spend lots of time together, build deep relationships, see the country and simplify. We are going to miss our family like crazy but see them soon.

Where are we going? Remember this family doesn’t plan too well. We are heading west and from there we will let you know. It’s going to be an adventure. Crazyyoungs are taking to the road, with no set plan and no true end date. (Well I do have plans so I have to be back by the 28th of August)