Life as a Yowler

We made it home! We made it safely after almost 40 days on the road, only to come home and have an almost deadly experience. We got home at 12:45am. We were strongly debating waiting until the next day to unload the suburban, but decided to just go ahead and tackle it. Brandon went and…

Let me just start by saying that no one and I mean no one can clear out a pool quite like we can. After spending a couple days with family in Colorado Springs, we are now making our way home. After a long day of traveling today, we went for a swim when we got…

None of us had ever been to New Mexico before, so visiting Four Corners, along with visiting New Mexico, was a first for all of us. We took a family picture in all four states at once. We also took a picture with each kid in a different state. Joah booked it and claimed Utah…

I’m a little behind on my blogging because of limited internet access the last couple days. Every time I would go to blog, we would be driving in an area with no service. A couple days ago we went to the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. These things were on Brandon’s bucket list. He has…

We are staying at a campground in Needles, California. My mom flew in to the Las Vegas airport today. After we picked her up we drove over to Oatman, a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere where you can feed wild burrows. We did a Gascho family vacation to Lake Havasu back when…

We have taken it easy the last couple days. Besides Brandon doing his store trainings, we’ve mostly been hanging out at camp. Reno has a free circus that we were going to go to, but the kids voted not to go. Joah said, “we’ve already seen a circus, I would rather ride my bike around…

The thing about California that has surprised me the most is the weather. I always thought it was really hot here. It turns out it’s actually pretty cool. There’s no humidity and there’s a lot of wind. The hottest it got was 80, but it didn’t feel like it. The average temp was around 70…

Does anyone else’s 5 year old son eat 8 cutie oranges in 2 hours or is that just mine? These kids of mine are bottomless pits. Even Isla has been nursing like crazy which makes me really hungry. I’ve been eating more than normal, so I’m trying to exercise whenever I can. I got a…

  We went to a forest today with red wood trees. It was incredible. It was a first for all of us. The trees were huge. You really had to see them in person. To give you perspective on how big these trees were, check out the right bottom corner of the picture. If you…

Wine country is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. We went to a family friendly winery last night called Francis Ford Coppola Winery. It did not disappoint. The atmosphere was very friendly. The food was great. It was Italian food. Joah ordered spaghetti with a meatball the size of Isla’s face. He…