Salzburg and Lessons from Maria

Salzburg and Lessons from Maria We spent the last few days in Salzburg, Austria — land of Mozart, strudel and The Sound of Music. The unbelievably beautiful mountains and lakes surrounding the city make you feel like someone photoshopped you into a postcard. Of course, the

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A birthday and a rescue

A Birthday and a Rescue Birthdays are a big deal in our family. I remember my daughter wanting a fairy forest party for her fourth birthday. We spent weeks looking on Craigslist for artificial Christmas trees and ended up with a fake forest in our tiny

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School on the Road

School on the Road When we first told friends and family we were planning this year overseas, that we were going to start Around the World Stories and that Matt was leaving his job, we got a variety of reactions ranging from joy to shock and

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Letting go of perfect

Letting Go of Perfect The table was decorated in a Winnie the Pooh theme, presents were wrapped, and Matt had picked up a beautiful berry topped glazed cake from the bakery. We were celebrating our first baby’s first birthday in Berlin, Germany, where we had just

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