Campervan Adventure begins

I've been trying to decide how I should share our road trip with friends and family, because as many of you know I love to take photos and I do tend to have an overshare problem with it comes to communication. So... do folks want to hear all the nitty gritty details of our travels? Do you want to see the best of the best photos? Do you want to hear the funny travel stories? There are so many details, and I love sharing details. I'll probably post more posts then the average reader wants to read, but then again, this is mostly for my personal benefit and if you guys get to enjoy the adventure along the way then kudos for you. Maybe we'll motivate you to do a little exploring, whether it be in your own home town or in another country.

A journey of a 1000 miles...

I made this card last week and posted it on my card blog. As I sit on the floor in an empty house and drink my morning cup of coffee out of a travel mug instead of my favorite yellow coffee mug it's really starting to hit home how true this card is. I'm a creature of habit, morning coffee being one of them, and while I'm very excited about our campervan adventure and all the cool places I will be drinking my morning coffee, I'm a little nervous.

Boxes

I took the bottom two photos of Josh the other day and it got me thinking, "I'm pretty sure I have a number of photos of Josh in a cardboard box..." and after a little digging I realized that I do indeed have a good collection of fun photos of the boys in cardboard boxes. So in the spirit of packing, let's celebrate the good old fashioned cardboard box.

Ben's first cross country event

Today at Wanaka Primary School was a cross country event, Ben's first running event. It was a real treat to see all the little 5 year old boys lined up in a long row and get super excited. Ben was an eager participant, even if he ended up finishing last. He didn't seem phased by it at all, proof that he's related to me and really out to do his own thing at his own pace.

Photo Booth

Ben has mastered the fine art of the Mac's Photo Booth program and his photos continually make me chuckle. Check out the video at the bottom!

Captains Chair Lift

We had another successful trip up to the ski resort this morning. Ben has turned a corner and is now speeding down the hills, not sure what happened to the timid young man from a few weeks ago? After 2 trips up the magic carpet, we all went up the chair lift. After a cookie and a pep talk we braved a real family adventure- and rode the chair up and then skied over to Captains! Ben got a little scared of the steeper part at the top of the main run, but did great otherwise. Josh's meltdowns were only when we stopped, he'd scream and say "I want to keep skiing." Fearless, out of control speed racing 2 year old! (He went mostly in between our legs b/c he can't stop, but on the flat sections we'd let him go on his own). Here are a couple of photos... didn't take as many as normal- b/c it was a all hands on deck kinda mission.

World of Wells, ESPN blog posting

I'm published! I decided to try on a new hat and see how I'd go as a "roving journalist." I pitched a story idea to Megan at ESPN and she said yes. So I put on my party dress on went out to the World of Wells event here in Wanaka, a fundraiser for the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports club, that spotlighted Jossi Wells and his family. Here's the link to the piece,

http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5484501