by Steve | Jul 25, 2017 | Family, Feature Family, The Midwest, USA
When I decided to leave my full-time job as a middle school principal this spring, one of the things Ann and I wanted to do in this interim stage was spend more time with our families. For years, our jobs have dictated when we could travel and how much time we could...
by Steve | Jul 24, 2017 | USA
Ann’s brother and sister-in-law, Stephen and Carrie, took their two sons, Nathan and Noah, on a driving adventure last summer. They headed out across northern Nebraska, through Valentine, and up into the Badlands of South Dakota. They wanted to take a trip that...
by Steve | Jul 23, 2017 | Feature Where We've Been, USA, Where we've been
Space Center Houston is just what the child inside you wants it to be. As you drive up to the entrance, your view is dominated by a 747 with a space shuttle on its back. I mean, what could be cooler than that? Earlier this summer, we took a week-long road trip south...
by Ann | Jul 22, 2017 | At Home, Feature At Home, Feature USA, USA, Where we've been
No Fixer Upper fan’s trip to Waco, Texas, would be complete without a stop at carpenter extraordinaire Clint Harp’s design company. When we were in Waco last month visit Magnolia Market [read more about that HERE], we took a little jaunt about a mile down...
by Steve | Jul 21, 2017 | Food and Drink, USA, Where we've been
When David Ridley of Waco Tours recommended the Gut Pak at Vitek’s BBQ, I knew that was where I wanted to go for lunch. Sure, he had a couple other suggestions, but the name piqued my curiosity and after spending two days at The Pioneer Woman Mercantile and...
by Ann | Jul 15, 2017 | At Home, Feature At Home, Feature Where We've Been, USA, Where we've been
I’m still not quite sure how I convinced Steve to visit The Pioneer Woman Mercantile and lodge as well as Magnolia Market within 24 hours, but I did. After spending two days in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, where he waited in line almost two hours for a taste of Ree Drummond’s...