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From Brazil to New Zealand to Iceland — and now every city our kids' sports take us to. Real trips, real food, real stories.
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The Spark was Gone
Youth sports have changed, and I don’t think I’m alone in feeling it. Somewhere along the way, it stopped being fun. Rumors swirl, people chase…
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We Were Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.
We’d been to Arizona before — Logan was 5, Q was 2. Our first official spring break now that Logan was in school. It was…
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The person behind the chaos
Hi, I'm Leng.
Iowa girl, chronic over-orderer, and the person who will absolutely stop mid-meal to take a picture of her plate before anyone touches it.
My love of travel started in 2006 when I studied abroad in Brazil. Then Christmas 2014, Matt gave me Maroon 5 tickets in Florida — his logic: "So we don't have an excuse not to go on vacation." We took Logan to Disney World. I will never forget the look on his face. The itch started that day.
What followed was New Zealand, Arizona, NYC with Logan, Europe on cheap tickets, Iceland — and then, a month later, Matt was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He's still here, still standing, and he's the reason this blog exists. He's the one who finally said: "You need to blog it."
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