Homeschooling During A Move? Yes You Can!

Think it’s impossible to homeschool during a move? It’s a daunting task, but it can be done!  Relax Expectations During A Move It’s perfectly okay to have an amended schedule for a few weeks.  We moved at the end of September and managed to get in a good six weeks of school week before we […]

10 Reasons we Moved from Michigan to Florida

I realize not everyone wants to move to Florida, so this could also be entitled more broadly “following your dream”.   When we said we were moving to Florida, most people responded with “it’s so hot!”  So often in fact, Bob and I started joking with each other and saying “I don’t remember asking them to […]

Preparing Children for a Move

{post contains affiliate links} One of our biggest concerns about moving from Michigan to Florida was our children’s adjustment.  Most specifically moving them away from family.  For the past several years my parents have lived down the street from us.  The older boys were pretty used to being able to hop on their bikes during […]

Mourning After the Move

I’m so grateful for my friend Patty @ Reasons for Chocolate and for her post today! She has been a big support through our move and I appreciate her insight.One of my favorite songs ever is Home, by Phillip Phillips, for so many reasons.  It is so inspirational and uplifting, encouraging and rousing.  I have danced […]

How to Make Friends After a Move

Welcome to day 4 of my 10 day series on Surviving a Cross-Country Move.  I’m excited to have my first guest post from Megan Zechman at Education Possible.  She has some wonderful tips for helping our kids make new friends!  According to the US Census Bureau, Americans are highly mobile, with 12% of the population […]

Surviving a Cross Country Move::A 10 Day Series

Today starts a 10 day series on Surviving a Cross-Country Move.  We did it, we moved our family of 8 from Michigan to Florida and lived to tell about it! Over the next 10 days I’m going to share some tips and tricks to making a big move as easy and painless as possible – […]