The Luckiest No Matter What!

It's really, really hard for the Hundts to turn down travel- even when it's ridiculous and crazy and last minute... When I learned that I could attend the premiere party for the TV show "Crash Test World," which I've been writing educational content for, it seemed like a no-brainer that I would find some way to get to Brooklyn, NY. Both Josh and I LOVE LOVE New York City and are currently raising boys obsessed with big buildings, lights, fountains, bridges, etc so #hundtboysx4 have taking quite a liking to New York City even though they had never been. We had always planned on going to the city at some point... maybe even kinda soon, but in seven days?!?!?! Um, no. Anyway, I don't know what happened, but there I was, on a Saturday morning, five days before we were set to leave, dancing around the kitchen singing the Beastie Boys "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn." The rest of my boys followed suit after Josh booked an Air BnB. Off we go to the Big ...

I am currently a busy mom of 4 little boys.  I am swimming in art projects, buried in papers coming home from school, busy chauffeuring, packing lunches, and cheering from the sidelines of a soccer game while I chase smaller children around. Things are often chaotic, overwhelming even. My mind spins at all hours with how to get things done, how to challenge someone about this, how to support someone about that, and how to give each child individualized love and time and energy and experiences. But not for one single second do I forget where I came from. Not too long ago I was discouraged and sad after getting bad news after bad news as Josh and I tried so hard to be parents. I have never been more hopeless, but also never been so tenacious in my life.  We struggled for years to create a family. We suffered two miscarriages before any of our four rainbow babies were born. We were parents long before we actually got to hold and snuggle and kiss a baby (or in our case babie...

It's obvious we love to travel. Experiencing the world, serving the world, learning about the world, seeing the world is better than any tangible gift. However, traveling with four young kids is VERY CHALLENGING. There's a lot of people, a lot of behaviors, a lot of varying needs and wants, and a whole lot of crap to pack. We are a wide load. We just got back from New York City. This trip was unplanned and scheduled very last minute and we prepared as best as we could. As people have been asking me how the trip was, I continue to say, "We had a lot of fun and this was the most challenging travel we've ever done." I wish there was a word for something that was amazing and extremely stressful at the same time. Maybe I will make one up... diffilmazing? wonderfulofinsanity? challengtacular? It was like crying tears of awe and absolute desperation at the same time. I think I really did that while we were there... more than once... Whenever we travel we always l...