Our committment to having one suitcase each meant that we had to make serious decisions about what could come along for the trip. It was an exercise I'd reccomend anyone take - traveling or not.
Give your kids a chance to show off their skills or simply show them the world is a big, bright place waiting for them to visit.
We stripped down and climbed the rickety steps in nothing but our swimsuits, handed our cameras to the young men working there and climbed inside.
Video of our latest appearance on CityLine
The whole trip meant a lot to us because we went to places that we never visited before ...
Ethan is 10 today! He's a remarkable kid and throughout our year away together he proved it over and over again.
We're home and trying to come to grips with a new reality. One that looks like something we used to know and yet feels very, very different.
I approached the driver's seat with the trepidation that comes with the new and unfamiliar and set out to explore Eastern Canada on an epic road trip we won't soon forget.
A stop in with friends in Ottawa is making the final days of our around the world trip a reminder of all that we are coming home to.