Recently, I did a “Day in the Life” series on my Instagram feed. It turned out to be quite popular so I thought I’d share over here. We’ve also posted a Day in the Life: City Edition if you want another peek at what full time travel is like!
7:50am: This is my usual morning wake up view. So grateful for @telegramsam and how hard he works to provide for our family! I consider it my job to guard the bed, and to snuggle the kids when they wake up and come climb in.
8:15am: The kids get dressed and make their beds while I cook breakfast. Today it is Guilt Free, Whole Wheat, Dark Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Other days we have eggs, oatmeal, toast, or cold cereal.
8:30am: School time! I try and do a reading lesson with Cara first as she usually has a better attitude about it. The other two get started on their books and I help them as needed. @telegramsam does their math.
10:30am: Snacks, Recess, and my chance to work out. I basically kick the kids outside to play and they know they have to leave me alone for 30 min. Today I did Beach Body PiYo with a few extra arm weight exercises after.
11:30am: After my workout, the kids and I scrambled over rocks for half an hour and then they even packed up their sandwiches to eat in the house they found. This campground is seriously the best playground a kid could ask for!
2:00pm: Dishes are washed, Rachel is done with school, Cara is back to playing with Lego’s and I snuck in a quick shower. Andrew is still struggling getting his school finished and my patience is gone. Time to give up and go exploring!
3:00pm: Looked around the visitor’s center for a bit and then took the small trail to see Hanging Rock (Balancing Rock) Which in reality we could see from the road, but an up close view was nice. Decided on a few hikes we want to do while we are here, and then headed back to camp because I realized I hadn’t gotten the meat marinating for dinner. Oops.
345pm Dinner prep. We are having Asian Beef Skewers tonight and the meat is supposed to marinate for 4-6 hours. Well, today we get 2. Still going to be amazing though!!
4:50pm: Attempted a sunset shot with the big camera and tripod. Learned I really just need to hang out with @thejarvie or @sethkhughes and get some pointers.
6:00pm: Dinner time! These didn’t last long. Sometimes I feel a little self conscience eating inside all of the time and not outside with all the “campers”. Most times though I watch them all bundled up by their fires and am grateful for inside seating!
7:00pm: Just enough time before bed for a movie! Some nights we play games, others we read, but usually once a week we’ll let the kids watch something while Sam and I sit behind them at the table and work. Tonight’s move is “8 Below”.
10:10pm: @telegramsam looks outside, sees the brilliant sky and decides we need to do some night photography. Problem is, my LED panels to light the rocks are underneath our sleeping child. Good thing she rarely wakes up.
Sam and I usually get to bed between 10:30 – 11:00pm. Most nights we are up working, blogging, but occasionally we’ll watch a movie and be lazy as well.
So, what did you think? Our days aren’t THAT different from normal, right? Some food, school, activities, outside time and work. Not everyday is amazing (we do have long chore or driving days occasionally) but I love that even those tend to be in beautiful places.
I began to wonder today how long we had been traveling. Our ‘getting started’ date is a little fuzzy due to starting with a 
We are really fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants kind of people. While we generally have routines for our days, we haven’t been strict at all. If there was something fun to go do, we did it. School for the kids was pretty loose and flexible. Some days we did a lot, some days we did none. This type of “schedule” has worked great for the last year or so, but lately I’ve been wanting slightly more structure to our days.
