Family Trek

Our Quest to Work Less, Live More and Travel the World with our Family.

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There are always reasons that will keep you from getting out and seeing the world, but if you plan is to put in your time now and travel once you retire you might want to reevaluate. It might not all that you had hoped. Here are 10 reasons why you should travel now!

Posted by Monica Vandeventer On Jan - 12 - 2012 37 Comments READ FULL POST
2011-2012

The New Year always causes us to reflect on the year past and in doing so I realized that many of our readers may have not ever read some of our best content.
Here is some of the best of Family Trek 2011.

Posted by Monica Vandeventer On Jan - 2 - 2012 2 Comments READ FULL POST
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With Christmas just days away time is running out to finish that shopping list. Here are 6 no-ship, last minute gift ideas that you may not have thought of.

Posted by Monica Vandeventer On Dec - 21 - 2011 1 Comment READ FULL POST
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A few weeks ago I shared with you a great book on how to capture great pictures of your kids. How to tell the stories of you kids through photos. You can read my review Here. In the book there are so many great tips and ideas, but what good is a book unless you actually implement them? So in that spirit I am going to start a Parent’s Photography Workshop. The idea is that we can start practicing and [...]

Posted by Monica Vandeventer On Oct - 24 - 2011 13 Comments READ FULL POST
©Copyright 2011 Rachel Devine

As a blogger photography is important, but as a parent I think it is even more important. There seems to be a deep-rooted desire in me to hold onto each phase my kids are in, to freeze in time the moments that will define them at this stage. We want to capture the story of our kids fleeting childhood. Photos can be so powerful and one image can tell the story better than a video, a scrapbook almost anything…if it [...]

Posted by Monica Vandeventer On Oct - 5 - 2011 4 Comments READ FULL POST
Iphone-Travel

I don’t know about you, but in our house when we are packing for a trip things get a bit crazy. There is laundry running, kids are crying because we have been ignoring them as we try to pack, and then my mind is racing trying to remember the 1001 things that the kids, myself and my  husband will need. So I am all about simplifying the packing process. Enter the iPhone. We have been loyal Apple devotees for over [...]

Posted by Monica Vandeventer On Sep - 21 - 2011 4 Comments READ FULL POST
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