Well...gosh summer...just FLY by why don't you...

So I have been so wrapped up in this summer, and the kids, and the changes, and the fun, and the me time, and the not-me time, and a little biking, and a lot of swimming, and seeing Canada, and eating, and people, and waterfalls, and rivers, and lakes, and work, and gardening, and gosh....

I haven't posted even half as much as I had wanted to.....which then just makes posting even harder because of ALL the updating!

Nevertheless, our summer in Maine is coming to an end, there have been so many ups and downs and ALMOST a whole revamping of what we were doing. Big questions are bound to come at us though, and their happening just affirms and reaffirms what we really want to do, and we are certainly doing just that!!

We are leaving in September as has been the long awaited plan for our overseas adventure! We will be participating in organic farming, as well as participating in festivals, and hopefully helping and lending our hands to more then just a couple people. This summer of 2012 has been packed with constant correspondence with our hosts as well as preparing for our upcoming journey. We are taking our bikes, but won't be hauling and trekking like we were on our last trip. Most all of the trains in Europe are inexpensive and easy to load our bikes onto, So most biking will be done in the areas we are staying as well as hopping to nearby farms/homesteads.

Chris and I are excited to say the least, we love living our life rather minimalistic, and enjoy expanding upon experiences. As our world grows we hope to meet more and more people on the same path we are on, traveling simply, learning, and helping others. Traveling and going new places, seeing things you only see in pictures, has always been farfetched and unrealistic, which is just a story lots of people can't see through.
(Fines, fugitives, and other legal issues that would stop you from getting a visa or passport aside...) If you TRULY want to travel, you can. If you really want to live your life a certain way, do it. There my very mini-soapbox moment.

On another note, I take SO MANY pictures, so sifting through them to find the ones I want for Facebook, or the blog is work. Here are just a couple of the kids this summer, it is so hard to correctly document how much they have grown without uploading like 50!

Ave is in the beginnings of crawling and coasting, Soeren-Raedek is talking like no other and already counting, and while Rion was here we couldn't get him out of the water (mind you when he arrived he didn't want anything to do with it).

We will be super busy packing and seeing people this next two weeks, but I will try to post a blog update before we go.