Life
This is our life. The nitty-gritty, day-to-day story of what we’re doing and our adventures as a family. Sometimes detailed, often mostly a photo journal, filled with lots of pictures of cute little people and occasional longer reflections on Hinds family happenings.
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Gratitude in 2024
During Thanksgiving dinner, as we ate a fantastic meal and shared what we were thankful for, Nora reminded me of the Thankful Trees that we used to make. Thankful Trees Thankful Trees were part of the 30 Days of Thanks practice I had before life got busy with entrepreneurship and four kids. Every day, starting…
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4 Before 40
The featured image for this blog post captures me trying to make light of a stressful situation. TLDR: I’m fine but thinking more thoughtfully about the months and years ahead. The backstory… Two weeks ago, we moved houses. We moved out of the first home we bought in Texas post-full-time travel trailer living—the house where…
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Celebrating 15 years
Thoughts on our 15th anniversary and trip to Galveston without kids.
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Hello, Is Anyone Out There?
It has been 1 year, 9 months and 3 days since I last published a blog post on this website. At that time, we had just moved from Colorado to Texas and I thought that I was going to revive my blog. I wrote a handful for posts, but then life and business got in…
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Logistics of a Cross-Country Move for a Family of 5 With One Week Notice
The last time I published a post, it was about why we spontaneously decided to move to Texas. This week I thought it might be interesting to share HOW we made that cross-country move happen in almost no time at all. Deciding to Move in 48 Hours We found out that the girls had gotten…
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If It’s Not Working, Fix It
Chris and I have been married for 11 years. In those 11 years, we have lived in 5 states all across the country – one, twice. That means we’ve moved a lot. In fact, for every state we’ve lived in, we’ve lived in twice as many houses: 11 houses (or apartments) in 11 years. Reflecting…
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Spring on the Farm
It’s beginning to feel a lot like spring around here. As much as I think that I’ve enjoyed living places with 4 seasons, I’ll admit that I’ve also been enjoying living in a place where tank tops and dresses are possible during late February/early March. It’s been especially welcome since we’re living in such a…
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Adventuring into a New Year – Wordlessly
Today, Zara turned three. That means it has been almost three years since we moved off Nantucket. It means that we have now lived off island post Nantucket for the same amount of time that we called ourselves Nantucketers. Everyday the percent of our family life that we spent living 30 miles out to sea…
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A Peek Inside Our New House
We’ve been living in our new house for ten days and it is mostly put together now. The past two weeks from our expected close date to the actual close date to moving mid-week was pretty stressful, but as of yesterday we’ve felt pretty settled. Buying a house in Fort Collins was a bit of…
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Why I Didn’t Make Halloween Costumes This Year
Every year since Nora could understand Halloween, I have made her a homemade Halloween costume. When Zara came along, I increased to making homemade costumes for two and loved it. Especially when they went together perfectly. My mom made many of my Halloween costumes as a child and I love passing on the tradition of trick-or-treating…
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First Day of First Grade
This morning my biggest girl started 1st grade. She moved from the primary classroom to an elementary classroom at her Montessori school, which means she will be learning alongside not just other first graders, but also second, third, and fourth graders. After a final summer in a preschool program, Nora was more than ready to be…
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July Celebrations
July brings one of our favorite holidays. I’m a real sucker for red, white, and blue, summer sun and simple celebrations of unity and promise, so I get super excited when the 4th of July roles around. Just like last year, we joined Nora’s school in the Fourth of July parade, only this year she…
