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NOVEMBER SALE ALERT!🎁🎁 You can get 20% off

NOVEMBER SALE ALERT!🎁🎁

You can get 20% off @tobiqtravel bags in November! Comment “TOBIQ” and we will send you the discount link & code.

👉🏼 We don’t get any commission, we just think this would serve fellow adventure families very well 🙂 🎁👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Our bag is the 30L Wipeable Duffel in Sequoia. This and a stroller was the only luggage I brought for our 3 day trip to Nashville. I’ve used my TOBIQ for 3 weekend trips now and I still don’t have any regrets.

Another remarkable thing is that this was actually the first time in a very long time I didn’t have to use a packing cube.😱

I always use packing cubes. Especially now that I pack for a toddler. But there’s no need when the bag is organized into 4 different pouches! I remember finding this bag online and thinking “this is the answer to all of my problems”. I was correct. It is that answer. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Comment ‘TOBIQ’ to be sent the 20% discount link!!🥳🥳
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The most important decision you might ever make is

The most important decision you might ever make is who you choose as your spouse. How am I so blessed to have married this man?! It started at a crisis pregnancy charity 5k at @villanovau (except Gregory never remembers meeting me 🤦🏻‍♀️) and ends up on Mount Sinai with a baby on his back and a baby in my belly. Mount Sinai!!! With babies!?

Gregory appreciation post for all of the constant work and leadership he puts into our family ❤️ 🙂

📍Mt. Sinai, Egypt

👉🏼If you’re interested in a Mount Sinai family pilgrimage, make sure to follow along.

We’ll be sharing a lot from our pilgrimage in the coming weeks. Everything from staying at the oldest monastery in the world (St. Catherine’s) 😱 to doing Mt. Sinai’s Stairs of Atonement, all while pregnant and with a toddler. 😅 💪🏼 🤰🏻
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Even in a loud TukTuk squeezing through the street

Even in a loud TukTuk squeezing through the streets of India 🇮🇳😴😴 Some things we did since day one of birth that have helped this super power:

❌No sound machine. We personally didn’t like the idea of being dependent on a machine for something as critical as sleep. All our son needs to sleep is a parent. We’re ok with that dependency 🙂

❌No Pacifier. We didn’t do this on purpose. We aren’t against pacifiers, he just never took to one. Instead of trying different brands, we decided not to push it. It just meant one less object that he was dependent on. So if your kid doesn’t take one, think about not pressuring one on him/her. It might just be a blessing in disguise 🙂

❌ No designated sleeping space. We lived in a three room apartment and rolled his mini crib around to different rooms simply based off of what the most convenient location was for that day.

✅ Stroller nap times. We made sure that our baby was taking naps in the stroller/carrier since day one. Our lifestyle is wacky. We wanted this baby to be able to follow us around on 3 am flights and party at Indian weddings till 2 am and tag along for everything in between. For the first 18 months of his life we never actually left an activity for “nap time”. The kid just napped in the stroller and it was great.

Do you have more tips to add? We’d love to hear how your family handles sleeping during active days! ⬇️⬇️

Follow for more family travel tips 🙂
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‘Momento Mori’ — Remember that you have to d

‘Momento Mori’ — Remember that you have to die ☠️

For The Present Perspective, today is a lot more than just Halloween. As Catholics, it is the start of our Christian Tradition of 'Hallowtide'. The Triduum Hallowtide is three days of religion devotion in the Catholic church celebrated from October 31st- November 2nd. The three days are All Hallow's Eve, All Saint's Day, and All Souls Day.

On All Hallow's Eve (Old English= All Holy/Saints Eve) we contemplate the Latin phrase "Momento Mori". This tradition means a lot to our family. It is a reminder that we all die. Death may only be a breath away and so we must LIVE fully in the PRESENT.

These photos are some of our favorite memories of LIVING LIFE this year. REJOICE in the life that God has given you, friends!🥳🥳

Momento Mori also reminds us of what is truly important. What will be on our mind on our death bed? Will we be cherishing our clothes? Or house? Grumbling about the smallest inconveniences? Will God be pleased with what we have contributed to his kingdom?

Just some classic "Momento Mori" food for thought on this Holy Day of the year 🙂

Happy All Hallow's Eve to all of our friends around the world!! How will you be celebrating? Today we're planning on baking, celebrating an All Hallow's Eve Mass, praying for the soul's of our family member's who have died this year, and going trick-or-treating!
Maybe we will even sneak in a scary movie. 👻

This year Nicola's a Sottsman and Greg and I still have no clue what we will be…. 🤷🏻‍♀️😂What are your costumes??? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We had the honor of praying for a total of SEVEN b

We had the honor of praying for a total of SEVEN babies of pregnant friends and family during our Mt. Sinai pilgrimage. 👶🏻⛰️

One of those babies being our very own!! 🥹

God has BLESSED us with so much LIFE and we are overfilled with JOY!!!

Our baby has already adventured through four continents with us and we can’t wait to officially apply for another passport come February 2024! 😄🌎✈️

Our stance on money & travel have drastically chan

Our stance on money & travel have drastically changed over the years. 💰

🎒The Budget Travel Era 🎒

When we first started our blog we were college students with no money and all the time in the world.

Hence, budget travel was our THING.

We never would have dreamed of paying to stay at a hotel overlooking the great pyramids. We were the hostel hoppers. 🥾🥾

🌟The Bucketlist Travel Era 🌟

But things have changed.

Now we have an income, but we do not have all the time in the world.

Because our travel days our limited, we want to make each trip count.

Hence, while we may travel less often as we used to, the travel that we do now is meticulously planned and EPIC.

⬇️ The Goal ⬇️

Our goal for each trip is to do it right the first time and never leave a destination thinking “Oh man, we have to come back because we completely missed out on this or that experience.”

Now we leave countries thinking “WOAH. We gotta come back just for fun!”

✨This time we leave feeling fulfilled. ✨

Next time you’re deciding between booking that expensive experience or not, we say book it and make it count :)

In the Catholic and Orthodox churches, it’s trad

In the Catholic and Orthodox churches, it’s tradition to celebrate more than just your birthday every year. We also celebrate our name days and baptismal days. 🕊️

A name day is the feast day of the saint that you were named after. On this day the Church celebrates the life of the saint and ask for their intercessory prayers.

St. Gregory’s Feast Day is probably his birthday right, right? That must be why we eat birthday cake.

❌WRONG.❌

A Feast Day is the day that a saint died.☠️

So wait....you celebrate death?!😳😬💀

✅YES!!🎉

It has always been Christian tradition to celebrate death ( Ex. All Hallow’s Eve or ‘Halloween’ in the secular world ). 🎃☠️

✝️ We believe in the resurrection of the dead. We celebrate death as a “rebirth” because it is the day that this saint comes into full union with God and enters eternal life in heaven!

🎂Now THATS a reason to eat a birthday cake 😉

It’s so cool when two of our greatest passions (travel and faith) collide like it did on September 3rd of 2023.

Buon Onomastico to our two future St. Gregorys 🙂 Here’s to many more Name Days celebrated abroad!

How do your celebrate Name Days in your family? Let us know! We would love to add to our traditions 🙂 ⬇️.
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My happy place: exploring ancient coptic churches

My happy place: exploring ancient coptic churches with my boys :)

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