A return friend!!

Deerie from New Jersey has come to visit us again! I guess she likes us

The boys are home from Oklahoma

The boys came home today from Oklahoma! They were very excited with all the nature type stuff they got!!

Some Outside Playtime

While on a Hunting For Fall Scavenger Hunt my beautiful boy could not help but be silly with his travelin pals!

Nature Fun

Tonight we decided that we were going to take Rocket from Michigan and Polly and Amber from Oklahoma out to visit one of our sycamore trees. For some reason which I have never figured out these are my kids favorite trees. We have one in our backyard and a big beautiful one when we drive in the front gate. The kids always want to take traveler pics at their favorite tree.

Say hello to our new vistors from Oklahoma

say hello to our newest friends Amber the cat and Polly the dog! They are from Oklahoma and we really hope they enjoy their visit!!

Foxs traveler is home from Michigan

Fox was pretty excited to see his traveler come home today and of course he was excited about the goodies that came with him. He loved the salt water taffy and was happy to share with his siblings after some discussion on how nice it is to do so! Fox is my wild child. I look at them all and I can just say he's a little crazy but thats my baby! He likes doing the exchanges alot and he will talk of travelers that we have sent home months ago all he time. He is a sweetie most of the time.

Our travelers joined us in back to school party time!

I think these little school cookies are just so very cute! The travelers loved them lol.

Building time again!

Deerie and Rocket took a trip to build and grow today to build little lockers! They are so cute

Today our friend from Michigan arrived

Rocket arrived from Michigan today. This is our first rocket so pretty cool!

We went building with the travelers!

Today we went to the Home Depot building clinic. Skyler made a bug house, Damian made a coaster set. The travelers really enjoyed watching their new friends and helping out a bit here and there as well.

We have new friends from Alabama!

We got two new friends today! A tiger and a turtle all the way from Alabama. I hope they enjoy their FL visit!!

We went to the zoo today!

Today Deerie got to go to Jacksonville Zoo. She saw many wonderful things. She enjoyed seeing the animals alot but was not too keen on any touching!! We finished the day with a great lunch and now she is sleeping exhausted on the couch with Skyler! To see more pictures please go here.

At the park

Today we went to the park. The Falling Creek Park to be exact. The kids played then we took a walk in the woods, which Skyler said was spooooky because it was getting dark. I think Deerie enjoyed the nature!

Out in the yard

Today we took Deerie for a walk in our yard. She really enjoyed seeing the sycamore trees and all the spanish moss hanging everywhere.

Deeries day

Today was just a play Saturday. We went to Lowes and built some binoculars then we came home and played on the bounce house!

Fun With Deerie

Today Deerie had the fun in helping us build a solar oven. From start to finish she was right there.

While she was willing to be a watcher when the oven was outside cooking we decided that may not be a great idea as she would get a bit too heated!

Skyler Bay and Deerie enjoyed their bagel pizza very much. We may try some other stuff later this week at the park when we go nature hunting!

Our new friend Deerie from New Jersey

Today Skylers new friend Deerie has arrived from New Jersey for a visit! We are so excited to have her here.

The travelers all came back today!

Skyler and Foxs traveler made it back safe and sound! They have been in Minnesota and brought back a bunch of goodies! They are already showing off their new t-shirts.

Damians little guys made it back today as well. He had been visiting New Hampsire. He loved the maple candy that came back to him.

Going Tree Climbing

Our friend from New Hampshire enjoyed hanging out in the Sycamore Tree while we are make bark rubbings for a nature gift to send home!

Our Minnesota friends had a blast tree climbing too, they even helped pick themselves some leaves and bark!

Today the travelers...

                                                               GOT TO MEET A MINIATURE PONY

The ponys' name was Magic. He is a therapy horse.

More new visitors!

WE HAVE MORE VISITORS!!! These guys are from Minnesota.

Skyler has been having a blst using the strings to make them dance

They are enjoying watching Skyler play turtles lol.

Our Newest Arrival From New Hampshire

Our newest friend arrived today. He is from New Hampshire.

Shippin Out Today!

 One the road again.... Fox and Skyler are on their way to Minnesota and Damian is visiting New Hampshire. They were all here yesterday for the first time in forever and now they are all out again.

They are all home

They are all home as of today from their travels. They are all due to ship out tomorrow.

Foxs traveler has made it back to the mainland.

Foxs traveler has finally made it back from Hawaii. He was so excited. He was dancing around the house wearing the lei all morning. He really loved the volcano rocks and told me their sand smells like our beach. I don't know if different beaches are suppose to smell differently but he was happy to know that Hawaii and us smells the same.

Damians traveler has made it home!

Damians little traveler boy made it home safe and sound from Texas today. With a box full of goodies. A Texas chili maker and even a CD full of stuff! Thank you to our friends in Texas. The starts at night are big and bright. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS

Goodbye Crash and Joshua

Well as with all good things.... Our visit is over and the travelers are on their way home. I so hope the little boys recieving these love them as much as we loved putting them together.

Just to give a little idea of things we include to send back since everyone keeps asking me that.. We made a nature book of our area, we tried to get a printed something of everywhere we went and some pics. The kids made rubbings of stones and tress as well, brochures about popular places whether we went or not, postcards and maybe a project to do or a candy from our state.

We had fun with our travelers and I have enjoyed getting to know the moms as well. It has been a great expierence and the kids all wanna know when they are getting to go somewhere else??

Bunny The Travelin Girl Has Come Home

Skyler was so very excited to see her Bunny girl come home. She was also thrilled with all the little goodies that came with her. She wantes to know when Bunny is leaving again??

Something very important to remember when doing these activities

      Something to remember about geo box and flat traveler swaps is don't forget their are real little kids doing this. Real little kids who run to the mailbox everyday and are sadly dissapointed when their partner does not follow through. If you agree to a swap then it is not unreasonable to be expected to fufill your commitment. Everyone knows life happens but to just ignore messages from your partner or not bother to even send travelers home is just wrong. You are hurting other people childrens feelings. Kids put alot of time and effort into their travelers and are sad when they never come back.

     Geo boxes take time effort and cost to do and it's very dissapointing to feel as if you have been taken advantage of. If life happens send the travelers home. If you can't do a geo box tell your partner don't just accept theirs and never contact them again. This is a great activity for children and they get so excited about it, so please keep that in mind. After all you would never want your child to be made feel this way.

Building an airplane with our friends

Crash and Joshua got to go to Lowes today to build an airplane. They seemed to have fun and I know my kids have really enjoyed taking them places. They will be missed when they go home.