Summer is in full swing at the Carlson house. Both kids are off for the summer. Micah just completed his first year at Indiana Tech (is technically a Junior). Abby finished her Junior year of high school. We have no family travel plans this summer because of work schedules. Both […]

It’s hard to believe, but the school year is coming to an end for both Micah and Abby. Micah will be home for the summer before mid May and Abby will finish her junior year before Memorial Day. We are excited to have the whole family home for the summer […]

Time is certainly flying this year. Both Micah and Abby are doing great with school, work and the other things they are involved in. Marcus and Jessica got away for a weekend in New York City and took in a show, had some great food and more. Jessica has settled […]

Merry Christmas from the Carlson Family! We are looking forward to enjoying a nice holiday season together. Jessica is loving her new job, Micah is home for break and has started his new job, Abby continues at Starbucks and Marcus is going to take some time off after a very […]

It has been an amazing and busy season for our family. Micah continues to thrive in his freshmen year (though he has enough credits to be a sophomore) at Indiana Tech. Abby helped to lead her marching band to qualify for state for the first time in school history (they […]

It’s has been a busy fall already for the Carlson family. Marcus continues to travel a lot for work. Jessica is in the full swing of the fall semester teaching at Purdue Fort Wayne. Micah is loving the start of his freshmen year in college and has brought his new […]

A new school year has started and it comes with big changes for our family. Abby has started her junior year of high school and now has her drivers license. Micah is starting his freshmen year of college at Indiana Tech and will be living in a dorm on campus. […]

This summer we have a lot of travel, even though we do not like to be away from home in the summer. Summer travel is expensive, hot, and crowded. We also really love our pool. This summer we took a trip to Colorado, Micah’s senior trip. That is their high […]

For two weeks in April, we had the privilege of having two exchange students from Japan as a part of a program that our local school participates in. In July, Micah will travel for two weeks to Japan.  It was a fun filled, full and fast two weeks together where […]

This year was the most unique Christmas we have ever had. For Christmas, the kids were surprised with a trip to Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium! Marcus had enough miles for free fights and enough hotel points for free or deeply discounted hotels. Some free upgrades came along the way […]