We had the opportunity to achieve one of our dreams over spring break at the end of March into the start of April. We took another trip to Disney, but thanks to our Disney hotel points, Marcus’ flight miles and lots of savings, we got to let each o the […]

All is well in the Carlson household! It is nice having three drivers now and both Micah and Abby have jobs. Micah works as a lifeguard at a local YMCA and Abby works in a coffee shop near the church we attend. Marcus is keeping busy with his ministry and […]

Marcus led a trip to Israel and Jordan for several travelers/pilgrims in October. As a part of this, he was able to bring Micah and Abby along for the Israel portion of the trip. It was an amazing time together. We are thankful that we had this opportunity to give […]

Its been a while since we have had an update on our family. Like the rest of the world, the last couple years have been itneresting. The school year has started for Jessica, Micah and Abby. Jessica is in her 20th year of teaching and is teaching high school English. […]

Thanks to the generosity of others, we were able to have a nice spring break vacation together in San Antonio, TX. Our lodging and airfare were covered. We enjoyed visiting with some new friends, lots of good food, time with Marcus’ old college friends, floating the river and much more!

Spring break is almost here and we are all ready for some down time, time away from work and school and some travel to warmer weather.  We will be spending part of spring break at home and part of it just north of San Antonio, Texas. We vacation well together […]

This has been and will go down as (and hopefully stay) as the strangest year ever. Our family has done well in the midst of it however. We actually enjoyed each other during quarantine in March/April even more than before. So far we have managed to avoid any exposure to […]

The school year has started for Jessica (as a teacher) and for Micah and Abby, but it is certainly a different one. They are each taking part of in person instruction and are required to wear masks at all times. A lot has changed from lunches to lockers so it […]

Its been a strange summer in the midst of Covid-19. All of the kids camps got canceled except for the camp for our church, which was moved to the church itself. We made up for all of this along with our lost spring break trip with two trips, a one […]

We are providing this update in the strangest period of history that most any of us have experienced, the Covid-19 pandemic.  We are doing well as a family, all of us are working from home and have been meeting or exceeding all federal and state guidelines. Other than for supplies […]