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 […]

Greetings Friends & Family- Merry Christmas! We hope you have had a great year and are looking forward to 2020. We know that we are looking forward to a new year that will include some big changes for us. It’s been another full and exciting year for the Carlson family. […]

We are in the full swing of the marching band season. This means lots of time driving the kids around and a lot of time spent by Micah and Abby practicing. Most every Saturday in September and October includes a competition. Jessica helps with pit crew and chaperoning as well […]

  After a great, but fast summer the Carlson family is back in their normal school year routine. Marcus went back to work on August 1. Jessica officially went back August 12, but worked some before that. Micah and Abby’s first day was August 14, though the two weeks before […]

Its been a great summer so far, with just about 3 weeks left for Marcus on his sabbatical and and about a month before everyone else goes back to school. Micah had a great trip with the boy scouts and Abby loved her girl scout day camp. Both kids are […]

We have had a great start to our summer together as a family where for once the kids are much busier than the parents! We had a week vacation in Colorado which included family time, hiking, a wedding and seeing great friends. Once we got back, Micah left for a […]