Updated New York City public schools calendar in Google Calendar
We’ve made the NYC Department of Education’s 2018–19 academic calendar available in Google Calendar, where you can add it to your own calendar in whatever scheduling app you use. Continue reading Updated New York City public schools calendar in Google Calendar
Grow where you’re planted, thrive where you grow
In spite of — and often because of — the adversity in our lives, we can grow in remarkable and unexpected ways. Continue reading Grow where you’re planted, thrive where you grow
The TWA Flight Center
For Open House New York Weekend, what is perhaps the world’s most famous — and arguably its most groundbreaking — airport terminal opened its doors to the public. Dustin and Fiona went to check it out. Continue reading The TWA Flight Center
Working for the summer
Susan looks back at the varied jobs she worked during summers in high school and college. Continue reading Working for the summer
10 ideas to prepare to serve a mission
A list of 10 ideas young men and women currently preparing to serve missions can focus on. Dustin wrote this list while he was serving as a full-time missionary himself in the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He rediscovered this list in fall 2017 while sorting through and digitizing personal papers from his mission. Continue reading 10 ideas to prepare to serve a mission
These are a few of my favorite things
My big sister, rubber duckies, toy trumpets, and nice bottles of milk — so much to love! Continue reading These are a few of my favorite things
Instagramming Colin’s first summer
Instagram posts from Colin’s first summer. Continue reading Instagramming Colin’s first summer
Or, birthday party in the woods
Photos from Fiona’s birthday party at cabin № 3 Tuscarora at Promised Land State Park, Pennsylvania, 27 July 2014. Continue reading Or, birthday party in the woods
The family that camps together
The Hibdons got together for a week of camping and adventure in the Poconos. Continue reading The family that camps together
Cabin guestbook
The message — in Susan’s own handwriting — that Susan and Fiona left in the guestbook in our cabin at Promised Land State Park, Pennsylvania, 31 July 2014. Continue reading Cabin guestbook
Fiona says goodbye to her ‘pacifizer’
In an email to her mother, Susan tells about helping Fiona say goodbye to a beloved baby comfort. Continue reading Fiona says goodbye to her ‘pacifizer’
She was a stranger on the subway
Susan’s experience helping a fellow subway passenger shows that even in a city full of strangers others in need don’t have to suffer all alone. Continue reading She was a stranger on the subway
A reason to smile
The smallest member of our family now has a mouth full of teeth! Continue reading A reason to smile
Redesigned and updated TravelTrackers now available
We have redesigned and updated Fiona, Colin, and Heath’s TravelTrackers as we follow their progress toward visiting all 50 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces. Continue reading Redesigned and updated TravelTrackers now available
Why I refuse to visit Stone Mountain
On our family’s summer vacation to northern Georgia, we’ve visited lots of places in Atlanta and the surrounding area. Stone Mountain was not one of them. Here’s why — and why I believe all Confederate monuments should come down. Continue reading Why I refuse to visit Stone Mountain
