When I’m not writing, I like to hang out with my family. We have some favorite TV shows we watch together—Amazing Race, Food Network Star, Once Upon a Time and Grimm.
We also like to cook and sit down for a good meal together. Favorite meals include pasta and something off the grill—salmon or steaks. And we love to have friends over; we have company every other week. Pizza off the grill is always a hit. Here’s a post we wrote for Reading Teen, in which we tell you how to do it…
We’re occasionally family travel bloggers—our sites are www.TheWorldisCalling.com and www.TeenTravelers.com So exploring new places, traveling whenever we can afford it, is a constant draw. In October, I took my daughter Emma to Italy, and we spent ten days in Rome, and five in Venice. It was wonderful!
Much to my kids’ chagrin, I get a kick out of hiking, so we’re always looking for a new, family-friendly trail. Here’s one we took when the aspens were in their golden glory, here in Colorado: http://www.theworldiscalling.com/2011/10/devils-head-peak-trail/
Going to movies, a thought-provoking, spirit-stirring Bible study, fixing up my house, Twitter and Facebook fill much of my free time. I also think reading is a luxury—to curl up with a good book is still one of my favorite pastimes. I just finished Cynthia Hand’s Unearthly and loved it. I try to review anything I read, inspired by book bloggers like you!
Lisa is offering 20 copies of River of Time books as prizes, as well as 3 Kindle readers ($79 version)! You can gather points at her blog/rafflecopter form for visiting each of the blogs on the tour and commenting, as well as doing a scavenger hunt.
Please visit http://lisatawnbergren.com/2012/01/teen-scene-blog-tour-contest/ for full details on this contest!
Even though we don't do it often, I really enjoy traveling with my family as well. Haven't crossed the ocean as of yet, but it's nice just going somewhere different, and experiencing it with the ones you love :)
ReplyDeleteHaha xD This is awesome Lisa!
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You watch Once Upon a Time?!?! So do I!
Awesome xD
I love watching The Amazing Race and finally the new season kicks off next week! I want to do lots of travelling one day but for now I have the show to "take me" places - as well as books.
ReplyDeleteI can say with true pleasure that I’ve read ALL of The River of Time books by Lisa T. Bergren! I loved reading them so much I have purchased both hard cover and ebook copies=) This series is so exciting to read and the pages keep you turning eager to find out more with this exciting fast paced story and delightful characters!!! I am so excited to have found such a great series and a wonderful Christian writer=) Thank you Lisa!!
ReplyDeleteIf you haven’t read The River of Time series yet…don’t wait a moment longer! You’ll see why so many love this Series and the Stories within standing for love, family, survival and truth just to name a few=) I am a forever Fan of these books and of Lisa’s writing!!
I totally love TAR too!!! Can't wait for the new season to start...looks like a great cast :).
ReplyDeleteLove your series! I'm currently reading the Homeward trilogy. So far so great :)
I love hiking in Colorado!! Ok actually I love running there more :) One of my favorite places is the Garden of the Gods :) its sooooo beautiful
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a fan of The Amazing Race (been watching since the very 1st season). I need to crash those family meals. They sound too good. Loved the Devil's Head photos. It sure is breathtaking there. I would love to see it in person.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this stop in the River of Time blog tour, Page! I appreciate you!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this post :) I love learning more about my favorite authors!
ReplyDeleteReally nice interview love all the cool stuff I am learning about the characters and the author on this tour.
ReplyDeleteI love Once Upon A Time and Grimm! Great shows! Never had grilled pizza... but sounds interesting! :D And if you kids won't go hiking with you I'll come!
ReplyDeleteOh I love to hike! We live in Chattanooga, and there's tons of trails. We hiked up to Point Park last week in the freezing cold, wind, and snow. But it was a blast!
ReplyDeleteI love to food network! Its interesting and fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteI wish my mom would take me to Italy...
ReplyDeleteFamily is also capital for me....even more now that i lost my father too early
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love this!
ReplyDeleteThis was great! I'd love to go to Italy! I can't wait to read Bourne :)
ReplyDeleteI need to give Grimm and Once Upon a Time a try!
ReplyDeleteI love hiking to! Colorado has some beautiful hikes
ReplyDeleteI love watching anything on the Food Network. It does make me hungry, but it's interesting to see new recipes come to life.
ReplyDeleteI love that you guys travel as a family...and that you blog it. Your travel pictures are amazing! My mom and I traveled the world for 3 months and kept in touch with our family through our travel blog.
ReplyDeleteWow! Love your travel blog! I wish I could visit Italy some day. I'm going to hunt down that Pizza-off-the-grill recipe at the Reading Teen website. I love pizza! I loved hiking the few times I did it, but my family's not much into hiking so I don't do it often.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this stop!:)
Sarah Bibi Setar
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Love the river of times! Hope there will be more!
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun read. And that's great that you watch 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm'... both great shows!
ReplyDeleteI've just recently started watching "Once upon a Time" it looked good, and I like being outdoors but my family and I don't really go hiking very often. Maybe we should try something knew?
ReplyDeleteLove this series -- and recently became a Once Upon a Time fan too!
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed this!
ReplyDeleteChrstine Pogon
Amazing Race is my favorite, and I always enjoy watching in on DVR with my dad.
ReplyDeleteA great place to hike if you're up for a little bit of travel, is Sunshine Village in Alberta, Canada. Its a ski resort during the winter, but during the summer, its a lovely hike! and its definitely family-friendly.. i went when i was 10 :)
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed Devil's Head a year ago!! Killer steps! fun and beautiful hike!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteAHH I love hiking.
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