We’re the Newsom Family. It started with a vow to “Always travel and experience life together.” 11 years married, 4 year old twins, 35 countries later & still keeping the vow.

— Morgan, David, Cooper, & Sawyer

  • How to Fund that Dream Trip

    You daydream about it, you’ve done the research, the Pinterest board is perfect, and yet it seems impossible to actually book and pay for the trip. The dream trip may feel like it has an exorbitant price tag, or you… Continue reading

    How to Fund that Dream Trip

  • Should Travel be one of your Family Values?

    When David and I were dating I called a heart-to-heart meeting about our relationship and our future. He knew I’d traveled extensively and had plans for more trips. I wanted him to understand that it was more than vacations; it… Continue reading

    Should Travel be one of your Family Values?

  • Travel Lies I Was Told Before Having Kids

    Motherhood is talked about with a divided timeline- your life BEFORE becoming a mom, and your life AFTER you become a mom. For some things this is true: anatomically your body is different having carried and delivered a child (or… Continue reading

    Travel Lies I Was Told Before Having Kids

  • Costa Rica 2024

    The boys turned 3 in January, and they are very vocal about what they want at all times. So, when we told them we planned a 12 day adventure in Costa Rica, that is all they could talk about for… Continue reading

    Costa Rica 2024

  • Traveling with twins

    I don’t think there is anyway to prepare someone to have twins. I also think that the experience between having a singleton and multiples is no comparison. The challenges are probably amplified more for my wife than for me. Like,… Continue reading

    Traveling with twins

  • Guatemaaaaaala

    They say that life has a ton of flavors, and we should enjoy and experience all of them. I think we got Baskin Robin’s 32nd flavor on this trip, and it tasted like tears and stress. We have been all… Continue reading

    Guatemaaaaaala

  • An Ode

    It has been a haze of beeps, flashing lights, tears, and alarms since October of 2020. That is when we found out that we were having twins, and they had twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Needless to say, that is… Continue reading

New Years Day 3 years ago- we spent a misty morning walking the columns and alcoves of the Taj Mahal. David and I got up before sunrise, had a chai for breakfast, and were inside the grounds before the crowds and tour buses arrived. It was a very quiet, eerie place, and the fog only made it more intense. When the sun finally rose and burned off the mist the Taj was everything we imagined it would be. ⁠⠀ Merry Christmas from David, me, and the twins!! 🎄❄️ Two years ago David and I visited Israel. We spent days walking the ancient streets of Jerusalem, a week driving through the biblical deserts and past the seas that we were taught about in church. With Christmas coming up this week we are reminded of another time and past ways of living. One of the things I love most about traveling is the people history that we get to learn and experience for ourselves. ⁠⠀ Starting off September with exciting news... We are going to be parents!!! Tiny traveler joining the crew in February. @davidnewsom7 Ancient architecture is amazing to me, and thinking about how many centuries old the columns are is unfathomable. Respect and awe for the culture that built this plaza. I can only dream of how it looked when it was “new.” I love European gardens and how open but intentional they are designed. Symmetry is important to me and makes my perfectionist side happy. This aerial view of the lawn at Chateau Chambord is exactly what I love. . India was one of the most exotic, over stimulating countries we’ve ever visited. It’s true when people say “India is in your face and so busy.” When you walk down the road you’re dodging scooters, gangs of children, sacred cows, and dogs trying to see what they can steal from the market stalls. Get out of the way or be run over in this country! It was incredible. . This door in the old City of Jerusalem was such a surprise when I turned the corner! The details and colors wowed me. It was on a simple market street and none of the shops were open yet. Every other door was wooden, unfinished, and locked with a big chain. I have no idea how old this doorway is, but I’m glad someone decided to make it colorful. .

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