Kristi Johnson
Kristi Johnson
block child eight environment fail given kids promote rest seven thrive work
Eight block can work for some kids but not all. Every child should be given an environment to promote their learning. Self-starting kids thrive in eight block but also in seven period. The rest are being set up to fail in eight block.
culture european learning loved
I loved learning about the European culture firsthand.
ate both cheesy english lots potatoes soap sounds staying
Lots of soap operas, ... Both English and Irish. It sounds cheesy but we also ate a lot of potatoes while I was staying with them. We had stews and breads too.
area asset coming local people places visitors
This is an asset for visitors coming into this area from other places and for local people as well.
hard process
They keep you really busy. It was sometimes hard to process everything because there was so much to take in.
family favorite host trip
My favorite part of the trip was the homestay arrangement with my host family in Ireland,
child children college crazy education goals loans provide work
We wanted to get a college education for at least one child before we started a family. That's one of our goals -- to be able to provide college for our children without loans or having to work crazy jobs.
defining focus hard marketing tourism
We have been working hard on defining our tourism focus and marketing it.
amazing experience looking people
What is amazing is that people are really looking for that old-fashioned, back-to-their-roots kind of experience. And they can find that here.
goals save spend
Those are our goals. That's why we save like we do and spend like we do.