We started this journey July of 2012, leaving the midwest, our friends, family and belongings for what we thought was going to be a 3 month journey to Orlando then off to Parker, CO. Now, two years later, we are still in Orlando, our belongings still in two storage units in Omaha and separated from friends and family. We embarked on this journey to experience as much as we could while we could, we never dreamed that it would have lasted this long, and still be going!
As we head into this third year we are excited to see what lies ahead, where the road will take us and what new experiences we will get to tell you about. From the adventure of marrying off our eldest daughter, to the military retirement of our eldest son and all his medical needs. With Stevie graduating this fall and Becca possibly heading into missionary work, there are so many doors open for each of us and we expect many new and great things to occur this year.
While we have hopes for what this year brings us, for instance, Aunesty would like to upgrade her photography equipment and take it all on the road in an RV. Patrick would like to have more time to film new locations and travel to a few spots for some good eats. But perhaps our biggest hope for this year is to find a home to settle down in, and start to live with our belongings in a neighborhood that will allow for the kids to build life long friendships. We do know that God will lead our way, no matter whether is with an RV, in Florida, Colorado or even some where we never thought to live.
So as we travel along the journey this year, we look forward to bringing you along with us as we continue being Temporary Tourist’s along the road…
Meet Us:
Aunesty Reikofski
Aunesty was born and raised in Orange County California and moved to the Kansas City in 1990. She has worked in the marketing field since 1996 and moved into the Online Marketing realm in 1998. Aunesty loves to bake, sew, craft, scrapbook and blog (Homeketeers.com). After her first visit to WDW in 2004, she has been addicted ever since, even though she grew up going to Disneyland.
Aunesty really enjoys photography and has spent the last year learning and developing her talent. You can see her work on Flickr & even occasionally vote for her work on View Bug.
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Patrick Reikofski
Patrick was born and raised in a village in northern Nebraska, Foster. After college Patrick left his family and the farm and moved to Denver where he worked for 10 years at Arrow Electronics. Pat enjoys a cold beer, a game of golf and watching or attending any sporting event, oh and a hot buffalo wing from b-dubs. But his true passion lies with being a Nebraska CornHusker. Go Big Red!
Patrick has become the GoPro expert of the house, from shooting to editing, he runs all things on the Temporary Tourist YouTube channel. He is in constant study for new ways to better his video editing skills and loves to try filming in new ways.
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Our Family:
Angel & Seth Storey
Angel is our eldest daughter who works for Wells Fargo in Colorado. She is a singer who also blogs about beauty and you can check her out on her YouTube Channel. Seth is our son-in-law, as of August 31, 2014. He waited to propose to our daughter until they were standing inside the Magic Kingdom.
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Gabe Dunn
Our eldest son, is a recent Army Medically Retired civilian, after a year long process through the Med-Board process, we are pleased that he can now start to move on to a normal life and finish with his medical treatments. He will be residing in Colorado, near his sister and after his last surgery he is hoping to start attending college.
Becca Janssen
Becca is a Walt Disney World Cast Member. You can visit her inside of the Magic Kingdom, in the Courtyard of Fantasyland.
Becca is currently praying about changing her focus for her future and heading into missionary work or obtaining a degree with more of a theology center.
Carson Reikofski
Carson now been to Walt Disney World,Disneyland, Universal Studios and SeaWorld too many times to count. He loves the shopping, rides and chocolate treats he gets when in the parks. He is our little firecracker baby, born on the 4th of July, 2010. Carson is a smart 4 year old who falls on the Autism Spectrum. He is a spunky little guy who LOVES Cars, Thomas the Train, Power Rangers (specifically the Pink one) and Buzz Lightyear.
Courtney Reikofski
Courtney is a happy little one, at two years old she is quite the mover. She knows her way around all four Disney parks, both Universal Parks and is very confident in walking/running to her favorite attractions. Courtney turns heads at all the parks with her chubby cheeks and bouncing curls, you can’t miss her, just look for the running laughing toddler!