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My mom was always there and always available, and that’s what I want to do for my kids.” “I want to be present with my kids, that’s what I had growing up. “I try really hard to get all my work done and so when get back at 3:00 p.m. This next chapter in life for the Gees is also about finding a new balance between work and play. “Dorothy just figured out what a weekend is!” she added. “I never made my bed, now I make the bed, I clean, I take out the trash and cook meals, it’s just getting back to those things which is a ton of work,” said Jessica. “We’ve been homeless and vagabonds for so long that the things that get us excited is like lunch boxes and sweeping my own floors and stuff like that,” said Garrett.

Now that the family is in Hawaii, they’re focused on settling in and remembering what it’s like to own a home, buy a car, and find out when soccer practice takes place. “It did take some more convincing not only putting me out there but my kids out there, you hear some horror stories and you have to be careful,” she added.

“We see eye-to-eye on this, if we did not have that safety net, I don’t think we would have done this,” said Jessica. When asked if they would do it again if the financial security blanket was taken away, Garrett said “We’re not risk takers and to answer your question we probably would not have taken such a risk especially with kids and a family.” “And so we’ve worked well together, we’ve always worked really well together even though it can be difficult working together. “I managed all the brand side, the planning, and then Garrett does all the creative,” said Jessica. “It’s really difficult to grow a big following and even once you have a big following it’s difficult to monetize off it,” said Garrett.īut by the end of year one, Garrett said The Bucket List Family brand became financially successful and they never had to use their cut of the $54 million while traveling. Proceeds from their cars, furniture and other possessions provided them with about $45,000 to set out on a full-time adventure traveling the world and creating The Bucket List Family brand. The acquisition was valued at $54 million.Ībout a year later, the Gees decided to sell all of their belongings. Garrett, along with two partners, sold mobile-scanning app Scan to Snapchat. The Gees first entered the national spotlight in their early 20’s while attending Brigham Young University. The hard part will be trying to get the best of both,” added Garrett. “We experienced the benefits from an inconsistent lifestyle, but there is also the benefits of a consistent lifestyle. “At our parent orientation they were like, “you can take them out of school for 25 days a year and if you need to do more we can talk about it,’ but I was like, ‘that’s a lot of days of school… and we’ll probably use it!’” said Jessica. “That’s like the one thing I feel like I’m taking from them with all of this.” “Sometimes we would have friends come out and visit for a week and when they would go home my daughter would just lose it and it was the hardest thing for me,” said Jessica. “We were just excited because Garrett and I both had that and loved it and loved public school, especially the friendship thing,” said Jessica.įriendship is another big reason the Gee family is slowing down a bit. In fact, he started crawling the day the Gees moved into their new home.īut Garrett and Jessica say they never felt pressured to slow down to put the kids in a traditional school setting. Manilla, 4, began preschool, and Calihan, or “baby Tarzan” as they sweetly call him, is 7 months old and just became mobile.

Their 5-year-old daughter Dorothy started kindergarten this year. The kids can get involved with school and soccer and other activities like that,” said Garrett. “This is home base while we continue to travel, this is a place where we can have some consistency, community. School was one of the reasons the Gees decided to buy a home. A post shared by The Bucket List Family on at 10:59am PDT

Garrett and jessica gee don't wear garments