2022 was a busy and interesting year for the Flamingo Family. In this episode we recap the year, the highs and lows - and let's admit that when you're a big pink bird there are few lows - and look forward to a great 2023. Firstborn went through a lot this year and we'll have more to say about that in future episodes. Secondborn and the whole family learned about her autism and have figured out how to adapt. Kat moved to Florida! And much more.

Goodbye 2022 and Hello 2023!

Charlie and Rebeca recently noticed that the kids make and maintain friendships in completely different ways and on completely different levels than they did when they were young - back in the Stone Age. They have friends all over the country and the world who they may or may not have ever met in person. These aren't just surface friendships either, they KNOW these people intimately through their online interactions.

Listen in to hear how these friendships are made, formed, and nurtured. You also will get some tips on how to filter out toxic people, engage safely in this wild virtual world, and a little bit of how we USED to do it before the Internet made it possible to easily have world-spanning relationships.

After a somewhat forced hiatus, The Flamingo Family is back! Listen in to hear why they had to take a break and what they've been doing these past months. Firstborn and Secondborn both have lots of news to share and Katie is live and in-person in this welcome back episode. Thank you to our fans who have been wondering where we disappeared to.

After more than a year of being careful, getting vaccinated, wearing masks, and seemingly doing everything possible to avoid COVID coming to their house, a member of The Flamingo Family finally falls victim to the pandemic. Find out what happened, how it went, and learn some things about this disease along the way.

The 20 day, 4,500 mile Flamingo Family tour concludes with a pretty spectacular Independence Day in Nashville, TN, more hurricane dodging, and a couple of extra nights on the road. If you want to replicate part of all of this trip yourself, you can find the full itinerary at flamingofamily.com.

The Flamingo Family's RV journey continues through Saint Louis, Madison, WI, their major destination of The Mall of America, the Mark Twain Cave, and Nashville, TN. Poor Firstborn managed to pick up the stomach flu and the various RV parks and locations are rated for their facilities, insect population, and wild animal encounters. Another tropical storm rears her head to thwart the best-laid plans of the Flamingos. Listen in to see how it all turns out!

Dodging a tropical storm, marital spats about speed - the "Secondborn Turns 13!" road trip got off to a bumpy start, y'all. Thankfully, there was a warm bath in hot springs waiting at the end of this episode. (To see visuals from the trip, follow Mom on TikTok. She's @FlamingoFamMom)

The Flamingo Family discusses some of the greatest jingles from TV ads of the 1980s, explaining to the kids what a big piece of their cultural lives these were to the 80's generation. What do the kids think of these songs and ads from the era before binging, fast-forwarding through ads, and YouTube?

The Flamingo Family discusses the struggles that Secondborn has with hyperacusis, a rare condition where the sense of hearing is super sensitive and doesn't filter out background noise, making everyday tasks like going to school difficult. Then the Family tackles a conversation that the kids were having the other day about whether women should be eligible for conscription. Oh, and a baby duck may have hatched during the production of this episode. Listen in to find out more!

The girls recently became fascinated with the TV show "Ru Paul's Drag Race."  With Katie live in studio, the Flaming Family had a good discussion about drag queens. Don't worry, it stays nice and clean, with lots of good conversation about who, what, and why some men might want to be drag queens. Also, the girls may be setting in motion a plot to have the guys done up in makeup, dresses, wigs, and heels...