
339: Jesse Chaperoned a Trip to Denver
From Crystal Paine Show by Crystal Paine
March 24, 2026 · 25 min · Episode 339
About this episode
Crystal and Jesse discuss their recent busy life, including trips and a meaningful school trip to Denver.
Although we inadvertently took a few weeks off from the podcast, we are back, and overall, the most accurate way to describe life lately is “full.” Between spring breaks, kids popping in and out of the house, and multiple trips layered on top of one another, quiet moments have been pretty rare around here. Listen in this week as Jesse and I do something we hadn’t actually had time to do yet: sit down and process everything that’s happened over the past few weeks. We talk about the whirlwind of travel – his father-son ski trip to Utah with Silas, my church retreat, and, of course, the titular school trip to Denver that Jesse chaperoned, which he describes as “the most servant-oriented trip I’ve been on.” Of course, though, life did not slow down when the trips ended. In fact, we walked straight from the airport into a memorial service for three young men whose lives were tragically cut short. One of them had been very close to our family, and the loss really hit our girls – and all of us – deeply. A big part of this episode, however, as previously mentioned, focuses on Jesse’s time serving alongside students at the Denver Dream Center. Hear how they spent their days hiking in the…
People in this episode
Host: Crystal Paine
Guest: Jesse
Topics covered
- family
- travel
- parenting
- service
- loss
- community
Keywords
- travel
- parenting
- Denver Dream Center
- memorial service
- family trips
- service trip
- community service
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Denver Dream Center
Places: Denver, Utah
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