best family beach vacations in the U.S.

Playing in the sand.

There’s perhaps no more iconic summer trip then a beach getaway. With nearly 100,000 miles of coastline in the United States it’s easy to see why we’re proud of our beaches. The trouble is, how do you pick the right one for the whole family? Today I’m sharing some of the best family beach vacations […]

how to have the best pizza night ever

Pizza Party

Friday in our house is always pizza and a movie night. Well, at least for the last several months it has been. Every week our whole family looks forward to enjoying some pizza while we watch something together. Sometimes we pick up a pizza, sometimes we make one, but just about every Friday evening you’ll […]

blogger burnout: why it happens and what to do

Working on your laptop.

Blogger burnout. Yes, it’s something that happens to lots of bloggers. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that every blogger has probably experienced some level of burnout before. Whether it’s taking a week off, or quitting altogether. It’s something I’ve seen quite a lot in my more than 10 years of blogging. […]

why you should visit California’s Great America this year

DIY Peanuts Gang Shirts

Ready to start visiting theme parks again? This post originally went live last year…. but then you know what happened and theme parks in California remained closed for over a year. If you are planning to visit California’s Great America this year then check out this post. I’ve updated it and given you all the […]

traveling the Oregon coast with kids

Tillamook, Oregon.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned. And sometimes when that happens things actually turn out even better than you were hoping for. That’s kind of what happened last summer. Amidst all the craziness of bureaucratic shutdowns and stringent guidelines our family trip got canceled just two weeks before our departure. We’d been planning our daughter’s […]