All posts about family life
Yesterday Mike and I celebrated 14 years of marriage. I feel like that’s fairly significant considering the average length for the marriage in the United States right now is just 8 years. Especially with six little ones it can be hard to find time for each other and show love to your spouse. Here are… Continue reading 14 ways to show your spouse love
Two summers ago we made our annual trip to a National Park. Our family visits one National Park a year, preferably a new one we haven’t been to before—although we do have our favorites that we frequent. When we were planning our trip for 2019 we knew we wanted to stay somewhat close to home,… Continue reading exploring Crater Lake National Park with kids
Have you officially started summer break yet? This is the start of our second week of summer vacation. Around here I try to balance having a fun summer with a lot of routine. I find that it helps with the “I’m bored”s that tend to pop up on those perfect summer afternoons. So if you… Continue reading good habits to start this summer that are great all year
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… Continue reading best family beach vacations in the U.S.
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… Continue reading traveling the Oregon coast with kids
