the best California Six Flags park for your family

California Six Flags. Which Six Flags park is better for your family? Magic Mountain. Discovery Kingdom.

Fun fact–California and Texas are the only states that have more than one Six Flags park. I actually talked about this awhile ago on my Instagram Stories. Our family has been to both California parks and one of the Texas parks. I’ve always enjoyed exploring theme parks in different locations (Disney parks, Universal Studios…) because […]

screen free road trip tips and ideas for kids

Screen free road trip. Road trip tips with kids.

Our family loves to travel and we look for every chance we can to go on adventures together. However, as a family of seven this often means that we’re road tripping. I mean, have you priced out plane tickets for a family lately?! Luckily, with the kids in a Charter school/homeschool hybrid program and Mike […]

LEGOLAND California tips you need to know

Tips for LEGOLAND California. LEGOLAND California insider secrets.

When we knew our son wanted to go to LEGOLAND for his eighth birthday (eighth birthdays are kind of a big deal around here) we looked into it and realized it was a better deal to purchase passes. Since we’ve had passes the past year we have taken full advantage of them. We’ve taken the […]

California LEGOLAND Hotel vs. Castle review

California LEGOLAND Hotel. Legoland Hotel.

Today I will be sharing all about both California LEGOLAND hotel choices onsite at the LEGOLAND Resort in Carlsbad. I got so many good questions when my family and I stayed at LEGOLAND’s Castle Hotel a few weeks ago. The most common one was if it was worth the expense? Well, we also stayed at […]

how to spend a rainy day at Legoland

Rainy day at Legoland California.

Our family recently drove down to Carlsbad for another visit to Legoland. We’d been planning the trip for months so you can imagine how disappointed I was when a major storm was on the forecast for that same weekend! Instead of dwelling on something that we couldn’t change (which is the norm for me) I […]