Flying is not my favorite thing but as someone who travels frequently and writes about family travel, travel by air (and flying with kids) is a fact of life. And, even though I enjoy traveling with my kids, I don’t love flying with my kids. Although I love exploring with them and having new experiences […]
7 pictures from our first two days in Southeast Montana
My kids and I are traveling in Southeast Montana (sans husband) this week. We’ve been here for one full day so far and we’ve packed a lot of things in. When we told people about our upcoming visit to Montana, we got asked if we were going to Glacier or Yellowstone. We got a lot […]
Whoa we’re halfway there…30 day writing challenge
This is day 16 of a 30-day writing challenge. I’m still thinking my decision to commit to a blog post a day during what is one of my busiest months so far is kind of cray cray. But, we’re doing this, y’all. We. Are. Doing. This. As you read this, my kids and I are […]
10 pictures that prove fatherhood is about love, not DNA
Fatherhood is about love, not DNA. I mean…obviously. I’ve been talking a lot lately about the stories pictures don’t tell. And, while there’s definitely stories behind these pictures, I think I’ll just let these stand on their own today, although I have provided brief captions. Enjoy and happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father […]
How to pack light – Yes, you can do it. Yes, even YOU.
I like to joke about being a reformed overpacker. I can recall many (many, many, many) trips where I schlepped two checked bags plus a packed-to-the-gills carry on PLUS a purse through the airport. At some point, it hit me I wasn’t using most of the stuff I packed and that I was bringing home […]
Feeling Invisible: Pictured Not Pictured #PicturedNotPictured
I wrote a post last week (or so) about how pictures tell as story…yet not. There’s always a story that the picture doesn’t tell. Maybe it’s because a picture only shows so much and the real story (or at least another layer or the story) is happening outside the frame. Maybe that was intentional or […]
Pack For Disney World with These Ten Easy to Forget Items
I could probably write a whole separate blog on how to pack for Disney World or Disney packing tips. Disney is a vacation like no other vacation and I think the best way to have the best time at Disney is to be ultra prepared. Part of that preparedness involves packing right. While Walt Disney […]
The Past is Not What it Seems – The New Frozen 2 Trailer is here and we all need answers
I don’t think I’m supposed to tell y’all this but my two sons LOVE Frozen. I’m not sure who is more excited to see the new Frozen 2 trailer (released this morning – 6/11), me or them. Yes, I said that. There was a time – circa 2013 – that I thought I would lose […]
8 things only pasty white girls understand
One of my strongest memories from my 1970’s childhood is of my mom sunbathing. She’d put on her bikini, fill up her Tupperware tumbler with iced coffee, grab her pack of Salems, her large brown bottle of coconut-scented oil and head for the backyard. She’d grease up and bask in the sun for hours. After […]
Thank you, San Antonio!
We did it! Listen to Your Mother wrapped up what is San Antonio’s third successful show the day before Mother’s Day. Thirteen women told their stories in front of a packed house in The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts’ Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater. For the first time in the show’s history in the Alamo […]
